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| Global Score | |
| 58.6 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-05-14 | 2021-09-24 |
| 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 12.52 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 90.00 | -- |
| 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 |
| 6.6 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8168 chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | -- |
| Mali G52 MC1 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.73 | 5.85 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.08 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 5.28 | 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 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) is better than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), with a 65 score against 58.6. Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) is a newer tablet, and it is also lighter and way thinner than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020). Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) comes with Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
The iPad mini (6th Gen) features a way better looking screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a lot better resolution of 1488 x 2266, a way greater screen density and a quite larger display. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a very superior performance than iPad mini (6th Gen), although it has an inferior number of cores.
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) features a superior memory capacity for games and applications than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), because although it has only 32 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with an external memory card slot that admits a maximum of 1000 GB. IPad mini (6th Gen) has a lot better camera than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a much better resolution camera and a much better 3840x2160 video definition.
IPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a superior battery lifetime than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
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