Lenovo Legion Y700 AI vs iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026)
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 8.4-inch Lenovo Legion Y700 AI (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on August 25, 2026, against the Apple iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026), which is powered by Apple M4 (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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Legion Y700 AI
- Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 20W)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4518K versus 3617K)
- Much smaller footprint: 61% more compact case (36.3 vs 93.5 square inches)
- 36% higher pixel density (359 vs 264 PPI)
- Weighs 318 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026)
- Has a 4.6 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 2870 mAh larger battery capacity: 10340 vs 7470 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Fingerprint scanner
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 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 | 8.4 inches | 13 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 2048 x 2732 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 359 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | - | 600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.6% | 86.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 19 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1563:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026)
13″ (4:3 ratio) = 81.1 in2
Legion Y700 AI
8.4″ (16:10 ratio) = 31.7 in2
~155% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 190.48 mm (7.5 inches) | 280.6 mm (11.05 inches) |
| Width | 122.64 mm (4.83 inches) | 214.9 mm (8.46 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 298 g (10.51 oz) | 616 g (21.73 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP52 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Purple | Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 234 cm2 (36.2 inches2) | 603 cm2 (93.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.84/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Bad (E) · 16 drops |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (9th and 11th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#6th place)
iPad Ranking (#4th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Apple M4 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 4740 MHz | 4410 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 10 (4 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 6 cores at 2.85 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.41 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | 9 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | - |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~3763.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27982 | - |
| Single-core score | 3765 | 3738 |
| Multi-core score | 11405 | 13702 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1322001 | 1732068 |
| GPU | 1594848 | 945613 |
| Memory | 593523 | 349993 |
| UX | 1008031 | 590286 |
| Total score | 4518403 | 3617960 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Graphics test | - | 22 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3027 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 49 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 59 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 49 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 38 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 12850 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 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 26.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| OS size | - | 26 GB |
| OS updates | - | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7470 mAh | 10340 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 (80% in 30 min) | Yes (51% in 70 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:51 hr | 2:28 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 |
| Pixel size | - | 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 7 (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 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| 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 |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 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 | Flagship |
| Announced | August 2026 | March 2026 |
| Release date | August 2026 | March 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $820 | $799 |
| 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 and design are more important to you, then choose the Lenovo Legion Y700 AI. But if the camera, battery life, connectivity, and software are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026).
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