Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) vs Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025	May 15, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $950 8GB/256GB - $1080 8GB/512GB - $1329 8GB/1024GB - $1579	€999

Design

Dimensions
11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches 280.6 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm	10.68 x 7.19 x 0.22 inches 271.3 x 182.5 x 5.5 mm
Weight
21.76 oz / 617.0 g	17.92 oz / 508.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Colors
Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue	Black, Green

Display

Size
13.0-inch, 86.76% screen-to-body	12.2-inch, 88.96% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 600 nits	OLED, 144Hz, 2000 nits
Resolution
2732x2048px, 4:3 ratio, 263 PPI	2800x1840px, 3:2 ratio, 275 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1925 (Excellent)
Bright Min
Untested	5.5 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple M3	Kirin T92A (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core	Octa-core 1x2.5GHz TaishanV123 3x2.1​5GHz TaishanV120 4x1.6​GHz Taishan-Little
GPU
Apple GPU 9-core	Maleoon 920
Memory
8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB	12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	HarmonyOS

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1507
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	4822
3D Mark High
Untested	1384
3D Mark Low
Untested	1379

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Battery

Type
9705 mAh	10100 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 100.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 16min

Browsing

11h 5min

Video

8h 2min

Gaming

7h 59min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm	50 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps)	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
12 MP Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.2
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Yes Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS
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	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
Prices (MSRP)	€1080

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1329

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1579

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