Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro vs Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Mar 04, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
€330	8GB/128GB - $599 | €699 8GB/512GB - $829 8GB/1024GB - $1329

Design

Dimensions
10.00 x 6.50 x 0.26 inches 254 x 165.2 x 6.5 mm	9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm
Weight
17.28 oz / 490.0 g	16.23 oz / 460.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Left: Volume control
Colors
Black, Blue, Gold	Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue

Display

Size
11.0-inch, 83.66% screen-to-body	11.0-inch, 82.73% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 144Hz, 550 nits	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits
Resolution
2880x1800px, 16:10 ratio, 309 PPI	2360x1640px, 261 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	536 (Poor)
Bright Min
Untested	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SM8475 (4 nm)	Apple M3
Processor
Octa-core 1x3.19GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.75G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​0GHz Cortex-A510	Octa-core
GPU
Adreno 730	Apple GPU 9-core
Memory
8GB/128GB (UFS 3.1)	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (13)	iPadOS (18.x)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	3017
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	11728
3D Mark High
Untested	5177
3D Mark Low
Untested	3262

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Battery

Type
8600 mAh, Li - Polymer	7606 mAh
Charging
USB Power Delivery
Charge speed
Wired: 33.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

4h 18min

Browsing

9h 35min

Video

6h 45min

Gaming

5h 12min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
50 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm	12 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (30 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
20 MP Video capture: 1080p (30 fps)	12 MP Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.2	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 Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
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
Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

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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