Apple just supercharged the iPad Air with the M4 chip and more RAM. We break down the specs to see how it compares with the M5 iPad Pro.

Apple’s tablet lineup—its “good, better, best” of the iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Pro—feels all the more entrenched. That’s mostly because iPadOS 26 means that iPads are actually usable for more than one app at a time.

Compare the M4 iPad Air and M5 iPad Pro to find the perfect iPad for your needs. Discover key differences in performance, price, and features.

iPad Air (M4, 2026) review: I benchmarked Apple's tablet with the Pro model, and it's very close

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Apple M4 iPad Air brings M4 power and 12GB unified memory; starts at $700 for 256GB Wi?Fi, with key iPad Pro features missing.

Perhaps one of the most surprising things about the Apple Silicon era is how quickly Apple now updates its products. Take the iPad Air, for example. It’s been less than two years since the company released the M2-powered iPad Air in 11- and 13-inch sizes.

The iPad Air with M4 isn't going to have identical performance to the iPad Pro, and Geekbench scores have confirmed how that shows up in the spec sheet.