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| Global Score | |
| 64.8 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 11 | iPadOS 15.x |
| -- | 0000-00-00 |
| 11.30 x 8.19 x 0.37 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 31.43 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Graphite and Platinum | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 11 inches |
| 2880 x 1920 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 266 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.5 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Core i5 11th Gen 1135G7 (10 nm) chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| 64-bit (Quad-Core 4200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 9.9 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| -- | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 0 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 10.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 6.71 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6200mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.68 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a global score of 72.3, which is much better than the Microsoft Surface Pro 8's 64.8 score. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a extremely lighter and a lot thinner tablet than the Microsoft Surface Pro 8. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Microsoft Surface Pro 8 has Windows 11 operating system.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a little more vivid display than Microsoft Surface Pro 8, although it has a little lower 1640 x 2360 pixels resolution, a little lower pixels density and a quite smaller screen. The Microsoft Surface Pro 8 counts with a much faster processing unit than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has less processing cores , they both have 8 GB of RAM memory.
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a much better camera than Microsoft Surface Pro 8, because it has a back camera with more MP. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a lot bigger memory to install applications and games than Microsoft Surface Pro 8. Microsoft Surface Pro 8 has a very superior battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024).
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