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| Global Score | |
| 82.4 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 10 Pro | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2017-06-15 | 2025-03-04 |
| 11.50 x 7.93 x 0.33 inches | -- |
| 27.65 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Metal | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 2699.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.3 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1824 x 2736 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 267 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.3 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Core-i7 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 2500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 16 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Intel Iris Plus 640 GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 1000 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 23 | 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 | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) is a lot better than the iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), having a global score of 82.4 against 62.5. The Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) has Windows 10 Pro operating system, while iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x operating system. Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) features a much better display than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a bit larger screen.
The Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) has a much faster processing unit than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a larger amount of RAM and more CPU cores. The Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) has a way bigger storage capacity to store more apps and games than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has 1000 GB internal memory.
The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) have really similar batteries. The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) takes a lot better photos and videos than Microsoft Surface Pro (2017), because it has a much higher 12 mega pixels resolution camera.
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