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| Global Score | |
| 64.2 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Lenovo | Apple |
| Windows 8.1 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 2025-03-04 |
| 8.83 x 5.20 x 0.35 inches | -- |
| 15.49 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 449.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.3 inches | 11 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 273 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Atom Z3770 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| Bay Trail (Quad-Core 2400 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (1067 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 9 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 5.8 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7606mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a score of 69.6, which is a little bit better than Lenovo ThinkPad 8's general score of 64.2. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Lenovo ThinkPad 8 comes with Windows 8.1 OS. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) construction is just a bit heavier but thinner than Lenovo ThinkPad 8.
Lenovo ThinkPad 8 features an incredibly better looking screen than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a way smaller screen. The Lenovo ThinkPad 8 and the Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) count with incredibly similar storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos, and although the Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has no external memory card slot, they both have equal internal storage capacity.
The Lenovo ThinkPad 8 counts with a very superior processing power than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has lesser CPU cores and less RAM. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) shoots much clearer photos and videos than Lenovo ThinkPad 8, because it has a way higher 3840x2160 video resolution and a back camera with lot more mega-pixels.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a really longer battery life than Lenovo ThinkPad 8.
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