AppleTablet
Apple iPad mini (2021)
Apple iPad mini (2021) is a tablet released in September 2021. Key specs: screen size 8.3″, refresh rate 60 Hz, chipset Apple A15 Bionic, RAM 4 GB.
5.8Score
Display5.8
Performance7.1
Battery3.5
Memory & storage3.6
Features8.4
price range$530–650Reference price converted from EUR
- Released
- September 2021
- Type
- Tablet
- Brand
Apple- Popularity
- #16 of 610
- Series
- Apple iPad mini · 3 generations
- Model numbers
- A2568iPad141iPad142
8.3″Screen size
60 HzRefresh rate
Apple A15 BionicChipset
4 GBRAM
256 GBStorage (max)
5,078 mAhBattery capacity
293 gWeight
YesStylus support
Spec guide
How it ranks among tablets of 2021
Screen size · 8.3″Bottom 15%
Refresh rate · 60 HzBottom 40%
RAM · 4 GBBottom 37%
Storage (max) · 256 GBTop 22%
Battery capacity · 5,078 mAhBottom 10%
Weight · 293 gTop 8%
Compared with tablets released in 2021. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other tablets
Why is iPad mini (2021) a good choice?
Weight: 293 gbetter than 97% of tablets
Pixel density: 327 ppibetter than 94% of tablets
Thickness: 6.3 mmbetter than 79% of tablets
Weak points
RAM: 4 GBworse than 91% of tablets
Screen size: 8.3″worse than 92% of tablets
Refresh rate: 60 Hzworse than 100% of tablets
Battery capacity: 5,078 mAhworse than 93% of tablets
Specifications
Full specifications
Design
- Weight
- 293 g
- Thickness
- 6.3 mm
- Height
- 195.4 mm
- Width
- 134.8 mm
- Frame
- Aluminium
- Back
- Aluminium
- Glass protection
- Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
- Colours
- Space Gray, Pink, Purple, Starlight
Display
- Screen size
- 8.3″
- Panel
- Liquid Retina IPS LCD
- OLED panel
- No
- Resolution (short side)
- 1,488 px
- Resolution (long side)
- 2,266 px
- Pixel density
- 327 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 500 nits
- Measured brightness
- 518 nits
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 77.4%
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A15 Bionic
- Process
- 5 nm
- CPU cores
- 6
- CPU frequency
- 2.93 GHz
- AnTuTu score
- 1,412,655
- Geekbench 6 (multi-core)
- 5,541
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 2,752
Battery
- Battery capacity
- 5,078 mAh
- Battery type
- Li-Ion
- Wired charging
- 20 W
- Charged in 30 min
- 38%
- Wireless charging
- No
Connectivity
- Cellular (LTE)
- Yes
- 5G
- Yes
- eSIM
- Yes
- Dual SIM
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5
- USB
- USB Type-C 3.1
- USB version
- 3.1
- Video output (USB-C / DisplayPort)
- Yes
- NFC
- No
- GPS
- Yes
- Satellite navigation
- GLONASS
Features
- Stylus support
- Yes
- Stereo speakers
- Yes
- Loudspeaker loudness
- -29.7 LUFS
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No
- Fingerprint sensor
- Side / power button
- Barometer
- Yes
- Sensors
- Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
Cameras
- Rear camera
- 12 MP
- Rear camera aperture
- f/1.8
- Rear cameras
- 1
- Ultra-wide camera
- No
- Optical stabilisation
- No
- Max video
- 4K
- 4K video frame rate
- 60 fps
- Front camera
- 12 MP
- 4K front-camera video
- No
Software
- OS at launch
- iPadOS 15
- Platform
- iPadOS
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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