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| Global Score | |
| 65.4 | 61 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 16.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| Silver and Space Gray | -- |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple 10-core GPU GPU | Yes GPU |
| 6.3 | 5.85 |
| 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 + 12.00 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) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) is a little bit better than Apple iPad mini (7th Gen), getting a 65.4 score against 61. These tablets include iPadOS OS (operating system), but iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) has a newer 16.x version and Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x version, giving some nice extra features and performance optimizations.
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) has a little better processing power than iPad mini (7th Gen), because it has a larger number of MHz cores. The Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) counts with a brighter display than Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), because although it has a way worse 1488 x 2266 resolution and a way smaller screen, it also counts with a just a little more pixels per inch in the screen.
The iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) features a much better storage to store more apps and games than Apple iPad mini (7th Gen), because it has 128 GB internal memory. IPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) and Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) have quite similar battery performance. The Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) has a camera that's just as good as iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen)'s camera, both have the same 3840x2160 (4K) video definition, the same 60 frames per second video frame rate, a back camera with a 12 mega-pixels resolution and the same diafragm aperture.
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