Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy A17 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025	Aug 08, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
$349	€239

Design

Dimensions
9.79 x 7.07 x 0.28 inches 248.6 x 179.5 x 7 mm	6.47 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches 164.4 x 77.9 x 7.5 mm
Weight
16.97 oz / 481.0 g	6.77 oz / 192.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP54
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver, Blue, Pink, Yellow	Black, Gray, Blue

Display

Size
10.9-inch, 80.44% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 85.99% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits	Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
2360x1640px, 264 PPI	2340x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 385 PPI
Features
	HDR support, Ambient light sensor
Front cover display
	Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus)

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Bright Max (20% APL)
529 (Poor)	1081 (Average)
Bright Min
2 (Good)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm)	Exynos 1330 S5E8535 (5 nm)
Processor
	Octa-core 2x 2.4GHZ Cortex-A78 4x 2.4GHZ Cortex-A55
GPU
Apple GPU 4-core	Mali-G68 MP2
Memory
6GB/128GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
	microSDXC
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	Android (15), up to 6 OS updates

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GeekBench 6 Single
2464	723
GeekBench 6 Multi
5837	1910
3D Mark High
2538	346
3D Mark Low
2284	338

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Battery

Type
7698 mAh	5000 mAh
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

4h 36min

Browsing

10h 17min

Video

6h 20min

Gaming

7h 42min

Battery Life Estimate

8h 6min

Browsing

17h 36min

Video

13h 26min

Gaming

8h 37min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP Aperture size: F1.8	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/5"
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
	LED
Video recording
Yes	Yes
Front
12 MP	13 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

124

Overall

136

Photo

112

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.3
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Yes Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
LTE Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 66
TDD Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 6, 8, 9
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
eSIM

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