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| Global Score | |
| 84.6 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 13.x | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2020-03-25 | 2019-03-18 |
| 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.23 inches | 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches |
| 22.61 ounces | 10.87 ounces |
| Silver and Space gray | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 999.00 | $ 679.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12Z Bionic APL1083 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple 8-core GPU GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.72 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 32.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9720mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5058mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini (2019) is a little bit better than the iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020), having an 85.9 score against 84.6. Despite of the fact Apple iPad mini (2019) is older and a little bit thicker than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020), it's body is still much lighter. Both of these tablets work with the same iPadOS 13.x OS (Operating System), so both of them should count with identical OS features.
The iPad mini (2019) counts with a bit more vivid screen than Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020), because although it has a quite darker display, a way worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a way smaller screen, it also counts with a little bit greater pixels number in each inch of screen. Apple iPad mini (2019) counts with a much greater storage capacity to store more games and applications than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020), because it has 128 GB more internal storage.
IPad mini (2019) has a bit better CPU than Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM, and they both have a Octa-Core processing unit, the iPad mini (2019) also counts with a 64 bits processing unit. Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) has a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad mini (2019), because it has a 9720mAh battery capacity.
Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Apple iPad mini (2019), because it has a way more MP back-facing camera, a way larger aperture for better captures and video in low-light environments and a lot better video quality.
Even being the best tablet of the ones we compare here, the Apple iPad mini (2019) is also very cheap compared to the other devices.
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