Apple - iPad (11th gen) vs Microsoft - Surface Go 4

These two are nearly even on the Mars Score (48.3 vs 49.1). The decision is not about overall quality — both clear the bar — it is about which specific trade-offs fit your use.

Pick the iPad (11th gen) if the display is what you stare at all day — refresh rate, brightness, or sharpness is where the difference will be most visible. The biggest gaps in its favor are weight, peak brightness, screen size.

Pick the Surface Go 4 if you push the hardware — gaming, on-device AI, heavy multitasking — and the extra compute headroom is worth the trade-offs. Its strongest claims are ram.

Both ship with comparable storage, refresh rate, stylus support, so those specs do not separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity says both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.