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| Global Score | |
| 58.6 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-05-14 | 0000-00-00 |
| 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.52 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 90.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 11 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8168 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali G52 MC1 GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.73 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.08 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution | -- |
| 5.28 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has an overall score of 72.3, which is way better than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)'s 58.6 overall score. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has Android 9.0 Pie operating system. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) construction is way thinner but notably heavier than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) features a sharper display than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a better pixels amount in each display inch, a much better resolution of 1640 x 2360px and a really larger display. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) counts with a way better processing power than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has an inferior number of cores (although faster) and a smaller amount of RAM.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) shoots greater photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a much more MP back camera. Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) features a little bit better storage capacity for apps and games than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has less internal memory, it also counts with a slot for an external memory card that supports up to 1000 GB.
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) and Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) count with incredibly similar battery durations.
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