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| Global Score | |
| 54.1 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 5.0 Lollipop | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2015-09-30 | 2021-09-24 |
| 8.43 x 5.04 x 0.30 inches | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 10.97 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Orange and Pink | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 170.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | -- |
| Yes GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.37 | 5.85 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 5.5 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini (6th Gen) has an overall score of 65, which is much better than Amazon Fire HD 8's 54.1 score. IPad mini (6th Gen)'s construction is notably newer, thinner and just a bit lighter than Amazon Fire HD 8. IPad mini (6th Gen) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HD 8 has Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system.
Amazon Fire HD 8 features a much greater performance than iPad mini (6th Gen), although it has 2 less CPU cores. The iPad mini (6th Gen) counts with an incredibly better screen than Amazon Fire HD 8, because it has a much greater pixels quantity per inch in the display, a little bit larger display and a lot higher resolution of 1488 x 2266 pixels.
The iPad mini (6th Gen) has a bigger storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8, because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with 64 GB internal storage. IPad mini (6th Gen) features a much better battery lifetime than Amazon Fire HD 8.
The iPad mini (6th Gen) captures much better photos and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8, because it has a back facing camera with a way better resolution and a lot better (4K) video resolution.
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