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| Global Score | |
| 80 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Windows 10 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2017-05-21 | 2025-03-04 |
| 11.47 x 7.87 x 0.29 inches | -- |
| 26.60 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Silver | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12 inches | 11 inches |
| 1440 x 2160 pixels | -- |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.9 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Core i5 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 3100 MHz) processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Intel HD GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 16.38 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | 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 |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5070mAh Battery | 7606mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch is much better than the Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), getting an 80 score against 69.6. Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch counts with Windows 10 operating system, while Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x operating system. The Galaxy Book 12-inch has a lot better looking display than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because it has a quite bigger display.
Galaxy Book 12-inch counts with a much faster CPU than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less cpu cores (although they are faster), they both have a 8 GB RAM memory. The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a lot better camera than Galaxy Book 12-inch, because although it has a back camera with less megapixels resolution, it also counts with a bigger camera aperture to take better low-light photography and videos and a much better video resolution.
Galaxy Book 12-inch counts with a much greater storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because it has an external memory card slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB and more internal storage. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a really longer battery lifetime than Galaxy Book 12-inch, because it has a 50% larger battery size.
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