Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) 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 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) (74/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
Apple

Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)

74/100
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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 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Gaming 74.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 74.0 Good 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 87.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Capacity 8827 mAh 10340 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 60 min) Yes (50% in 38 min)
Full charging time 2:15 hr —
Gaming 06:24 hr —
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Standby 233 hr —
Watching video 11:52 hr —
Web browsing 08:29 hr —
Wireless charging No No
Battery cycles — 1000 cycles

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
CPU 663743 965229
Compute Score (GPU) 33168 75273
GPU 683537 1313129
Graphics score 1872 3978
Graphics test 14 FPS 29 FPS
Memory 247744 458312
Multi-core score 8704 15895
Section 1 30 FPS 87 FPS
Section 2 24 FPS 60 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 53 FPS
Single-core score 2361 4153
Stability 75% 79%
Total score 2123766 3396957
UX 528742 660296

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
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, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 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 Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5 6.0
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
LTE Cat* 18 —
NFC* No No
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 4.0
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
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Area 442 cm2(68.5 inches2) 607 cm2(94 inches2)
Colors Gray, Blue, Pink, Purple, Rose gold Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 247.6 mm (9.75 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 461 g (16.26 oz) 579 g (20.42 oz)
Width 178.5 mm (7.03 inches) 215.5 mm (8.48 inches)
Repairability — Average (2.7/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (10-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 3:2 4:3
Contrast 1430:1 —
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
PPI 264 ppi 264 ppi
PWM Not detected —
RGB color space 99.5% —
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1640 x 2360 pixels 2064 x 2752 pixels
Response time 28 ms —
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 80.1% 86.2%
Size 10.9 inches 13 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Max rated brightness in HDR — 1600 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash No Quad LED
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth
Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 4266 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Storage size 64 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Announced March 2022 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 20 W Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 609 g 662 g
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $1299
Release date March 2022 October 2025
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor
Successor -Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025) —

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Icestorm- 4 cores at 3.2 GHz: Firestorm - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz:
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 10 (4 + 6)
Chipset Apple M1 (iPad) Apple M5 (iPad)
FLOPS ~2617 GFLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1278 MHz 1620 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 8-core Apple GPU 10-core
Lithography process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 3200 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-03-09(Arcia) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-08(AL10) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Operating system iPadOS 15.4 (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 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo 4.0

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