Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 60.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 14.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-10-16 | -- |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | -- |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| $ 729.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 11 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 264 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | processor |
| -- | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Yes GPU |
| 10.26 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2020) has an overall score of 71.7, which is much better than the iPad Air 11-inch (6th Gen)'s general score of 60.9. Both tablets we compare here have iPadOS OS (Operating System), but the Apple iPad Air (2020) has the previous 14.x version while iPad Air 11-inch (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x version.
The Apple iPad Air (2020) has a sharper display than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (6th Gen), because although it has a quite smaller display, and they both have the same resolution of 1640 x 2360 pixels, the Apple iPad Air (2020) also counts with a little greater pixel density. IPad Air 11-inch (6th Gen) and iPad Air (2020) count with very similar memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos, both of them have equal 64 GB internal storage.
The iPad Air (2020) has a much better performing processing unit than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (6th Gen), because although it has a lower number of cores , it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit. The iPad Air (2020) captures a lot better videos and photos than iPad Air 11-inch (6th Gen). Both have the same camera aperture and a camera in the back with a 12 mega-pixels resolution.
The iPad Air 11-inch (6th Gen)'s battery performance is very similar to iPad Air (2020)'s battery lifetime.
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