Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025	Sep 04, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - €950	12GB/256GB - $1199

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 0.20 inches 326.39 x 208.53 x 5.08 mm
Weight
21.76 oz / 617.0 g	24.32 oz / 689.5 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, Silver

Display

Size
13.0-inch, 86.76% screen-to-body	14.6-inch, 90.77% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 600 nits	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2732x2048px, 4:3 ratio, 263 PPI	2960x1848px, 16:10 ratio, 239 PPI
Features
	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1457 (Good)
Bright Min
Untested	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/256GB 12GB/512GB 16GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 2048 GB
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	Android (16)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2652
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	8561
3D Mark High
Untested	6547
3D Mark Low
Untested	5049

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Battery

Type
9705 mAh	11600 mAh
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 40min

Browsing

10h 16min

Video

8h 37min

Gaming

11h 2min

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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	13 MP
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
12 MP Video capture: 1080p	12 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.4
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 7 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, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
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

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready	5G Ready
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
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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