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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 9.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2015-09-09 | 2025-03-12 |
| 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 10.72 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Aluminum | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 288.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 11 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 M3 chipset |
| Typhoon ARMv8-A, 64-bit (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GX6450 GPU | Apple GPU 9-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 |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.47 | 9.9 |
| 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 | 7606mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini 4 is just a bit better than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), getting a general score of 75.6 against 69.6. The iPad mini 4 works with iOS 9.x operating system, and Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x operating system. The Apple iPad mini 4 has a much more powerful processing unit than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has lesser cpu cores (but faster) and a smaller amount of RAM memory.
IPad mini 4 has a much better screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller screen. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has as much memory capacity for games and applications as the Apple iPad mini 4 one, both of them have the same 128 GB internal memory capacity. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a very superior battery lifetime than Apple iPad mini 4, because it has a 48% bigger battery size.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a better camera than iPad mini 4, because it has a lot bigger aperture to capture better low light captures, a lot better 12 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera and a lot higher (4K) video definition.
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