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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2014-10-21 | 2025-03-04 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | -- |
| 13.23 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | -- |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.82 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 6.3 | 7.6 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a global score of 67.9, which is just a bit better than the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s 62.5 overall score. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 works with Android 4.4 operating system, and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x operating system. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a much better screen than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a little smaller display.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a much faster CPU than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has 4 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a larger number of cores (and they are faster). Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a much better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a camera with a much higher 12 megapixels resolution and a bigger diafragm aperture for better images in poorly lited environments.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with a much greater memory for games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 64 GB more internal memory capacity. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s battery duration is just as good as the battery performance in Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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