The iPad Pro is Apple’s largest ever tablet with 12.9 inch display available in Gold, Silver and Space Gray color. And the Surface Pro 3 is a tablet that can replace your laptop as it has power and performance of a laptop. A comparison between iPad Pro and Surface Pro 3 has been made here for the readers. In fact by this comparison, the features of both the tablets are illustrated.
iPad Pro VS Surface Pro 3: Which is Better?
The iPad Pro is 306x221x6.9mm, 713g/723g and Surface Pro 3 is 292x201x9.1mm, 800g. The iPad Pro is much lighter than the Surface Pro 3.
The Surface Pro 3 is better than the iPad Pro in terms of connectivity features. The Surface Pro 3 contains a micro SDXC card reader and a full-sized USB 3.0 port. In contrast, the iPad Pro has a Lightning connector.
Both the iPad Pro and the Surface Pro 3 are compatible with dedicated stylus the Surface Pen and Apple Pencil equally. However, the Surface Pro 3 has the advantage of including the pen in the box.
The iPad Pro has display of 12.9in 2732×2048 resolution at 264ppi and Surface Pro 3’s display size is 12in 2160×1440 resolution at 216ppi. The 264ppi of the iPad is touch sharper than that of the Surface Pro 3. The Surface Pro 3’s silky screen is somewhat disposed to glare. The iPad Pro has an anti-reflective plus anti-fingerprint shell.
The iPad Pro has 8MP rear with 1.2MP front while the Surface Pro 3 has 5MP rear with 5MP front.
The iPad Pro’s processor is 64-bit A9X and operating system is iOS 9. On the other hand, Surface Pro 3 has 4th-gen Intel Core i5, i5 & i7 processor with TPM chip and Windows 10 Professional operating system.
The iPad Pro’s storage capacity is 32GB, 128GB and Surface Pro 3 has 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB storage.