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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 58.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 18.x | Windows RT |
| 2025-03-12 | 2012-06-18 |
| -- | 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 24.00 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 123.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10.6 inches |
| -- | 1366 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| -- | 148 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 3.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.64 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 1.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 4.29 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a lot better than the Microsoft Surface RT, having a score of 70.4 against 58.4. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Microsoft Surface RT has Windows RT OS. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s design is much newer, extremely thinner and a little lighter than Microsoft Surface RT.
The Microsoft Surface RT has an incredibly better looking screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a quite smaller screen. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a superior storage capacity for games and applications than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 64 GB more internal storage.
The Microsoft Surface RT features a way better performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has a lower number of cores and a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with an extra graphics processing unit. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a way better battery performance than Microsoft Surface RT.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) shoots much clearer pictures and videos than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a lot more megapixels back facing camera and a lot higher 3840x2160 video definition.
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