Now with the M3 chip, the Apple 11" iPad Air delivers optimal performance and is built for Apple Intelligence. The M3 chip also brings Apple?s advanced graphics architecture to the iPad Air for the first time with support for ray tracing, dynamic caching, and hardware-accelerated mesh shading. With 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, a portable design, all-day battery life, an 11" Liquid Retina Display, and support for optional Apple Pencil Pro, Apple Pencil (USB-C), and Magic Keyboard, the iPad Air empowers you to be even more productive and creative while on the go. 

 

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Apple M3 Chip

Now with the M3 chip, the iPad Air empowers users to be productive and creative wherever they are, from aspiring creatives using large files in demanding apps, to travelers editing content on the go. 

 

Featuring a more powerful 8-core CPU, the M3 is up to 35 percent faster for multithreaded CPU workflows than M1. M3 features a 9-core GPU with up to 40 percent faster graphics performance over M1.

Advanced Graphics

For the first time, M3 brings Apple?s advanced graphics architecture to the iPad Air. Dynamic Caching only uses the exact amount of memory needed for each task, which dramatically increases the average utilization of the GPU, resulting in significant performance increases for the most demanding pro apps and games. With support for hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing, M3 offers up to four times faster performance than M1, enabling more accurate lighting, reflections, shadows, and immersive gaming experiences.

13" Liquid Retina Touchscreen

The iPad Air has an 11" Liquid Retina Display with a 2360 x 1640 resolution and P3 wide color gamut coverage for vivid colors. It also has True Tone, 500 nits of brightness, and an anti-reflective coating for better viewing. True Tone optimizes the white balance of the display to best fit your ambient light, so it?s easy on the eyes. The screen supports both the Apple Pencil Pro and the Apple Pencil (USB-C).

Apple Intelligence on the iPad