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| Global Score | |
| 58.7 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows | iPadOS 18.x |
| -- | 2025-03-04 |
| 11.30 x 8.23 x 0.37 inches | -- |
| 31.01 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2880 x 1920 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 266 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1235U chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 6.21 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 10.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 6.05 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) is slightly better than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, with a overall score of 62.5 against 58.7. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Microsoft Surface 9 Pro comes with Windows OS. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) body is extremely thinner and noticeably lighter than the Microsoft Surface 9 Pro.
The Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a bit faster processor than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, although it has an inferior number of cores and lesser RAM. Microsoft Surface 9 Pro has a much sharper display than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a larger display. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) takes greater pictures and videos than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, because it has a higher resolution back-facing camera.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and Microsoft Surface 9 Pro count with quite similar storage capacity for games and applications, both have exactly the same internal memory. The Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s battery duration is very similar to the Microsoft Surface 9 Pro one.
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