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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2025-03-04 | 2020-05-14 |
| -- | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| -- | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8 inches |
| -- | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 189 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has an overall score of 70.4, which is way better than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)'s score of 58.6. Although the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is way heavier than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), it's thinner and also incredibly newer. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) works with Android 9.0 Pie OS.
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a very superior processing power than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has lesser cores and 6 GB lesser RAM memory. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) counts with a much more vibrant display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lot smaller display.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) features a bit bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has just 32 GB internal storage, it also counts with an external memory card slot that holds up to 1000 GB. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a superior battery life than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) captures a lot better photos and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a way more mega-pixels back camera and a way higher video resolution.
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