Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 54.8 | 60.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Samsung |
| Android 5.0 Lollipop | Android 5.0 |
| 2015-09-30 | 2015-04-20 |
| 10.31 x 6.26 x 0.30 inches | 8.20 x 5.43 x 0.29 inches |
| 15.24 ounces | 11.04 ounces |
| Black and White | Blue, Gray and White |
| $ 260.00 | $ 139.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 8 inches |
| 800 x 1280 pixels | 768 x 1024 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 149 pixels per inch | 160 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.1 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 1200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 1,5 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 306 GPU |
| 8.37 | 7.65 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 5.5 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 2.4 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 4200mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 is a bit better than Amazon Fire HD 10, with a 60.1 score against 54.8. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 is a just a little bit thinner and extremely lighter tablet than Amazon Fire HD 10, even though both of them were released only a couple months apart. These tablets have Android operating system, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 has an older 5.0 version while Amazon Fire HD 10 has Android 5.0 Lollipop version.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 counts with a better screen than Amazon Fire HD 10, because although it has a really smaller display and a little bit lower resolution of 1024 x 768px, it also counts with a little more pixels per inch of screen. Amazon Fire HD 10 features a superior storage capacity to store more apps and games than Galaxy Tab A 8.0, and although they both have an external memory slot that holds a maximum of 128 GB, the Amazon Fire HD 10 also has more internal memory capacity.
Amazon Fire HD 10 has a bit better performance than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a higher number of cores (and they are faster). The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 has a superior battery life than Amazon Fire HD 10. Galaxy Tab A 8.0 captures much better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 10. They have the same 1280x720 (HD) video resolution, the same video frame rate and a back camera with a 5 mega-pixels.
Even being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, Galaxy Tab A 8.0 is also a lot cheaper.
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