Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2025-03-04 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | -- |
| 20.64 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 13 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | -- |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 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 |
| 5.94 | 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 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a general score of 70.4, which is much better than Sony Xperia Tablet S's 58.9 score. The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Sony Xperia Tablet S works with Android 4.1.1 operating system. Even though the Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is just a little heavier than Sony Xperia Tablet S, it's incredibly thinner and incredibly newer.
The Xperia Tablet S has a much sharper display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lot smaller screen. Sony Xperia Tablet S features a very superior processor than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory and a lower number of cores , it also counts with an additional GPU.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a little bit better storage capacity for games and applications than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with 64 GB more internal memory capacity. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a very superior battery life than Sony Xperia Tablet S.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot better 12 MP resolution back-facing camera.
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