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| Global Score | |
| 66.3 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| -- | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2015-05-01 | 2025-03-04 |
| 10.51 x 7.36 x 0.34 inches | -- |
| 21.92 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| $ 375.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.8 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1280 x 1920 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 214 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Atom x7 Z8700 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 1600 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Intel HD GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 8.55 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 3.50 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.49 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.5 | 7.6 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Microsoft Surface 3 is just a bit better than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), with a 66.3 score against 62.5. Microsoft Surface 3 has a much better screen than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a little smaller screen. The Microsoft Surface 3 counts with a much greater hardware performance than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has lesser RAM memory, it also counts with more CPU cores.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a way better camera than Microsoft Surface 3, because it has a camera with much more MP. The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with as much storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos as Microsoft Surface 3, they have exactly the same internal storage capacity.
The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and Microsoft Surface 3 count with extremely similar battery performance.
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