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Huawei MatePad Air (2025) vs iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

68 out of 100
Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
VS
84 out of 100
Apple iPad Air 11
MatePad Air (2025)
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

Here we compared two tablets: the 12-inch Huawei MatePad Air (2025) (with HiSilicon Kirin 8020) that was released on August 15, 2025, against the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M3 (iPad) and came out 6 months before. 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 Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has a 1 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 2494 mAh larger battery capacity: 10100 vs 7606 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 20W)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Thinner bezels – 5.3% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
  • 2.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2777K versus 1003K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple M3 (iPad)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 6400 MHz
  • Smaller footprint: 11% more compact case (68.5 vs 76.6 square inches)
  • 2.3x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3113 and 1332 points
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 95 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Huawei MatePad Air (2025) and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025) 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
61.5
(Average)
Value Index
88.9
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
MatePad Air (2025)
vs
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 12 inches 11 inches
Resolution 2800 x 1840 pixels 1640 x 2360 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
PPI 279 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.8% 81.5%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 34 ms
Contrast - 1016:1
Screen space comparison
MatePad Air (2025)
12″ (3:2 ratio) = 66.5 in2
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 270 mm (10.63 inches) 247.6 mm (9.75 inches)
Width 183 mm (7.2 inches) 178.5 mm (7.03 inches)
Thickness 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) 6.1 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 555 g (19.58 oz) 460 g (16.23 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Gray, Green, Pink Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 494 cm2 (76.5 inches2) 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2)
Repairability - Average (2.59/5)
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (71st and 25th place)
iPad Ranking (#7th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei MatePad Air (2025) and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Apple M3 (iPad)
Max clock 2285 MHz 4050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.3 GHz:
- 3 cores at 2.05 GHz:
- 1 core at 2.285 GHz: 		- 4 cores at 2.75 GHz:
- 4 cores at 4.05 GHz:
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 920 Apple GPU 9-core
GPU shading units 1024 1152
GPU clock 840 MHz 1380 MHz
FLOPS ~860.2 GFLOPS ~3179.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei MatePad Air (2025) and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3338 46172
Single-core score 1332 3113
Multi-core score 3979 11795
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 450762 782907
GPU 128216 1029236
Memory 205052 305749
UX 219637 659395
Total score 1003667 2777287
Samples [2 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 74%
Graphics test 4 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 504 2552
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 37 FPS
Section 1 - 50 FPS
Section 2 - 34 FPS
Section 3 - 27 FPS
Graphics score - 9672
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

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Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
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📘 2026-04-17 (Jacob)AnTuTu2015536
📘 2026-04-12 (Kaimen)AnTuTu2811760
📘 2026-04-08 (Bearry)AnTuTu2838721
📘 2026-03-22 (Noora)AnTuTu2779459
📘 2026-03-21 (Noora)AnTuTu2708158
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 6400 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system HarmonyOS 5.0 iPadOS 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
OS size - 13 GB
OS updates - 0 years

Battery

Capacity 10100 mAh 7606 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 1:25 hr 2:16 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED No
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Pixel size - 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS - GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Type of SIM card No eSIM
eSIM support* - Yes
Hybrid slot - No
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 6.0 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced August 2025 March 2025
Release date August 2025 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $425 $599
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 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 11" (7th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.

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