Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 81.4 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2022-03-18 | 2020-05-14 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 16.26 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| -- | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 9.99 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 10 | 2.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2022) is much better than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), getting an 81.4 score against 58.6. Although the iPad Air (2022) is way heavier than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), it's incredibly thinner and also newer. The iPad Air (2022) has iPadOS 15.x OS, while Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) counts with Android 9.0 Pie OS.
IPad Air (2022) features a quite better hardware performance than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a larger number of faster cores and more RAM memory. IPad Air (2022) has a better screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a much higher 1640 x 2360px resolution, a really larger screen and more pixels per inch of screen.
The iPad Air (2022) shoots much clearer videos and photos than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a back camera with a way better 12 megapixels resolution. Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a way bigger memory for games and applications than Apple iPad Air (2022), because although it has 0 less internal memory, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that holds a maximum of 1000 GB.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)'s battery life is just as good as the battery duration in iPad Air (2022).
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