Lenovo Legion Gen 5 (Y700) 2026 vs iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 8.8-inch Lenovo Legion Gen 5 (Y700) 2026 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on March 18, 2026, against the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M3 (iPad) and came out 1 year before. 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 Lenovo Legion Gen 5 (Y700) 2026
- Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
- Higher display refresh rate β 165 Hz
- 55% higher pixel density (408 vs 264 PPI)
- Comes with 1394 mAh larger battery capacity: 9000 vs 7606 mAh
- 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3928K versus 2777K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 20W)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Much smaller footprint: 40% more compact case (41.1 vs 68.5 square inches)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
- Has a 2.2 inches larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | 8.8 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1904 x 3040 pixels | 1640 x 2360 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 408 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 800 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.6% | 81.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.6% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 34 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1016:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
11β³ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
Legion Gen 5 (Y700) 2026
8.8β³ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
~60% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 206.46 mm (8.13 inches) | 247.6 mm (9.75 inches) |
| Width | 128.5 mm (5.06 inches) | 178.5 mm (7.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.59 mm (0.3 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 360 g (12.7 oz) | 460 g (16.23 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP52 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black | Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 265 cm2 (41.1 inches2) | 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.59/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (11th and 24th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#7th place)
iPad Ranking (#7th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Apple M3 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 4600 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 4 cores at 2.75 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.05 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Apple GPU 9-core |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1152 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~3179.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 26925 | 46172 |
| Single-core score | 3710 | 3113 |
| Multi-core score | 11672 | 11795 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1293540 | 782907 |
| GPU | 1393286 | 1029236 |
| Memory | 372983 | 305749 |
| UX | 869004 | 659395 |
| Total score | 3928813 | 2777287 |
| Samples | [113 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 19 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2552 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 37 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 50 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 34 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 27 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 9672 |
Recent User Tests
Lenovo Legion Gen 5 (Y700) 2026
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-04-17 (Jacob) | AnTuTu 11 | 2015536 |
| π 2026-04-12 (Kaimen) | AnTuTu 11 | 2811760 |
| π 2026-04-08 (Bearry) | AnTuTu 11 | 2838721 |
| π 2026-03-22 (Noora) | AnTuTu 11 | 2779459 |
| π 2026-03-21 (Noora) | AnTuTu 11 | 2708158 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iPadOS 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| OS size | - | 13 GB |
| OS updates | - | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 9000 mAh | 7606 mAh |
| Max charge power | 68 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (50% in 60 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 2:16 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | - | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJNS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | - | 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 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.4 | Yes |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | eSIM |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| 5G support | No | 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 | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2026 | March 2025 |
| Release date | March 2026 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $580 | $599 |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 68 W | Yes, 20 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Lenovo Legion Gen 5 (Y700) 2026. But if the camera, software, and sound are more of a priority β go for the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025).
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