| Global Score | |
| 65.4 | 58.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iOS 13.x, 12.x, 11.x, 10.x | Windows RT |
| 2017-03-24 | 2012-06-18 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 24.00 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | -- |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 220.00 | $ 123.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.6 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1366 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 264 pixels per inch | 148 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.2 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A9 APL0898 chipset | NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset |
| Twister, 64-bit, 16 nm (Dual-Core 1850 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM |
| PowerVR GT7600 GPU | ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU |
| 8.64 | 8.64 |
| Storage | |
| -- | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot |
| 0 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 1.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.25 | 4.29 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G) | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 4.8 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8827mAh Li - Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
The iPad 9.7-inch is better than Microsoft Surface RT, with a 65.4 score against 58.4. IPad 9.7-inch has iOS 13.x OS, while Microsoft Surface RT has Windows RT OS. The iPad 9.7-inch is a incredibly newer portable tablet, and it is also lighter and somewhat thinner than Microsoft Surface RT. Apple iPad 9.7-inch counts with a slightly better looking display than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a much greater pixels amount per screen inch and a lot better resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels.
Microsoft Surface RT has a superior storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad 9.7-inch. Microsoft Surface RT features a processing unit that's just as good as the processing unit in iPad 9.7-inch, and although the Microsoft Surface RT has a larger number of cores and a graphics processing unit, they both have 2 GB of RAM memory.
The Apple iPad 9.7-inch features a lot better camera than Microsoft Surface RT, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same (Full HD) video quality, the Apple iPad 9.7-inch also has a lot better 8 megapixels resolution back camera. The Apple iPad 9.7-inch counts with a really longer battery lifetime than Microsoft Surface RT.
The iPad 9.7-inch costs a lot more money than Microsoft Surface RT, but you can get a better tablet for that few more dollars.
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