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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 10 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2018-08-02 | 2025-03-12 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | -- |
| 18.41 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Metal | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 13 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Apple GPU 9-core 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 |
| -- | 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 | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 9705mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has an overall score of 70.4, which is a little bit better than the Microsoft Surface Go's overall score of 66.5. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Microsoft Surface Go works with Windows 10 OS. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) body is extremely newer and way thinner, but also heavier than Microsoft Surface Go.
Microsoft Surface Go has a much more powerful processor than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has 6 less CPU cores , they both have 8 GB of RAM memory. The Microsoft Surface Go counts with a much sharper screen than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller display.
The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s memory capacity to store more apps and games is just as good as Microsoft Surface Go's one, they have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory capacity. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) takes much clearer videos and photos than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a lot better 3840x2160 video resolution and a way higher 12 MP resolution camera in the back.
The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a way better battery lifetime than Microsoft Surface Go.
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