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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 12 |
| 2025-03-12 | -- |
| -- | 12.85 x 8.21 x 0.22 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | -- |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | -- |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 14.6 inches |
| -- | 2600 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| -- | 209 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 6.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Adreno 730 GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.29 inches (1/3.4") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 9 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 11200mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 10.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra has a general score of 75.8, which is slightly better than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s global score of 70.4. Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra has Android 12 OS, while iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS. Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra features a way better display than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because it has a quite bigger screen.
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra's memory capacity to store more apps and games is just as good as iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s one, both of them have equal 128 GB internal memory. The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a little better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. They have the same number of cores and the same RAM memory amount.
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra counts with a little better battery life than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because it has 11200mAh of battery capacity. The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra features a camera that's very similar to the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) one, because although the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra has a tinier aperture which is not favorable for taking photos or videos in low-light situations and a tinier back-facing camera sensor giving a worse image quality, and they both have the same video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, it also counts with a higher resolution back facing camera.
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