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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
The Apple iPad Air (2022) is a lot better than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), with an 81.4 score against 62.5. Both of these tablets include iPadOS operating system, but the Apple iPad Air (2022) has the older 15.x version while iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x version. The Apple iPad Air (2022) features a lot better looking screen than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). They have a display with the same size and the same screen brightness.
The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with a very superior storage capacity to install games and applications than iPad Air (2022), because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity. The Apple iPad Air (2022) has a much powerful processor than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a larger number of faster cores and 2 GB more RAM memory.
The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and Apple iPad Air (2022) feature incredibly similar cameras, they have a 12 mega-pixels resolution camera in the back and a same size diafragm aperture. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s battery performance is very similar to the Apple iPad Air (2022) one.
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