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| Global Score | |
| 58.4 | 81.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-06-18 | 2022-03-18 |
| 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 24.00 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 123.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1366 x 768 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| 148 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset | Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor |
| 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.64 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 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 |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2022) is a lot better than Microsoft Surface RT, with a general score of 81.4 against 58.4. Apple iPad Air (2022) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Microsoft Surface RT comes with Windows RT OS. Apple iPad Air (2022)'s design is noticeably newer, a lot lighter and way thinner than Microsoft Surface RT.
Apple iPad Air (2022) has a much better display than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a way greater pixels count per display inch, a quite larger screen and a lot better resolution of 1640 x 2360px. IPad Air (2022) has as much memory capacity to store more games and applications as the Microsoft Surface RT one, and although the iPad Air (2022) has no SD memory slot, they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory capacity.
IPad Air (2022) has a superior processor than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has doesn't have an additional GPU, it also counts with more RAM memory and more CPU cores. IPad Air (2022) has a battery lifetime that's very similar to the Microsoft Surface RT one. IPad Air (2022) shoots much clearer photos and videos than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a back facing camera with way more mega-pixels.
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