| Display | 11" and 13" Ultra Retina XDR tandem OLED, 1000 nits full-screen, 1600 nits peak HDR, nano-texture option | 11" and 13" Ultra Retina XDR tandem OLED, 1000 nits full-screen, 1600 nits peak HDR, nano-texture option, external display up to 120Hz |
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| Chipset | Apple M4 (up to 4 performance + 6 efficiency cores, 10-core GPU, 38 TOPS Neural Engine) | Apple M5 (up to 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, 16-core Neural Engine) |
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| Storage | 256GB / 512GB / 1TB / 2TB | 256GB / 512GB / 1TB / 2TB |
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| Rear Camera | 12MP with adaptive True Tone flash | — |
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| Front Camera | 12MP Ultra Wide with Center Stage (landscape position) | — |
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| Thickness | 5.3 mm (11-inch) / 5.1 mm (13-inch) | 5.3 mm (11-inch) / 5.1 mm (13-inch) |
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| Connectivity | USB-C with Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s), Wi-Fi 6E, optional 5G with eSIM | Apple N1 chip (Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread); cellular models with C1X 5G modem and eSIM |
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| Pencil | Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C) | Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C) |
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| OS | iPadOS 17 at launch | iPadOS 26 |
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| RAM | — | 12GB on 256GB/512GB models (Apple states 12GB starting memory) |
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| Charging | — | Fast charge, up to 50% in around 30 minutes with a high-wattage adapter |
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