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| Global Score | |
| 65.4 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 16.x | iPadOS 14.x |
| -- | 2020-10-16 |
| -- | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| -- | 16.23 ounces |
| Silver and Space Gray | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple 10-core GPU GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 6.3 | 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 |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air (2020) is a little bit better than the iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), with a 71.7 score against 65.4. These tablets work with iPadOS OS (operating system), but Apple iPad Air (2020) has older 14.x version and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) has iPadOS 16.x version. The iPad Air (2020) counts with a way better hardware performance than Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), because although it has an inferior number of cores (although faster), it also counts with a 64-bits processing unit.
Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with a better looking screen than Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), although it has a quite smaller display, a little worse 1640 x 2360 resolution and a just a little lower pixels density. The iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) features a much greater storage for games and applications than iPad Air (2020), because it has more internal storage capacity.
IPad Air (2020)'s camera is very similar to the camera in iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), they have a camera in the back with a 12 MP resolution, the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, the same video frame rate and the same camera aperture. Apple iPad Air (2020) features a battery performance that is very similar to the Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) one.
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