Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ vs iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026)
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Here we compared two tablets: the 13.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ (with Exynos 1580) that was released on April 2, 2025, against the Apple iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026), which is powered by Apple M4 (iPad) and came out 11 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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 20W)
- Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (756 against 613 nits)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026)
- 2.9x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3617K versus 1264K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 2.7x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3738 and 1376 points
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
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 | 13.1 inches | 13 inches |
| Resolution | 1800 x 2880 pixels | 2048 x 2732 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 8:5 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 259 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.1% | 86.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 96.6% | 99.8% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 29 ms | 19 ms |
| Contrast | 1812:1 | 1563:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026)
13″ (4:3 ratio) = 81.1 in2
Galaxy Tab S10 FE+
13.1″ (8:5 ratio) = 77.1 in2
~5% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 300.6 mm (11.83 inches) | 280.6 mm (11.05 inches) |
| Width | 194.7 mm (7.67 inches) | 214.9 mm (8.46 inches) |
| Thickness | 6 mm (0.24 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 664 g (23.42 oz) | 616 g (21.73 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Blue | Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 585 cm2 (90.7 inches2) | 603 cm2 (93.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.68/5) | Average (2.84/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Bad (E) · 16 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (73rd and 11th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#55th place)
iPad Ranking (#4th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1580 | Apple M4 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 2900 MHz | 4410 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 10 (4 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 |
- 6 cores at 2.85 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.41 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Xclipse 540 | 9 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 256 | - |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1331.2 GFLOPS | ~3763.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 6952 | - |
| Single-core score | 1376 | 3738 |
| Multi-core score | 3860 | 13702 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 484087 | 1732068 |
| GPU | 303990 | 945613 |
| Memory | 198256 | 349993 |
| UX | 277797 | 590286 |
| Total score | 1264130 | 3617960 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 22 FPS |
| Graphics score | 655 | 3027 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 49 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 59 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 49 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 38 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 12850 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12398 | - |
| Video editing | 7114 | - |
| Photo editing | 23206 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10983 | - |
| Writing score | 16063 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-11 (Jackie) | AnTuTu | 1264130 |
| 📘 2025-10-31 (Thailand) | AnTuTu | 1228241 |
Apple iPad Air 13" (3th Gen, 2026)
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iPadOS 26.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | - |
| OS size | 13 GB | 26 GB |
| OS updates | 0 years | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 10090 mAh | 10340 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 37 min) | Yes (51% in 70 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:45 hr | 2:28 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | 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 |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | Yes | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| 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 | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | April 2025 | March 2026 |
| Release date | April 2025 | March 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $799 |
| SAR (body) | 0.8 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | 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 13" (3th Gen, 2026) is definitely a better buy.
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