| Global Score | |
| 58.7 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows | iPadOS 18.x |
| -- | 2025-03-04 |
| 11.30 x 8.23 x 0.37 inches | -- |
| 31.01 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 11 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 M3 chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics GPU | Apple GPU 9-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 |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.05 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7606mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is much better than the Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, getting a general score of 69.6 against 58.7. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) design is much lighter and much thinner than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Microsoft Surface 9 Pro works with Windows OS.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a little faster processing unit than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, and although they both have 8 GB of RAM, the Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) also has more processing cores. The Microsoft Surface 9 Pro features a much more vibrant screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because it has a larger display.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has as much storage capacity to store more apps and games as the Microsoft Surface 9 Pro one, both of them have exactly the same internal memory. The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a much longer battery life than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) takes much better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, because it has a back-facing camera with a higher resolution.
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