Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) 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 13" (2024) (80/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple IPad Air 13" (2024)
Apple

Apple IPad Air 13" (2024)

80/100
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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 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Gaming 87.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 80.0 Very Good 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 92.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 10340 mAh 10340 mAh
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 38 min)
Full charging time 2:30 hr —
Gaming 07:56 hr —
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Standby 167 hr —
Watching video 11:26 hr —
Web browsing 12:05 hr —
Wireless charging No No
Battery cycles — 1000 cycles

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
CPU 841074 965229
Compute Score (GPU) 43561 75273
GPU 801119 1313129
Graphics score 2299 3978
Graphics test 17 FPS 29 FPS
Memory 371059 458312
Multi-core score 10090 15895
Section 1 38 FPS 87 FPS
Section 2 30 FPS 60 FPS
Section 3 20 FPS 53 FPS
Single-core score 2585 4153
Stability 74% 79%
Total score 2536320 3396957
UX 523068 660296

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) 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, 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 5.3 6.0
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
NFC* No No
Type of SIM card eSIM 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Number of SIM* — 1

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Area 603 cm2(93.5 inches2) 607 cm2(94 inches2)
Colors Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 280.6 mm (11.05 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 617 g (21.76 oz) 579 g (20.42 oz)
Width 214.9 mm (8.46 inches) 215.5 mm (8.48 inches)
Repairability — Average (2.7/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (10-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 4:3 4:3
Contrast 1018:1 —
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 600 nits 1000 nits
PPI 264 ppi 264 ppi
PWM Not detected —
RGB color space 99.7% —
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 2048 x 2732 pixels 2064 x 2752 pixels
Response time 45 ms —
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.8% 86.2%
Size 13 inches 13 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Max rated brightness in HDR — 1600 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) 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
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 6400 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Announced May 2024 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 20 W Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $1299
Release date May 2024 October 2025
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Fingerprint - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor
Successor -Apple iPad Air 13" (2nd Gen, 2025) —
Keyboard weight — 662 g

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Blizzard- 4 cores at 3.49 GHz: Avalanche - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz:
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 10 (4 + 6)
Chipset Apple M2 (iPad) Apple M5 (iPad)
FLOPS ~2863.1 GFLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1398 MHz 1620 MHz
GPU shading units 1024 —
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Apple GPU 10-core
Lithography process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 3490 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Sensor CMOS —
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
OS size 13 GB —
Operating system iPadOS 17.5 (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 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo 4.0

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) — AnTuTu

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