Apple iPad Pro 11" M5 Silver 2025
Microsoft Surface 10.5" 10100Y Platinum 2021
What Buyers Say
Apple iPad Pro 11" M5 Silver 2025
The iPad Pro M5 receives overwhelmingly positive feedback, with users praising its stunning OLED display, blazing speed, and excellent battery life. Many note it's a significant upgrade from older models, ideal for creative work, travel, and everyday use. A few minor complaints include the lack of a headphone jack and the learning curve for navigation without a home button, but overall satisfaction is high.
Pros
- Stunning OLED display
- Blazing fast performance
- Excellent battery life
- Lightweight and portable
- Great for creative work
Cons
- No headphone jack
- Learning curve without home button
- Expensive
- Keyboard compatibility issues with older models
Microsoft Surface 10.5" 10100Y Platinum 2021
Most buyers are thrilled with this refurbished Surface, praising its like-new condition, fast performance, and all-day battery life. However, a few encountered serious issues: one unit arrived with a scratched display, and another suffered a fatal boot error that left the device unusable. There is also a notable limitation with USB-C audio adapters causing media stutter on the ARM version.
Pros
- Like-new condition
- Fast performance
- All-day battery life
- Easy setup
- Great value for price
Cons
- Scratched display on arrival
- Fatal boot error on some units
- USB-C audio adapter causes media stutter
- ARM version lockups and reboots
- Non-original packaging
Scores
Specifications
| Apple iPad Pro 11" M5 | Microsoft Surface 10.5" 10100Y | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU | Apple M5 ★ | 1.3 GHz core_i3 |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | No data | |
| Cores | 10★ | 1 |
| GPU* | Apple (10-Core)★ | UHD Graphics |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 12 GB★ | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR5X★ | DDR4 |
| Storage | 512 GB★ | 128 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD | SSD |
| Expandable | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Display | ||
| Size | 11" | 10.5" |
| Resolution | 2752 px★ | 1920 px |
| Panel | OLED★ | LCD |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz★ | — |
| Brightness | 1600 nits★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7★ | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0★ |
| USB-C | 1 | 1 |
| Cellular | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Features | ||
| Stylus Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stylus Model | Apple Pencil Pro | Surface Pen |
| Fingerprint Reader | ✓★ | — |
| Face Unlock | ✓★ | — |
| Physical | ||
| Weight | 0.58 kg | 0.54 kg★ |
| Battery | 31 Wh★ | — |
| OS | iPadOS | Windows 11 |
Pros & Cons
Apple iPad Pro 11" M5 Silver 2025
- Strong screen (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong social proof (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong connectivity (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong gpu (97th percentile)97th %ile
Microsoft Surface 10.5" 10100Y Platinum 2021
- Strong connectivity (78th percentile)
- Strong feature (71st percentile)
- Strong ram (66th percentile)
- Strong storage (65th percentile)
- Below average cpu (1st percentile)1st %ile
- Below average gpu (13th percentile)13th %ile
- Below average user sentiment (28th percentile)
- Below average battery (30th percentile)
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 17 of 26 specs.
