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| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 80 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 16.x | -- |
| -- | 2016-03-31 |
| 11.09 x 8.48 x 0.24 inches | 9.40 x 6.60 x 0.24 inches |
| -- | 15.66 ounces |
| Silver and Space Gray | Gold, Gray and Pink |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminum |
| $ 1299.00 | $ 300.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2752 x 2064 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M4 chipset | Apple A9X APL1021 chipset |
| processor | Twister, 64-bit, 16 nm (Dual-Core 2260 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple 10-core GPU GPU | PowerVR Series 7XT GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| -- | 29.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.91 | 9.57 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 10 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | 7306mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.48 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch has a general score of 80, which is just a bit better than iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024)'s overall score of 74.8. The Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch is a noticeably heavier tablet than the iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), but both are 0.24inches thick. The iPad Pro 9.7-inch features a little bit better looking screen than iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), although it has a way worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px, a bit inferior amount of pixels per inch in the display and a lot smaller display.
The Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch has a way better performance than iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), although it has less RAM memory and an inferior number of cores (but faster). The iPad Pro 9.7-inch captures a little bit better videos and photos than iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), although it has worse 30 frames per second video frame rates, they both have the same 3840x2160 video quality and a 12 mega-pixels back camera.
The iPad Pro 9.7-inch features as much memory to store more apps and games as the Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) one, both have the same internal memory capacity. The iPad Pro 9.7-inch counts with a way better battery lifetime than Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024).
Even being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing, iPad Pro 9.7-inch is also a lot cheaper, making it an obvious call.
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