iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) vs iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 11-inch Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) (with Apple M4 (iPad)) that was released on May 7, 2024, against the Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M3 (iPad) and came out 10 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 Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 73% higher peak brightness (1000 against 579 nits)
- 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3314K versus 2764K)
- Much smaller footprint: 27% more compact case (68.7 vs 93.5 square inches)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- Supports higher wattage charging (30W versus 20W)
- Reverse charging feature
- Weighs 172 grams less
- 21% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3683 and 3044 points
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
- Has a 2 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 2180 mAh larger battery capacity: 10340 vs 8160 mAh
- Fingerprint scanner
- Thinner bezels – 5.5% more screen real estate
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 | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Size | 11 inches | 13 inches |
| Resolution | 1668 x 2420 pixels | 2048 x 2732 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 264 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.3% | 86.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 36 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1214:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
13″ (4:3 ratio) = 81.1 in2
iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~45% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) | 280.6 mm (11.05 inches) |
| Width | 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) | 214.9 mm (8.46 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 444 g (15.66 oz) | 616 g (21.73 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver | Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 443 cm2 (68.7 inches2) | 603 cm2 (93.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.7/5) | Average (2.59/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (20th and 30th place)
iPad Ranking (5th and 8th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Apple M4 (iPad) | Apple M3 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 4400 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.41 GHz: |
- 4 cores at 2.75 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.05 GHz: |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple GPU 10-core | Apple GPU 9-core |
| GPU shading units | - | 1152 |
| GPU clock | 1470 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3763.2 GFLOPS | ~3179.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 55718 | 45545 |
| Single-core score | 3683 | 3044 |
| Multi-core score | 11421 | 11749 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1521099 | 770486 |
| GPU | 945613 | 1024172 |
| Memory | 257529 | 312462 |
| UX | 590286 | 657090 |
| Total score | 3314527 | 2764210 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 71% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 26 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3477 | 2695 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 55 FPS | 39 FPS |
| Section 1 | 63 FPS | 52 FPS |
| Section 2 | 56 FPS | 38 FPS |
| Section 3 | 44 FPS | 28 FPS |
| Graphics score | 14373 | 10356 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | GeekBench GPU | 57080 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | GeekBench CPU | 3907 / 15397 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | AnTuTu | 3396741 |
| 📘 2025-09-13 (Yusuf baser) | GeekBench CPU | 3683 / 13402 |
Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 7500 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iPadOS 17.5 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) | iPadOS 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| OS size | - | 23 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8160 mAh | 10340 mAh |
| Max charge power | 30 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (41% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 70 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:46 hr | 2:30 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:14 hr | 09:17 hr |
| Watching video | 13:45 hr | 13:08 hr |
| Gaming | 06:38 hr | 07:13 hr |
| Standby | 169 hr | 170 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Quad LED | 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 2) Depth |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2024 | March 2025 |
| Release date | May 2024 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $799 |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | 580 g | - |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 20 W | Yes, 20 W |
Further details
Notes on iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024):
- The base versions with 256 or 512 GB come with 8 GB of RAM and have a 9-core CPU, while 1 TB and 2 TB models have 16 GB RAM and a 10-core CPU (about 14% faster in multi-core tests).
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024). But if the battery life and design are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025).
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