Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 54.1 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 5.0 Lollipop | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2015-09-30 | 2025-03-04 |
| 8.43 x 5.04 x 0.30 inches | -- |
| 10.97 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Orange and Pink | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 170.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 13 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 8.37 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 5.5 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 9705mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a lot better than Amazon Fire HD 8, having a general score of 70.4 against 54.1. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Amazon Fire HD 8 counts with Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s design is incredibly newer and extremely thinner, but also much heavier than the Amazon Fire HD 8.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 counts with a very superior hardware performance than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lower number of cores and less RAM memory. Amazon Fire HD 8 counts with a way better screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller display.
Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a very superior camera than Amazon Fire HD 8, because it has a way more mega-pixels camera and a much higher 3840x2160 video definition. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a much better memory for games and applications than Amazon Fire HD 8, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a really longer battery life than Amazon Fire HD 8.
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