Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025	Sep 04, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $599 | €699 8GB/512GB - $829 8GB/1024GB - $1329	12GB/128GB - $799

Design

Dimensions
9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm	9.99 x 6.51 x 0.22 inches 253.7 x 165.3 x 5.58 mm
Weight
16.23 oz / 460.0 g	16.97 oz / 481.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Colors
Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue	Grey

Display

Size
11.0-inch, 82.73% screen-to-body	11.0-inch, 83.20% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1600 nits
Resolution
2360x1640px, 261 PPI	2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 274 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
536 (Poor)	1490 (Good)
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple M3	MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ MT6991 (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core	Octa-core 1x3.62GHz Cortex-X925 3x3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A720
GPU
Apple GPU 9-core	Immortalis-G925 MC12
Memory
8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB	12GB/128GB (UFS) 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 2048 GB
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	Android (16)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
3017	2776
GeekBench 6 Multi
11728	8811
3D Mark High
5177	6313
3D Mark Low
3262	4244

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Battery

Type
7606 mAh	8400 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

4h 18min

Browsing

9h 35min

Video

6h 45min

Gaming

5h 12min

Battery Life Estimate

5h 9min

Browsing

9h 56min

Video

6h 55min

Gaming

11h 26min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm	13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps)	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Front
12 MP Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.3
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
LTE Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
TDD Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
eSIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

Wi-fi Only

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	€829

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1329

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