Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) vs Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) (94/100)

Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019)
Apple

Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019)

54/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)

94/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Gaming 35.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 54.0 Below Average 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 48.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 8134 mAh 10340 mAh
Fast charging Yes (60% in 60 min) Yes (50% in 38 min)
Full charging time 2:28 hr —
Gaming 06:04 hr —
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Standby 184 hr —
Watching video 11:11 hr —
Web browsing 08:37 hr —
Wireless charging No No
Battery cycles — 1000 cycles

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
CPU 309104 965229
GPU 144993 1313129
Graphics score 1689 3978
Graphics test 10 FPS 29 FPS
Memory 139578 458312
Multi-core score 3134 15895
Single-core score 1318 4153
Stability 87% 79%
Total score 895627 3396957
UX 301952 660296
Compute Score (GPU) — 75273
Section 1 — 87 FPS
Section 2 — 60 FPS
Section 3 — 53 FPS

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
2G network GSM/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz —
3G network UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz
4G network LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71 LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 71
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
NFC* No No
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type No USB Type-C
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
USB version — 4.0

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Area 436 cm2(67.6 inches2) 607 cm2(94 inches2)
Colors Silver, Gold, Gray Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 250.6 mm (9.87 inches) 281.6 mm (11.09 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Thickness 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) 5.1 mm (0.2 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 456 g (16.08 oz) 579 g (20.42 oz)
Width 174.1 mm (6.85 inches) 215.5 mm (8.48 inches)
Repairability — Average (2.7/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (10-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 4:3 4:3
Contrast 1256:1 —
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
PPI 265 ppi 264 ppi
PWM Not detected —
RGB color space 99.7% —
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1668 x 2224 pixels 2064 x 2752 pixels
Response time 40 ms —
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 78.3% 86.2%
Size 10.5 inches 13 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Max rated brightness in HDR — 1600 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording No Up to 60FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash No Quad LED
Focal length 31 mm —
Image resolution 8 MP 4032 x 3024
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth
Matrix 8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital
Pixel size — 1.22 micron

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 2133 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 3 GB 12 GB
Storage size 64 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Announced March 2019 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 12 W Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 297 g 662 g
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $1299
Release date March 2019 October 2025
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg —
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Tempest- 2 cores at 2.49 GHz: Vortex - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz:
CPU cores 6 (2 + 4) 10 (4 + 6)
Chipset Apple A12 Bionic Apple M5 (iPad)
FLOPS ~576 GFLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1125 MHz 1620 MHz
GPU shading units 256 —
Graphics Apple GPU 4-core Apple GPU 10-core
Lithography process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2500 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 7 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Operating system iPadOS 12.1.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
OS updates — 5 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack Yes No
Speakers Stereo 4.0

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.5” (3 Gen, 2019) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) — AnTuTu

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