Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) vs Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) (91/100)

Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) leads overall with a score of 91/100 compared to Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) (77/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021)

77/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)

91/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Gaming 79.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 77.0 Good 91.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 86.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 7538 mAh 8160 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 60 min) Yes (42% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:00 hr —
Gaming 05:57 hr —
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Standby 171 hr —
Watching video 11:59 hr —
Web browsing 08:24 hr —
Wireless charging No No
Battery cycles — 1000 cycles
Bypass charging — No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
CPU 629472 1791896
GPU 687856 1221223
Graphics score 1965 4104
Graphics test 15 FPS 30 FPS
Memory 214672 446888
Multi-core score 8793 15913
Section 1 30 FPS 88 FPS
Section 2 24 FPS 63 FPS
Section 3 19 FPS 46 FPS
Single-core score 2420 4193
Stability 77% 71%
Total score 2027700 4122404
UX 495700 662397
Compute Score (GPU) — 75091

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th 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, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48 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, 48, 66, 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 4.0 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 Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Area 442 cm2(68.5 inches2) 443 cm2(68.7 inches2)
Colors Silver, Gray Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner No No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 247.6 mm (9.75 inches) 249.7 mm (9.83 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Thickness 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) 5.3 mm (0.21 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 466 g (16.44 oz) 444 g (15.66 oz)
Width 178.5 mm (7.03 inches) 177.5 mm (6.99 inches)
Repairability — Average (2.7/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
Contrast 1425:1 ∞ Infinity
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 600 nits 1000 nits
PPI 265 ppi 267 ppi
PWM Not detected 240 Hz
RGB color space 99.9% —
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1668 x 2388 pixels 1668 x 2420 pixels
Response time 30 ms 1 ms
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 81.5% 81.3%
Size 11 inches 11 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Max rated brightness in HDR — 1600 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th 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
Angle of widest lens 125° —
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Quad LED Quad LED
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Ultrawide: 10 MP3) Depth 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth
Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital
Pixel size — 1.22 micron

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th 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 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Announced April 2021 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 20 W Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 600 g —
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $999
Release date May 2021 October 2025
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor
Successor -Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) —

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th 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 Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-01-09(Rift) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-18(Avacada) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-08-24->op1 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero — GeekBench GPU

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th 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 Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
OS size 13.7 GB 56 GB
Operating system iPadOS 14.5.1 (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 Pro 11" (3rd Gen, 2021) Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 4.0

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