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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 65.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 14.x | iPadOS 16.x |
| 2020-10-16 | -- |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 16.23 ounces | -- |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | Silver and Space Gray |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 729.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 264 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | processor |
| -- | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Apple 10-core GPU GPU |
| 10.26 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| 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 | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 9.9 |
| 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 | Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2020) has an overall score of 71.7, which is slightly better than the iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen)'s score of 65.4. Both of these tablets include iPadOS OS (Operating System), but Apple iPad Air (2020) has older 14.x version and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) has iPadOS 16.x version.
IPad Air (2020) counts with a more vivid display than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), although it has a little lower pixels density, a bit smaller screen and a little worse 1640 x 2360 resolution. IPad Air (2020) has a much more powerful processing unit than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), because although it has 2 lesser CPU cores (but faster), it also counts with a 64-bit processor.
The iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) counts with a way bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than iPad Air (2020), because it has 64 GB more internal storage. IPad Air (2020) and Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) have really similar cameras, both of them have the same video frame rate, the same 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution, a F1.8 aperture and a back facing camera with a 12 mega pixels.
Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) features a battery performance that's just as good as the battery performance in Apple iPad Air (2020).
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