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| Global Score | |
| 58.6 | 71.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-05-14 | 2024-05-07 |
| 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.52 ounces | 21.80 ounces |
| Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White | -- |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 90.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 13 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 189 pixels per inch | 263 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 6.8 |
| 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 Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is much better than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), getting a 71.3 score against 58.6. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) works with Android 9.0 Pie operating system. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) design is notably newer and much thinner, but also much heavier than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
The iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) features a little more vivid screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a really bigger display, more pixels per inch of screen and a way higher resolution of 2048 x 2732. Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) features slightly more storage for applications and games than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), because although it has just 32 GB internal memory, it also counts with a SD extension slot that supports up to 1000 GB.
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a way better performance than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), although it has a lower number of cores (although they are faster) and a smaller amount of RAM memory. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) counts with a lot better camera than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a camera in the back with way more megapixels.
IPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) has a battery life that's just as good as the battery life in Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
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