Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2025-03-12 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | -- |
| 20.64 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 11 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | -- |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 3.7 |
| 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 | |
| -- | 7606mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.72 |
| 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 iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a global score of 69.6, which is better than Sony Xperia Tablet S's 58.9 global score. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS, while Sony Xperia Tablet S comes with Android 4.1.1 OS. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) body is incredibly newer, much thinner and a lot lighter than the Sony Xperia Tablet S.
The Sony Xperia Tablet S counts with an incredibly better screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little smaller screen. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a slightly bigger storage for applications and games than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 64 GB more internal storage.
The Sony Xperia Tablet S has a much more powerful processing unit than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has less RAM memory and 4 lesser cpu cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processor. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) captures much clearer photographs and videos than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot more MP back-facing camera.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a really longer battery performance than Xperia Tablet S.
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