| Global Score | |
| 77.9 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2013-10-22 | 2018-06-12 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Gold and Gray |
| Aluminium | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 273.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 9.27 | 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 | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
IPad Air is a little bit better than the Huawei MediaPad M5 8, having a global score of 77.9 against 75.5. The iPad Air counts with iOS 8.x OS, and Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has Android 8.0 Oreo OS. Although it's the best in this comparison, iPad Air is a incredibly older, a little bit thicker and much heavier device than the Huawei MediaPad M5 8.
IPad Air has a little bit better screen than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has a lot lower pixels count per inch of display and a little bit worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px, it also counts with a larger display. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a processing unit that is just as good as the iPad Air one, because although the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has doesn't have a GPU and a 32-bits processing unit against 64-bits, it also counts with a higher amount of RAM memory and a larger number of cores.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a superior storage to install applications and games than Apple iPad Air, and although they both have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has a slot for an external memory card that holds a maximum of 256 GB. The Apple iPad Air features a superior battery lifetime than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has a 73 percent bigger battery size.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8's camera is very similar to the iPad Air one, although the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has a bigger aperture to take better low-light images and a back-facing camera with lot more megapixels.
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