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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2025-03-04 | 2018-06-12 |
| -- | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 8.4 inches |
| -- | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 359 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is way better than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), having a 75.5 score against 62.5. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with Android 8.0 Oreo OS, while Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a really superior performance than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with more processing cores.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a much sharper display than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a lot smaller display. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a camera that is just as good as Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s camera, because although the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a tinier aperture which is not recommended for low light captures and videos, it also counts with a higher resolution back-facing camera.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a lot bigger storage capacity to install applications and games than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), and although they both have the same 128 GB internal storage capacity, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has a slot for an external memory card that holds up to 256 GB.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a much longer battery life than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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