Compare tablets
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
16 GB (2014)| Global Score | |
| 65.1 | 66.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Microsoft |
| Android 4.4 | Windows 10 |
| 2014-10-21 | 2018-08-02 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 13.72 ounces | 18.41 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 379.00 | $ 367.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1200 x 1800 pixels |
| LCD | -- |
| 339 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 9.09 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 4.4 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.82 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 6.3 | 2.4 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Microsoft Surface Go has a global score of 66.5, which is a bit better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 65.1 general score. Microsoft Surface Go counts with Windows 10 operating system, while Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with Android 4.4 operating system. The Microsoft Surface Go body is newer, but just a little bit thicker and extremely heavier than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a little better hardware performance than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has 6 GB less RAM, it also counts with 2 more CPU cores. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a way better screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a way greater screen pixel density and a better 1600 x 2560px resolution.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a slightly better camera than Microsoft Surface Go. Both of them have the same video quality, a 8 mega-pixels resolution camera in the back and the same video frame rate. The Microsoft Surface Go features a superior memory capacity to store more apps and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 128 GB internal storage.
Microsoft Surface Go features a battery lifetime that is just as good as the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 one.
Despite of being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, the Microsoft Surface Go is also cheaper.
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