Apple iPad Air (2022) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

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

Design

Dimensions
9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm	12.85 x 8.21 x 0.22 inches 326.4 x 208.6 x 5.5 mm
Weight
16.26 oz / 461.0 g	25.82 oz / 732.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Colors
	Beige, Graphite

Display

Size
10.9-inch, 81.23% screen-to-body	14.6-inch, 90.77% screen-to-body
Type
500 nits	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2360x1640px, 264 PPI	2960x1848px, 16:10 ratio, 239 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
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
2.12 (Average)	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple M1 (5 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 3100 MHz	Octa-core 1x3.36GHz Cortex-X3 2x2.8GH​z Cortex-A715 2x2.8​GHz Cortex-A710 3x2.0​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Yes	Adreno 740
Memory
8GB/64GB 8GB/256GB	12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
iPadOS (15.x)	Android (13)

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GeekBench 6 Single
2279	2071
GeekBench 6 Multi
7411	5531
3D Mark High
4761	3905
3D Mark Low
3429	2997

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Battery

Type
7606 mAh	11200 mAh
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

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
Video recording
Yes	Yes
Front
12 MP	12 MP (Dual-Camera)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 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
Loudspeaker	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
	5G Ready
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

Cellular

Weight	16.30 oz / 462.0 g
5G Bands	n1, n2, n3, n4, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79
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, 46, 48
3G Bands	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type	Nano SIM, eSIM

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Apple iPad Air (2022) Specs	Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra Specs
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