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| Global Score | |
| 73.2 | 62.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2021-09-24 | 2012-09-12 |
| 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 4.86 x 2.31 x 0.24 inches |
| 17.18 ounces | 3.10 ounces |
| Silver and Space gray | Black and White |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 265.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 4 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 640 x 1136 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| -- | 512 MB RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 9.99 | 8.01 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.58 | 7.92 |
| 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 | |
| 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery | 1030mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.36 | 2.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Gyroscope |
Comparison review
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) is better than the Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation, with a overall score of 73.2 against 62.7. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) body is much newer, but thicker and much heavier than the Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation comes with iOS 7.x operating system.
IPod Touch 5th Generation features a little bit better display than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because although it has a much smaller display and a much lower resolution of 1136 x 640, it also counts with a little greater pixel density. The Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) features a much better performing CPU than Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, it also counts with a greater number of faster cores and a 64 bits processing unit.
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) and iPod Touch 5th Generation count with similar memory to install games and applications, both of them have the same internal memory capacity. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) features a much better battery performance than Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation, because it has an 8526mAh battery capacity against 1030mAh.
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a little bit better camera than iPod Touch 5th Generation, and although they both have the same video frame rate, a same size camera aperture and the same (Full HD) video definition, the iPad 10.2-inch (2021) also has a way more mega-pixels back camera.
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