Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) vs Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $599 | €699 8GB/512GB - $829 8GB/1024GB - $1329	8GB/128GB - $530 | €449

Design

Dimensions
9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm	9.89 x 6.83 x 0.23 inches 251.22 x 173.44 x 5.75 mm
Weight
16.23 oz / 460.0 g	17.11 oz / 485.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Colors
Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue

Display

Size
11.0-inch, 82.73% screen-to-body	11.2-inch, 85.75% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits	IPS LCD, 144Hz, Dolby Vision, 800 nits
Resolution
2360x1640px, 261 PPI	2136x3200px, 3:2 ratio, 344 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
536 (Poor)	778 (Poor)
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	2.2 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple M3	Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm SM8750-AB (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core	Octa-core 2x4.32GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L 6x3.53GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M
GPU
Apple GPU 9-core	Adreno 830
Memory
8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB	8GB (LPDDR5X)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB (UFS 4.1) 8GB/512GB (UFS 4.1) 12GB/256GB (UFS 4.1)
Storage expansion
not expandable
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	Android (16)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
3017	2946
GeekBench 6 Multi
11728	8834
3D Mark High
5177	6390
3D Mark Low
3262	6064

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Battery

Type
7606 mAh	9200 mAh
Charging
	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
Charge speed
	Wired: 67.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

4h 18min

Browsing

9h 35min

Video

6h 45min

Gaming

5h 12min

Battery Life Estimate

7h 22min

Browsing

14h 32min

Video

12h 14min

Gaming

10h 2min

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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	50 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 1.28 μm
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (60 fps) HDR
Front
12 MP Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)	32 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
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 7 MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
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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