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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 69 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2025-03-04 | 2019-07-05 |
| -- | 8.27 x 4.90 x 0.31 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 12.17 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Black and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8 inches |
| -- | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| -- | 189 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 SDM429 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 1950 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Adreno 504 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 7.37 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G) |
| 7.6 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is slightly better than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), having a 70.4 score against 69. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) has Android 11 OS. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s design is notably newer and way thinner, but also notably heavier than the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019).
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) features a really superior processing power than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has lesser cores and a lower amount of RAM memory. Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) counts with a way better looking screen than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller display.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a slightly better memory capacity for games and applications than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a really longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a 90 percent greater battery size.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) captures greater photographs and videos than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a lot better 3840x2160 video definition and a back-facing camera with a way higher resolution.
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