Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 62.2 | 61.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2020-09-18 | 2021-05-26 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 9.72 x 6.54 x 0.36 inches |
| 17.46 ounces | 16.40 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | Black, Denim, Lavender and Olive |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset | MediaTek Helio P60T MT8183 chipset |
| processor | Cortex-A73, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4 core GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.36 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad 10.2 (2020) has a score of 62.2, which is a bit better than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021)'s 61.8 overall score. IPad 10.2 (2020) has iPadOS 18.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) works with Android 9.0 Pie OS. Even though the iPad 10.2 (2020) and the Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) were released only 8 months apart, iPad 10.2 (2020)'s construction is just a little bit heavier but thinner.
The iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a little sharper display than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), because it has a bit larger display, a little bit higher amount of pixels in each display inch and a higher resolution of 1620 x 2160 pixels. Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) counts with a very superior processing unit than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), and although they both have 3 GB of RAM, the Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) also has a higher number of cores.
IPad 10.2 (2020) has a lot better camera than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), because it has a lot more mega-pixels back-facing camera and a way better video resolution. The Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) features a lot bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), and although they both have the same 32 GB internal storage, the Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) also has a SD card slot that holds up to 1 TB.
The Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) has a battery lifetime that's very similar to the battery life in iPad 10.2 (2020).
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