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OnePlus Pad 3 vs iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

80 out of 100
OnePlus Pad 3
VS
84 out of 100
Apple iPad Air 11
Pad 3
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 13.2-inch OnePlus Pad 3 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on June 5, 2025, against the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M3 (iPad) and came out 3 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 OnePlus Pad 3
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Comes with 4534 mAh larger battery capacity: 12140 vs 7606 mAh
  • Has a 2.2 inches larger screen size
  • Delivers 70% higher peak brightness (848 against 500 nits)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 20W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • 19% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3317K versus 2777K)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 19% higher pixel density (315 vs 264 PPI)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.1% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Much smaller footprint: 27% more compact case (68.5 vs 94.1 square inches)
  • Weighs 215 grams less
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Pad 3 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
58.0
(Average)
Value Index
88.9
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 3
vs
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 13.2 inches 11 inches
Resolution 2400 x 3392 pixels 1640 x 2360 pixels
Aspect ratio 7:5 3:2
PPI 315 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 900 nits 500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Screen protection 60-144 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 87.6% 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
Pad 3
13.2″ (7:5 ratio) = 82.4 in2
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~47% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad 3 +70%
848 nits
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
500 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 289.61 mm (11.4 inches) 247.6 mm (9.75 inches)
Width 209.66 mm (8.25 inches) 178.5 mm (7.03 inches)
Thickness 5.97 mm (0.24 inches) 6.1 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 675 g (23.81 oz) 460 g (16.23 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Blue Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 607 cm2 (94.1 inches2) 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2)
Repairability - Average (2.59/5)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (34th and 25th place)
iPad Ranking (#7th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Pad 3 and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Apple M3 (iPad)
Max clock 4320 MHz 4050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 4 cores at 2.75 GHz:
- 4 cores at 4.05 GHz:
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Apple GPU 9-core
GPU shading units 1536 1152
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1380 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~3179.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Pad 3 and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 24691 46172
Single-core score 3003 3113
Multi-core score 9307 11795
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pad 3 +19%
3317414
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
2777287
CPU 1061523 782907
GPU 1152696 1029236
Memory 369778 305749
UX 733417 659395
Total score 3317414 2777287
Samples [4 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 82% 74%
Graphics test 19 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 2544 2552
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 45 FPS 37 FPS
Section 1 50 FPS 50 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS 34 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 11865 9672
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13279 -
Video editing 6340 -
Photo editing 25239 -
Data manipulation 15200 -
Writing score 18634 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus Pad 3
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 (Harsh)AnTuTu3242325
📘 2026-07-10 (Даниил Oneplus Fan)AnTuTu3286274
📘 2026-06-20 (SusGo0d)AnTuTu3188009
📘 2026-04-03 -> Afera666AnTuTu3612786
📘 2026-03-30 (Shakeel)AnTuTu3317414
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Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 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
Add View all (8)

Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz 6400 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 iPadOS 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
ROM Oxygen OS 15 -
OS size - 13 GB
OS updates - 0 years

Battery

Capacity 12140 mAh 7606 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (40% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 1:29 hr 2:16 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:01 hr -
Watching video 12:27 hr -
Gaming 07:31 hr -
Standby 77 hr -
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 13 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4128 x 3096 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: 13 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 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 3264 x 2448 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 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 5.4 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 Yes
GPS - GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Type of SIM card No eSIM
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 8.0 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2025 March 2025
Release date June 2025 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $599
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 20 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025). But if the display and design are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus Pad 3.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
51 (71.8%)
20 (28.2%)
Total votes: 71

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