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| Global Score | |
| 58.4 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-06-18 | 0000-00-00 |
| 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 24.00 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 123.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 11 inches |
| 1366 x 768 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 148 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.64 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 1.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 4.29 | 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 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a general score of 72.3, which is way better than Microsoft Surface RT's general score of 58.4. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Microsoft Surface RT works with Windows RT OS. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s design is lighter and way thinner than Microsoft Surface RT.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a brighter display than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a lot higher 1640 x 2360 pixels resolution, a little larger screen and a way better display pixels density. Microsoft Surface RT features a lot better performance than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a lower amount of RAM and a lower number of cores , it also counts with an additional graphics co-processor.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) takes much better photos and videos than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a camera in the back with way more mega pixels. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a much greater storage capacity for games and applications than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s battery performance is just as good as Microsoft Surface RT's battery lifetime.
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