Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 54.1 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 5.0 Lollipop | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2015-09-30 | 2025-03-12 |
| 8.43 x 5.04 x 0.30 inches | -- |
| 10.97 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Orange and Pink | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 170.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 11 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 3.7 |
| 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 | |
| -- | 7606mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is way better than Amazon Fire HD 8, getting a 69.6 score against 54.1. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 8 has Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a extremely newer and extremely thinner tablet than the Amazon Fire HD 8, but it is also a lot heavier.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 has a much sharper screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a way smaller screen. Amazon Fire HD 8 features a much powerful processing unit than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has lesser RAM and less cores (but faster). The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a lot better camera than Amazon Fire HD 8, because it has a back-facing camera with much more mega pixels and a lot better (4K) video definition.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a much bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Amazon Fire HD 8, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with more internal memory. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a much longer battery life than Amazon Fire HD 8.
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