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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Apple |
| Android | iPadOS 18.x |
| -- | 2025-03-12 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | -- |
| 13.76 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 11 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 8.91 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.16 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7606mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a global score of 69.6, which is way better than the Nvidia SHIELD's 54.3 global score. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a a lot thinner but heavier tablet device than the Nvidia SHIELD. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x operating system, and Nvidia SHIELD works with Android operating system.
The Nvidia SHIELD features a very superior processing unit than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lower number of cores (although faster) and 6 GB less RAM memory. The Nvidia SHIELD counts with an incredibly better screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a way smaller display.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) takes greater photographs and videos than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a camera with lot more mega pixels. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a way bigger storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a way better battery performance than Nvidia SHIELD.
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