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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2025-03-12 | 2019-03-18 |
| -- | 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 10.87 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 679.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 7.9 inches |
| -- | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 324 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 6.3 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 32.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 8.91 |
| 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 | 5058mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| 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 mini (2019) has a global score of 85.9, which is way better than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s 70.4 overall score. Both devices in this comparison review come with iPadOS OS (operating system), but the Apple iPad mini (2019) has the previous 13.x version and iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x version.
The iPad mini (2019) has a much sharper screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller display and a quite darker screen. IPad mini (2019) has a much bigger storage capacity for applications and games than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because it has 128 GB more internal storage.
The iPad mini (2019) counts with a lot better performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, and they both have a Octa-Core processing unit, the iPad mini (2019) also counts with a 64-bit processing unit. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) takes much clearer photos and videos than Apple iPad mini (2019), because it has a camera with a much better resolution, a much larger diafragm aperture for better low light captures and a lot higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a much better battery lifetime than iPad mini (2019), because it has a 92% bigger battery capacity.
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