Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 86.4 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 14.x | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2021-05-21 | 2020-10-16 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.23 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.44 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Silver and Space Gray | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2388 x 1688 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 266 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M1 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| 5 nm (Octa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple 8-core GPU GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.99 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7540mAh Li - Polymer Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.64 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Pro 11-inch (2021) has a score of 86.4, which is a lot better than the Apple iPad Air (2020)'s general score of 71.7. Even though the iPad Pro 11-inch (2021) and Apple iPad Air (2020) were released with only a couple of months difference, iPad Pro 11-inch (2021)'s body is just a little thinner but just a bit heavier than Apple iPad Air (2020). Both tablets we compare here have the same iPadOS 14.x OS, so you shouldn't see any differences regarding that.
Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with a little better performance than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2021), because although it has an inferior number of 3.1 GHz cores, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU. The Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2021) counts with a slightly better looking display than iPad Air (2020), because it has a quite brighter display, a little bit larger screen, a quite better 1688 x 2388 resolution and a little higher display density.
The iPad Pro 11-inch (2021) counts with a much bigger storage to store more games and applications than Apple iPad Air (2020), because it has more internal memory. The iPad Air (2020) and iPad Pro 11-inch (2021) both count with extremely similar cameras, both of them have the same 60 fps video frame rate, a F1.8 aperture, a 12 mega pixels camera in the back and the same (4K) video resolution.
The iPad Pro 11-inch (2021) counts with a much longer battery duration than Apple iPad Air (2020).
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