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| Global Score | |
| 80 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Windows 10 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2017-05-21 | 2025-03-12 |
| 11.47 x 7.87 x 0.29 inches | -- |
| 26.60 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| Silver | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12 inches | 13 inches |
| 1440 x 2160 pixels | -- |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.9 | 3.8 |
| 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 | 9705mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 10.08 |
| 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
The Galaxy Book 12-inch has an overall score of 80, which is much better than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s 70.4 general score. The Galaxy Book 12-inch has Windows 10 OS, and Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS. Galaxy Book 12-inch has a lot better looking display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a quite smaller display.
Galaxy Book 12-inch features a lot better performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less processing cores (although faster), they both have the same RAM amount. The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a very superior camera than Galaxy Book 12-inch, because although it has a back-facing camera with a worse 12 mega pixels resolution, it also counts with a larger aperture and a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition.
Galaxy Book 12-inch features a much greater memory to install games and applications than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because it has more internal storage and an external SD slot that holds up to 256 GB. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a much better battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch, because it has a 9705mAh battery capacity instead of 5070mAh.
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