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iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) vs iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)

74 out of 100
Apple iPad Air 10.9
VS
63 out of 100
Apple iPad 10.9
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)

Here we compared two tablets: the 10.9-inch Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) (with Apple M1 (iPad)) that was released on March 8, 2022, against the Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022), which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 8 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
  • 75% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2123K versus 1216K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Comes with 1221 mAh larger battery capacity: 8827 vs 7606 mAh
  • Shows 22% longer battery life (32:09 vs 26:19 hours)
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2361 and 2124 points
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)

Review

Evaluation of Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) 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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
53.3
(Average)
Value Index
88.7
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
vs
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 10.9 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 80.1% 79.3%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 97.6%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 28 ms 33 ms
Contrast 1430:1 953:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 247.6 mm (9.75 inches) 248.6 mm (9.79 inches)
Width 178.5 mm (7.03 inches) 179.5 mm (7.07 inches)
Thickness 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) 7 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 461 g (16.26 oz) 477 g (16.83 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue, Pink, Purple, Rose gold Silver, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Area 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2) 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (53rd and 92nd place)
iPad Ranking (15th and 23rd place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) and Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
SoC
Chipset Apple M1 (iPad) Apple A14 Bionic
Max clock 3200 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Icestorm
- 4 cores at 3.2 GHz: Firestorm		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm
- 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Apple GPU 8-core Apple GPU 4-core
GPU shading units - 256
GPU clock 1278 MHz 1278 MHz
FLOPS ~2617 GFLOPS ~654.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) and Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 33168 16803
Single-core score 2361 2124
Multi-core score 8704 4871
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 663743 344641
GPU 683537 317647
Memory 247744 129624
UX 528742 424836
Total score 2123766 1216748
Samples [2 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 75% -
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Graphics score 1872 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 73% 85%
Graphics test 24 FPS 11 FPS
Section 1 30 FPS 13 FPS
Section 2 24 FPS 10 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 6277 2767
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 72% 86%
Graphics test 29 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 4924 2229
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 (AL10)AnTuTu 112123766
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Arcia)AnTuTu 112008514
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Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 (Stelle)AnTuTu 111288870
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (Ad_545)AnTuTu 111216748
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 (Ashutosh)AnTuTu 111161773
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-19 -> Starjack36AnTuTu 111208173
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-24 (denckk)AnTuTu 111211908
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system iPadOS 15.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) iPadOS 16.1 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)

Battery

Capacity 8827 mAh 7606 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 60 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 2:15 hr 2:22 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:29 hr 07:43 hr
Watching video 11:52 hr 10:43 hr
Gaming 06:24 hr 05:34 hr
Standby 233 hr 178 hr
General battery life
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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
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.22 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) 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
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 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 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 Flagship Mid-range
Announced March 2022 October 2022
Release date March 2022 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $449
Successor - Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025) - 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 609 g 297 g
Bundled charger Yes, 20 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 Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
82 (74.5%)
28 (25.5%)
Total votes: 110

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