iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) vs iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)

Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 11-inch Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) (with Apple A16 Bionic) that was released on March 4, 2025, against the Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022), which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 2 years and 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
  • 40% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1701K versus 1216K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • 22% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2589 and 2124 points

Review

Evaluation of Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) and 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022) crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
120.8
(Excellent)
Value Index
88.7
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 11 inches 10.9 inches
Resolution 1640 x 2360 pixels 1640 x 2360 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
PPI 264 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 80.8% 79.3%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 96.2% 97.6%
PWM 21120 Hz Not detected
Response time 38 ms 33 ms
Contrast 531:1 953:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 248.6 mm (9.79 inches) 248.6 mm (9.79 inches)
Width 179.5 mm (7.07 inches) 179.5 mm (7.07 inches)
Thickness 7 mm (0.28 inches) 7 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 477 g (16.83 oz) 477 g (16.83 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Silver, Blue, Pink, Yellow Silver, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Area 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2) 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2)
Repairability Average (2.78/5) -
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (58th and 92nd place)
iPad Ranking (16th and 23rd place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) and Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
SoC
Chipset Apple A16 Bionic Apple A14 Bionic
Max clock 3460 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 6 (2 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm
- 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Apple GPU 4-core Apple GPU 4-core
GPU shading units 640 256
GPU clock 1398 MHz 1278 MHz
FLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS ~654.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) and Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 19767 16803
Single-core score 2589 2124
Multi-core score 6111 4871
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 498926 344641
GPU 466010 317647
Memory 202429 129624
UX 534152 424836
Total score 1701517 1216748
Samples [6 tests] [7 tests]
Stability - 85%
Graphics test - 11 FPS
Section 1 - 13 FPS
Section 2 - 10 FPS
Section 3 - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 2767
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 86%
Graphics test - 13 FPS
Graphics score - 2229
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-23 (Anr1ll)AnTuTu 111729497
📘 2026-07-20 (Giga)Geekbench 6 CPU2702 / 6394
📘 2026-06-17 (Luq)AnTuTu 111701517
📘 2026-04-26 (Thành)AnTuTu 111744337
📘 2026-04-19 (Faeri)AnTuTu 111628541
Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-04 (Stelle)AnTuTu 111288870
📘 2026-06-29 (Ad_545)AnTuTu 111216748
📘 2026-05-22 (Ashutosh)AnTuTu 111161773
📘 2026-05-19 -> Starjack36AnTuTu 111208173
📘 2026-04-24 (denckk)AnTuTu 111211908

Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system iPadOS 18.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) iPadOS 16.1 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
OS size 23 GB -
OS updates 0 years -

Battery

Capacity 7698 mAh 7606 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (34% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 1:58 hr 2:22 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:06 hr 07:43 hr
Watching video 07:41 hr 10:43 hr
Gaming 05:31 hr 05:34 hr
Standby 220 hr 178 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* - 1
Type of SIM card eSIM Nano
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2025 October 2022
Release date March 2025 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $449
Successor - - Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
Sensors - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Keyboard weight - 297 g
Bundled charger Yes, 30 W Yes, 20 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.

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Rod September 25, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The IPad 11 A16's GPU is a 4-core one, not a 5-core like the standards iPhone 15 & 15 Plus
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Fruit February 19, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Bro iPad 11th gen has lpddr5 ram not lpddr4x
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Serhii February 19, 2026 at 07:24 AM
Appreciate your useful comment, Fruit.
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Sebastian August 27, 2025 at 06:34 PM
Does iPad 11 support physical SIM?
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Ross April 25, 2026 at 02:40 PM
According to apple no
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Ovindu August 15, 2025 at 07:52 AM
Ipad A16 have 30W bundled charger
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Serhii August 18, 2025 at 06:25 AM
Thank you for your comment.
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