Thanks to its thinner bezels, Apple's smaller iPad Pro (pictured above alongside the 12.9-inch version) manages to pack a slightly larger display into a body that's around the same size as the new iPad Air.
Among the biggest differences between the iPad Air's 10.5-inch screen and the iPad Pro's 11-inch screen, aside from its design, is that the Air lacks Apple's ProMotion technology. ProMotion is a feature Apple debuted on the iPad Pro in 2017 that boosts the screen's refresh rate, which should make the screen more fluid and responsive.
Like the more expensive Pro, the 10.5-inch iPad Air also has a wide color display and supports Apple's TrueTone technology, which enables the screen's white balance to adapt to the lighting in the user's current environment.
As far as sharpness goes, the screens on both tablets each clock in at 264 pixels per inch.