Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 07, 2024	Jul 26, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$1200

Design

Dimensions
11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches 280.6 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm	12.85 x 8.21 x 0.22 inches 326.4 x 208.6 x 5.5 mm
Weight
21.80 oz / 618.0 g	25.82 oz / 732.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Colors
	Beige, Graphite

Display

Size
13.0-inch, 86.76% screen-to-body	14.6-inch, 90.77% screen-to-body
Type
HDR	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2732x2048px, 263 PPI	2960x1848px, 16:10 ratio, 239 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple M2	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core	Octa-core 1x3.36GHz Cortex-X3 2x2.8GH​z Cortex-A715 2x2.8​GHz Cortex-A710 3x2.0​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
10-core GPU	Adreno 740
Memory
8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB	12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
iPadOS (15.x)	Android (13)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
2604	2071
GeekBench 6 Multi
10063	5531
3D Mark High
5377	3905
3D Mark Low
4496	2997

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Battery

Type
9705 mAh	11200 mAh
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

5h 44min

Browsing

14h 42min

Video

7h 48min

Gaming

7h 5min

Battery Life Estimate

5h 0min

Browsing

9h 54min

Video

7h 22min

Gaming

9h 10min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP Aperture size: F1.8	13 MP
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes	Yes
Front
12 MP	12 MP (Dual-Camera)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,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, Barometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS
Other
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
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n77, n78, n79	5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 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

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB

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