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| Global Score | |
| 65.4 | 66.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 16.x | -- |
| -- | 2015-05-01 |
| -- | 10.51 x 7.36 x 0.34 inches |
| -- | 21.92 ounces |
| Silver and Space Gray | -- |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 375.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 10.8 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | 1280 x 1920 pixels |
| OLED | -- |
| 265 pixels per inch | 214 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Intel Atom x7 Z8700 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple 10-core GPU GPU | Intel HD GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.55 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 3.50 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Microsoft Surface 3 is a little bit better than Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), with a 66.3 score against 65.4. Microsoft Surface 3 has a much better processing power than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), although it has a smaller amount of RAM and 4 lesser cpu cores. Microsoft Surface 3 has a display that's just as good as the display in Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), although the Microsoft Surface 3 has a bit lower pixel quantity per screen inch, a little bit smaller screen and a way worse 1920 x 1280 resolution.
Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) captures much clearer photos and videos than Microsoft Surface 3, because it has a lot higher video quality and a way better 12 mega-pixels resolution camera. Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) and Microsoft Surface 3 both have extremely similar memory for applications and games, both of them have exactly the same internal storage capacity.
IPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) and Microsoft Surface 3 have extremely similar battery durations.
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