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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
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a general score of 67.9, which is just a bit better than the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s 62.5 general score. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with Android 4.4 operating system, and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x operating system. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a much sharper display than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a quite smaller screen.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with much more memory capacity to store more apps and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 128 GB internal memory. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a much better performing CPU than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has lesser RAM, it also counts with 4 more processing cores.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 feature extremely similar battery performance. The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) captures much clearer photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a larger diafragm aperture to capture better images and videos in low-light situations and a much more megapixels camera in the back.
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