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| Global Score | |
| 85.9 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| -- | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2019-03-18 | 2025-03-12 |
| 9.80 x 6.80 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 16.37 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Silver | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Aluminum | -- |
| $ 779.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.5 inches | 13 inches |
| 2224 x 1668 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | -- |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 10.35 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.91 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8134mAh Li - Ion Battery | 9705mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.04 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air (2019) has an overall score of 85.9, which is way better than the iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s score of 70.4. IPad Air (2019) has a much more vibrant display than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a quite smaller screen and a quite opaque display. The Apple iPad Air (2019) counts with a very superior processing unit than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has less RAM, and they both have 8 processing cores, the Apple iPad Air (2019) also counts with a 64-bits processor.
IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a better camera than iPad Air (2019), because it has a much bigger camera aperture to capture better low-light images and videos, a camera in the back with a lot higher resolution and a lot higher 3840x2160 video resolution. The iPad Air (2019) has a way bigger storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because it has 256 GB internal memory capacity.
IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with longer battery performance than iPad Air (2019), because it has 9705mAh of battery capacity against 8134mAh.
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