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| Global Score | |
| 60.6 | 59.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| -- | 2020-06-03 |
| -- | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 16.26 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| -- | Black, Plum, Slate, Twilight blue and White |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 110.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 223 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 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 |
| Yes GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 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 |
| 2.4 | 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 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) is slightly better than the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), having a score of 60.6 against 59.7. IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) is a a lot heavier but extremely thinner tablet than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020). IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) works with Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) features a really superior hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has less RAM and 4 less processing cores. Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) features a little more vivid display than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has a little bit lower pixel count per inch in the screen, a really smaller display and a way lower resolution of 800 x 1280px.
Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) takes a lot better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a back facing camera with way more mega pixels. Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has much more storage capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because although it has just 32 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with an external SD slot that admits up to 1000 GB.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) counts with a battery lifetime that is very similar to Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen)'s battery duration.
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