Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2025-03-12 | 2020-09-18 |
| -- | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10.2 inches |
| -- | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 265 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.6 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a general score of 70.4, which is better than the iPad 10.2 (2020)'s 62.2 global score. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a incredibly newer and extremely thinner tablet than iPad 10.2 (2020), although it is also heavier. These tablets come with the same iPadOS 18.x OS (operating system).
The iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a much better display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a bit darker display and a lot smaller screen. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a little bit better hardware performance than iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has more RAM and a greater number of MHz cores.
IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a much better memory to store more games and applications than iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity. The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a really longer battery lifetime than iPad 10.2 (2020). The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a superior camera than iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has a much higher video quality, a much larger camera aperture to take better low light photos and videos and a much more MP camera in the back.
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