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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 70.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 14.x | Android 8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow |
| 2020-10-16 | 2016-06-01 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 18.52 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum | -- |
| $ 729.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super PLS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| -- | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Mali-T830 MP2 GPU |
| 10.26 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 7.16 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 7300mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.48 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2020) is just a bit better than Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), with a global score of 71.7 against 70.2. IPad Air (2020) counts with iPadOS 14.x OS, and Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) counts with Android 8.1 Oreo OS. IPad Air (2020) is a newer tablet, and it is also lighter and way thinner than the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016).
The iPad Air (2020) counts with a better performance than Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), because although it has 2 less CPU cores , it also counts with a 64-bits processing unit. IPad Air (2020) has a sharper display than Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), because it has a higher resolution of 1640 x 2360 pixels, a little bit better screen density and a little larger screen.
IPad Air (2020) has a slightly bigger storage capacity to store more apps and games than Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with more internal memory. IPad Air (2020) captures much clearer photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), because it has a bigger aperture to capture better low-light photography, a camera in the back with a lot higher resolution and a way higher video resolution.
Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) counts with a really longer battery performance than iPad Air (2020).
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