| Global Score | |
| 77.5 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2014-10-16 | 2025-03-04 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | -- |
| 12.03 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Aluminium | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 460.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 11 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 9.18 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 32.00mm focal length | -- |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6350mAh Battery | 7606mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.84 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
IPad mini 3 is much better than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), with a score of 77.5 against 69.6. The iPad mini 3 has iOS 8.x OS, and Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x OS. The Apple iPad mini 3 features an incredibly better looking screen than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller screen.
The Apple iPad mini 3 features an extremely better CPU than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has an inferior number of cores and 7 GB less RAM, it also counts with a 64-bits processing unit and an additional GPU. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025)'s storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos is just as good as the iPad mini 3 one, they have equal 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a way better camera than iPad mini 3, because it has a lot higher 3840x2160 video quality, a way larger aperture to capture better photography in poorly lited situations and a back facing camera with way more megapixels. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with greater battery life than iPad mini 3, because it has a 20 percent larger battery capacity.
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