iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) vs iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
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Here we compared two tablets: the 10.5-inch Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) (with Apple A12 Bionic) that was released on March 18, 2019, against the Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022), which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 3 years and 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019)
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1216K versus 895K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Has 33% more RAM: 4GB versus 3GB
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A14 Bionic
- 61% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2124 and 1318 points
Review
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 10.5 inches | 10.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1668 x 2224 pixels | 1640 x 2360 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 4:3 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 265 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 | 78.3% | 79.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | 97.6% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 40 ms | 33 ms |
| Contrast | 1256:1 | 953:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
10.9″ (3:2 ratio) = 54.8 in2
iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019)
10.5″ (4:3 ratio) = 52.9 in2
~3% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 250.6 mm (9.87 inches) | 248.6 mm (9.79 inches) |
| Width | 174.1 mm (6.85 inches) | 179.5 mm (7.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) | 7 mm (0.28 inches) |
| Weight | 456 g (16.08 oz) | 477 g (16.83 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gold, Gray | Silver, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 436 cm2 (67.6 inches2) | 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (114th and 88th place)
iPad Ranking (26th and 23rd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 6 (2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Tempest - 2 cores at 2.49 GHz: Vortex |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple GPU 4-core | Apple GPU 4-core |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~576 GFLOPS | ~654.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 16803 |
| Single-core score | 1318 | 2124 |
| Multi-core score | 3134 | 4871 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 309104 | 344641 |
| GPU | 144993 | 317647 |
| Memory | 139578 | 129624 |
| UX | 301952 | 424836 |
| Total score | 895627 | 1216748 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [7 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| 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 | 87% | 86% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1689 | 2229 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019)
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-04 (Stelle) | AnTuTu | 1288870 |
| 📘 2026-06-29 (Ad_545) | AnTuTu | 1216748 |
| 📘 2026-05-22 (Ashutosh) | AnTuTu | 1161773 |
| 📘 2026-05-19 -> Starjack36 | AnTuTu | 1208173 |
| 📘 2026-04-24 (denckk) | AnTuTu | 1211908 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iPadOS 12.1.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) | iPadOS 16.1 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
Battery
| Capacity | 8134 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 (60% in 60 min) | Yes (50% in 60 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:28 hr | 2:22 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:37 hr | 07:43 hr |
| Watching video | 11:11 hr | 10:43 hr |
| Gaming | 06:04 hr | 05:34 hr |
| Standby | 184 hr | 178 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 31 mm | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 7 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3472 x 2063 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 31 mm | - |
| Sensor | - | CMOS |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | No | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | No | USB Type-C |
| USB version | - | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2019 | October 2022 |
| Release date | March 2019 | October 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $449 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | 297 g | 297 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 12 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 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022) is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 13