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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 71.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 10 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2018-08-02 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 21.80 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | -- |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 13 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| 216 pixels per inch | 263 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.46 | 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 + 5.00 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 | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) is slightly better than the Microsoft Surface Go, getting a global score of 71.3 against 66.5. The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has iPadOS 15.x OS, while Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 OS. IPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) is a somewhat heavier but a lot thinner tablet than the Microsoft Surface Go.
The Microsoft Surface Go features a much greater processing power than iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), although it has an inferior number of cores (although faster), they both have 8 GB of RAM memory. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) features just a bit better looking screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a just a little better pixel number in each inch in the screen, a bigger screen and a lot higher resolution of 2048 x 2732px.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has as much storage for games and applications as the Microsoft Surface Go, both of them have equal 128 GB internal memory. The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024)'s battery lifetime is just as good as Microsoft Surface Go's battery duration. IPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a very superior camera than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a camera with lot more MP.
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