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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 58.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 14.x | Windows |
| 2020-10-16 | -- |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 11.30 x 8.23 x 0.37 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 31.01 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | -- |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 729.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 13 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 2880 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 264 pixels per inch | 266 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1235U chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | processor |
| -- | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics GPU |
| 10.26 | 6.21 |
| 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 | 10.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 6.05 |
| 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 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air (2020) is much better than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, getting a 71.7 score against 58.7. IPad Air (2020) has iPadOS 14.x operating system, and Microsoft Surface 9 Pro comes with Windows operating system. The iPad Air (2020) construction is much lighter and much thinner than the Microsoft Surface 9 Pro.
IPad Air (2020) counts with a way better processing power than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, because it has a larger number of cores and a 64 bits processor. IPad Air (2020) counts with a better screen than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, although it has a little bit lower screen density, a quite smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1640 x 2360.
Apple iPad Air (2020) captures a lot better photographs and videos than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, because it has a higher 12 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera. Microsoft Surface 9 Pro counts with a superior memory for apps and games than Apple iPad Air (2020), because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The iPad Air (2020) and the Microsoft Surface 9 Pro have very similar batteries.
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