

The front cameras are far more useful, and not just for taking selfies. Surface Pro X vs 12.9-inch iPad Pro: Biometrics You’re won’t be taking many pictures with the iPad Pro or the Surface Pro X. While the iPad’s sensor is technically superior, you probably won’t be using either one to take pictures or videos, even if you do have hands large enough to handle it. iPad Pro: 12MP, f/1.8, with 1080p HD and 4K video.Surface Pro X: 10MP with 1080p HD and 4K video.So both have acceptable, but relatively pedestrian rear cameras: Tablets this big aren’t known for their photo-taking expertise, and if you’ve ever seen someone try to take a pic with a 13-inch tablet, you can see why. Winner: Surface Pro X Surface Pro X vs 12.9-inch iPad Pro: Rear camera While a USB-C charger will presumably fill up your tablet if you plug one in, you’ll still need to carry the Surface Connector for reliable power.

Notably, the Surface Pro X doesn’t use its USB-C port for charging. You’ll need either a dongle, or Bluetooth headphones, or USB-C. You can forget about the headphone jack on both as well. USB-C is your only choice for connecting peripherals other than the respective keyboards.

When it comes to storage, the Surface Pro X model starts at 128GB, twice as much as the iPad Pro base model. Winner: Surface Pro X Surface Pro X vs 12.9-inch iPad Pro: Storage The Surface Pro X also comes with LTE in every configuration, whereas you’ll need to pay a $150 premium with the iPad Pro. That’s a PC-level of memory that straight up blows away the iPad. While the iPad Pro has 4GB of RAM, the Surface comes with either 8GB or 16GB, depending on your configuration. So the SQ1 certainly has its work cut out for itīecause the Surface Pro X is a full-fledged Windows machine, it comes with way more RAM than the iPad. It’s a generation behind the newer A13 in the iPhone 11, but it’s still plenty capable, with a 64-bit ARMv8 octa-core CPU and a dedicated neural engine that runs five trillion operations per second. The iPad Pro also runs an ARM-based processor, called the A12 Bionic.
