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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 68.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 4.2.2 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2013-09-25 |
| -- | 9.09 x 6.22 x 0.31 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 13.55 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Black |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 8.9 inches |
| -- | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| -- | 339 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 400 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 3.7 | 9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8074 chipset |
| processor | Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 7.92 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS |
| 7.6 | 6.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 has a global score of 68.5, which is just a bit better than the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s 62.5 score. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 counts with Android 4.2.2 operating system, and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x operating system. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a much greater processing power than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has 4 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an additional graphics processing unit and more cores.
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 features a much sharper screen than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has much worse brightness and a quite smaller display. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a much greater memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity.
The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 feature very similar batteries performance. Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) captures better pictures and videos than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a bigger aperture to take better low light images and video and a back camera with lot more megapixels.
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