My iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard weighs in at 1373 grams, versus the MacBook Air's 1290 grams.
Both CPUs are more than I need, so that's a wash. I can't imagine overloading the even more powerful M1, even with the lowest spec 7 GPU units and 8GB of DRAM. The heaviest load I've put on my iPad Pro is editing multiple streams of 4k video, which it handled flawlessly.
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