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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2025-03-12 | 2020-05-14 |
| -- | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| -- | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 8 inches |
| -- | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.73 |
| 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 | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is better than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), having a 69.6 score against 58.6. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) counts with Android 9.0 Pie operating system. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a a lot newer and extremely thinner tablet than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), although it's also notably heavier.
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) counts with an incredibly better looking screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller display. Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) counts with a much powerful CPU than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and a lower number of cores.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a greater camera than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a way better (4K) video resolution and a lot more mega-pixels camera in the back. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) features just a bit more memory to store more apps and games than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has less internal memory, it also counts with a slot for an external memory card that supports up to 1000 GB.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a really longer battery performance than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
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