The Apple iPad Air 13 (2024) has a physical footprint of 280.6 mm wide by 214.9 mm tall, with a 6.1 mm thickness and a weight of 618 g, resulting in a total volume of roughly 367.84 cm³. The tablet supports pen tilt sensitivity, though no stylus is included in the box, and it does not come with a detachable or backlit keyboard. Water resistance is not rated for this model, and its operating temperature range spans from 0 °C up to a maximum of 35 °C.
The iPad Air 13 (2024) features a 13″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a 2048 x 2732 pixel resolution at 264 ppi, delivering a sharp and detailed image across its large panel. The display operates at a 60 Hz refresh rate and reaches a typical brightness of 600 nits, while an anti-reflection coating helps reduce glare in varied lighting conditions. The screen does not use branded damage-resistant glass or sapphire glass, and it does not support HDR10+ or e-paper technology.
The iPad Air 13 (2024) is driven by the Apple M2 chipset, built on a 5 nm process with 20 billion transistors and an 8-core CPU configuration running at 4 x 3.2 GHz and 4 x 2 GHz, with a turbo peak of 3.2 GHz and a TDP of 15W. The chip employs big.LITTLE and HMP technology across 8 threads, and pairs 8 GB of RAM — expandable in configuration up to 24 GB — with a maximum memory bandwidth of 100 GB/s across 8 memory channels, backed by 192 KB of L1 cache and 16 MB of L2 cache at 1.5 MB per core. Storage comes in at 1024 GB with no external memory slot available, and ECC memory is not supported. The integrated GPU runs at 1400 MHz with a turbo of 1278 MHz, featuring 128 execution units, 1280 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, capable of driving up to 2 displays simultaneously. On the benchmarking side, the device scores 9633 in Geekbench 6 multi-core, 2569 single-core, 15363 in PassMark multi, and 4006 in PassMark single-core, with 64-bit support, NX bit, and TrustZone security all present.
The iPad Air 13 (2024) carries a 12 MP rear camera with an f/1.8 aperture, a back-illuminated CMOS sensor, and touch autofocus, and it is capable of recording 4K video at 2160 x 60 fps along with slow-motion and timelapse capture. Shooting modes include HDR, panorama, burst, manual focus, manual exposure, and manual shutter speed, though manual white balance, manual ISO, continuous autofocus during video, and optical image stabilization are not available. The rear camera has no flash of any kind, and no video light is present. On the front, a 12 MP camera with an f/2.4 aperture handles selfies and video calls without a front-facing flash, while 360-degree panorama and 3D photo or video recording are not supported on either camera.
The iPad Air 13 (2024) includes stereo speakers and a dual-microphone setup, covering both playback and audio capture without a 3.5 mm headphone jack or a built-in radio.
The iPad Air 13 (2024) is equipped with a 9705 mAh rechargeable battery rated for up to 10 hours of use, and it supports fast charging for quicker top-ups. A battery level indicator is built in, while wireless charging and a removable battery are not available.
The iPad Air 13 (2024) connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 4, alongside Bluetooth 5.3, a cellular module with 5G support, and a SIM configuration of one physical SIM plus one eSIM. Wired connectivity is handled through a USB Type-C port at USB 3.1 speeds, though HDMI output, Ethernet, and NFC are not available. Navigation is covered by GPS and Galileo, and the sensor suite includes a gyroscope, accelerometer, barometer, and compass; ANT+ and an infrared sensor are absent. For security and authentication, a fingerprint scanner is present, while 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are not. On the software side, the device supports a broad range of privacy controls — including Mail Privacy Protection, location privacy, camera and microphone access controls, clipboard warnings, app tracking blocking, and cross-site tracking prevention — alongside on-device machine learning and direct OS updates from the vendor. Productivity and system features include split-screen multitasking, picture-in-picture, focus modes, widgets, SharePlay, Live Text, AirPlay, Wi-Fi password sharing, full-page screenshots, Quick Start, app offloading, media picker, dark mode, customizable notifications, sharing intents, offline voice recognition, voice commands, a child lock, battery health check, and mobile device position tracking. Theme customization, dynamic theming, an extra dim mode, DLNA certification, playing games while downloading, and multi-user support are not included.
The processor in the iPad Air 13 (2024) is classified under the laptop CPU category and does not use multithreading. It runs DDR5 memory at a maximum speed of 6400 MHz, and in Geekbench 5 testing it achieves a multi-core score of 8837 and a single-core score of 1826.
