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| Global Score | |
| 72.3 | 59.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 0000-00-00 | 2020-06-03 |
| 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 16.26 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray | Black, Plum, Slate, Twilight blue and White |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 110.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 8 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 261 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M2 chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| 10-core GPU GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 10 | 2.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has an overall score of 72.3, which is much better than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)'s 59.7 global score. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) comes with Android 9.0 Pie operating system. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a much heavier but notably thinner tablet than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020).
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has a much better performing processor than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has a lower amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a much better looking display than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a way higher resolution of 1640 x 2360px, a greater amount of pixels per inch in the screen and a lot larger screen.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) shoots greater pictures and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a back facing camera with a way higher resolution. Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has a bit bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has only 32 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with an external memory slot that admits a maximum of 1000 GB.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)'s battery performance is just as good as Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s battery performance.
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