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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2025-03-12 | 2018-06-12 |
| -- | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8.4 inches |
| -- | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 359 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 6.3 | 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 | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has an overall score of 75.5, which is just a bit better than the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s overall score of 70.4. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 works with Android 8.0 Oreo OS, and Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a lot better screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller screen.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a superior storage capacity for applications and games than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), and although they both have exactly the same 128 GB internal storage, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has a slot for SD memory cards that allows up to 256 GB. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much better performing processing unit than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less RAM, they both have the same number of cores.
The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) shoots greater photographs and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has a worse 12 mega-pixels resolution back camera, it also counts with a bigger aperture for better low light photography and videos. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much longer battery duration than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has a 9705mAh battery size.
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