ZoomPhoto 1 of 1Apple
iPad Air 13-inch (M4)
Apple's 13-inch iPad Air moves to the M4 chip with 12GB of unified memory, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Apple's own N1 wireless and C1X cellular silicon, while keeping the same $799 starting price as the M3 model it replaces.
Pros
- M4 chip is meaningfully faster than the outgoing M3 (~17% higher single-core, ~8% higher multi-core in Geekbench 6)
- RAM doubled to 12GB, up from 8GB on the M3 Air
- Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 for the first time on iPad Air, via Apple's own N1 chip
- Same $799 starting price as the previous 13-inch model despite the performance jump
- Supports Apple Pencil Pro and the Magic Keyboard
Cons
- Still capped at 60Hz with no ProMotion or OLED
- GPU is a binned 9-core M4 (the iPad Pro's is 10-core), so it trails the Pro
- No Face ID; only a landscape Touch ID power button
- 20W charging is slow next to Android tablet rivals
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the iPad Air 13-inch (M4)
Display
- Screen size
- 12.9 ″
- Panel type
- Liquid Retina IPS LCD
- Resolution
- 2732x2048
- Pixel density
- 264 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 600 nits
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple M4
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 3,576Top 9%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 12,591Top 12%
- RAM
- 12 GB
- Storage options
- 128GB / 256GB / 512GB / 1TB
Battery
- Charging
- 20 W
- Endurance
- 10 h
Design
- Weight
- 616 g
- Thickness
- 6.1 mm
- Material
- Aluminum
Camera
- Rear camera
- 12 MP
- Front camera
- 12 MP
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 6
- Cellular
- 5G optional
- USB
- USB-C (10Gbps)
Features
- Stylus
- Apple Pencil Pro
- Keyboard support
- Yes
- Speakers
- Stereo
- Operating system
- iPadOS 26
Quick answers
Is the iPad Air 13-inch (M4) good in 2026?
The iPad Air 13-inch (M4) earns an Inno Score of 57.4/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Apple's 13-inch iPad Air moves to the M4 chip with 12GB of unified memory, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Apple's own N1 wireless and C1X cellular silicon, while keeping the same $799 starting price as the M3 model it replaces.
What are the key specs of the iPad Air 13-inch (M4)?
Screen size: 12.9 ″ · Chipset: Apple M4 · RAM: 12 GB
What are the closest alternatives to the iPad Air 13-inch (M4)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Blackview Zeno 6 Pro, iPad Air 13-inch (M3), Teclast ArtPad — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
