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| Global Score | |
| 81.4 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2022-03-18 | 2025-03-04 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 16.26 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Aluminum | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | -- |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 9.99 | 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 + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 10 | 7.6 |
| 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, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air (2022) is way better than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), getting a general score of 81.4 against 62.5. These tablets come with iPadOS OS, but the iPad Air (2022) has the previous 15.x version while Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x. The Apple iPad Air (2022) has a much greater processing power than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a larger number of faster cores and a greater amount of RAM.
The Apple iPad Air (2022) has a much sharper display than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). Both of them have the same screen brightness and a same size screen. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features a very superior storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad Air (2022), because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features a camera that is just as good as iPad Air (2022)'s camera, both of them have a back-facing camera with a 12 mega pixels resolution and a same size camera aperture. The Apple iPad Air (2022) and the Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) both count with extremely similar battery durations.
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