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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 66.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.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 |
| -- | $ 459.00 |
| 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 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Quad-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple G11P GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.72 |
| 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 iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a little bit better than iPad (2020), with a 70.4 score against 66.6. The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) body is much newer and incredibly thinner, but somewhat heavier than iPad (2020). Apple iPad (2020) counts with a much powerful CPU than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a 64-bit CPU.
The Apple iPad (2020) counts with a much more vibrant display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller display and a little bit opaque screen. The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a way bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than Apple iPad (2020), because it has 128 GB internal memory.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) captures much clearer videos and photos than iPad (2020), because it has a much bigger aperture, a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video definition and a much more mega-pixels back-facing camera. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad (2020).
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