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| Global Score | |
| 58.4 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2012-06-18 | 2025-03-12 |
| 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches | -- |
| 24.00 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 123.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 13 inches |
| 1366 x 768 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 148 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 9-core 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 |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 4.29 | 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 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has an overall score of 70.4, which is much better than the Microsoft Surface RT's global score of 58.4. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) construction is notably newer, a lot thinner and just a little lighter than Microsoft Surface RT. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS, and Microsoft Surface RT works with Windows RT OS.
Microsoft Surface RT has a really superior performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and 4 less CPU cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processor. The Microsoft Surface RT has a much better screen than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little smaller display.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) shoots much better photographs and videos than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video definition and a lot more megapixels back camera. The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a superior memory capacity for games and applications than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with more internal storage capacity.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much better battery life than Microsoft Surface RT.
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