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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 80 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 14.x | Windows 10 |
| 2020-10-16 | 2017-05-21 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 11.47 x 7.87 x 0.29 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 26.60 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | Silver |
| Aluminum | Metal |
| $ 729.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 12 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1440 x 2160 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 264 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Intel Core i5 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| -- | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Intel HD GPU |
| 10.26 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 16.38 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 5070mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch has an overall score of 80, which is much better than iPad Air (2020)'s general score of 71.7. The Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch construction is notably older, much heavier and somewhat thicker than iPad Air (2020). Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch counts with Windows 10 operating system, and iPad Air (2020) works with iPadOS 14.x operating system.
IPad Air (2020) features a superior CPU than Galaxy Book 12-inch, because it has more processing cores and a 64-bit CPU. IPad Air (2020) features a brighter display than Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a little better pixels density and a quite better resolution of 1640 x 2360.
Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch counts with a way bigger storage capacity for games and applications than iPad Air (2020), because it has a slot for SD memory cards that admits up to 256 GB and 256 GB internal storage capacity. The Galaxy Book 12-inch features a really longer battery lifetime than iPad Air (2020).
IPad Air (2020) has a lot better camera than Galaxy Book 12-inch, because although it has a camera with less mega-pixels resolution, it also counts with a way better (4K) video quality and a bigger diafragm aperture to capture better low light photos and video.
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