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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 9.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2015-09-09 | 2025-03-04 |
| 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 10.72 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Aluminum | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 288.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| Typhoon ARMv8-A, 64-bit (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GX6450 GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 8.19 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.47 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, 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 | |
| 5124mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini 4 has a global score of 75.6, which is much better than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s overall score of 62.5. The Apple iPad mini 4 counts with iOS 9.x OS, while iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x OS. Apple iPad mini 4 has a much more vibrant screen than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a much smaller display.
The Apple iPad mini 4 features a lot better hardware performance than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has less RAM memory, it also counts with more CPU cores. IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and iPad mini 4 count with quite similar memory capacity to store more apps and games, both of them have exactly the same 128 GB internal storage.
The Apple iPad mini 4 has just a bit better camera than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a much less MP resolution back facing camera and a way smaller camera aperture which is not nice for low light images and videos. The Apple iPad mini 4 counts with a much better battery lifetime than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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