Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE 5G vs Apple iPad Air 5th Gen (2022)

Exynos® 1380

Apple M1 chip

Octa-core, 4 at 2.4GHz and 4 at 2GHz

8-core CPU

8-core graphics

Apple Neural Engine

8GB RAM

128GB

64GB | 256GB

Up to 1TB

microSD™

6GB

13

iOS 15

n77 C-Band, n77 3.45GHz

n77 C-band

Bands n2, n5, n12, n41, n66, n77, n78

Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14, 20, 29, 30, 40, 41, 66

Bands 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, 46, 48, 66, 71

850/1700/1900/2100MHz

850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz

Quad-band

Yes

Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)

2.4GHz & 5GHz

802.11ax Wi-Fi 6; simultaneous dual band (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO

v5.3 + EDR, A2DP, LE, aptX®

Bluetooth 5.0 technology

Up to 10 devices

pSim primary (Nano sim)

eSim secondary

Nano‑SIM (supports Apple SIM)

eSIM

Yes

Accelerometer, Fingerprint, Geomagnetic, Gyroscope, Hall, Light

Touch ID, Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Barometer, Ambient light

Gmail™, Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®, Direct Push E-Mail for Exchange

Yes

Yes

YouTube Music

Apple Music®

MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF

AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Via Touchscreen

Via lockscreen

Apple Music

The AT&T Eco-Rating 2.0 system gives you environmental and social details about this device. The system uses a total of 20 performance criteria across 5 different attributes, for a total rating of 1 to 5 stars: 19-20 (5-star), 16-18 (4-star), 13-15 (3-star), 10-12 (2-star), 8-9 (1-star)

4/4

3/3

1/1

2/2

10/10

Safari

VoiceOver, Voice Control, Zoom, Magnifier, RTT support, Siri and Dictation, Type to Siri, Switch Control, Closed Captions, AssistiveTouch, Spoken Content