- Both the iPad 3rd Gen and iPad 4th Gen models came with 16 GB, 32 GB, or 64 GB of storage, as well as an accelerometer, a three-axis gyroscope, an ambient light sensor, and a digital compass. Both lines contain 1 GB of RAM, according to the third-party Geekbench benchmark.
- There are, nevertheless, substantial internal variances. The iPad 3rd Gen has a 1 GHz dual core Apple A5X CPU, while the iPad 4th Gen has a faster 1.4 GHz dual core Apple A6X processor. Both are equipped with quad-core graphics processors.
- Connectivity differs significantly. The iPad 4th Gen models feature dual band/dual stream 802.11n on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies, while both lines support Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi.
- Both lines are expected to have the same battery life. On capable models, the iPad 3rd Gen and iPad 4th Gen lines deliver an estimated ten hours of battery life 'surfing the web on Wi-Fi, viewing video, or listening to music' and nine hours of cellular data browsing.
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