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| Global Score | |
| 65.4 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iPadOS 16.x | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| -- | 2018-06-12 |
| -- | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| -- | 11.15 ounces |
| Silver and Space Gray | Gold and Gray |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 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 10-core GPU 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 |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is better than the iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), with a global score of 75.5 against 65.4. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) works with iPadOS 16.x operating system. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a sharper screen than Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), because although it has a really smaller display and a bit worse resolution of 1600 x 2560, it also counts with a better pixel quantity in each inch in the screen.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much bigger storage to install games and applications than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), and although they both have the same internal storage, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has an external SD slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has an extremely better CPU than Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), although it has lesser RAM, they both have the same number of cores.
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) takes much better photos and videos than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has a back-facing camera with less mega-pixels resolution, it also counts with a bigger camera aperture for better photography and videos in low-light environments. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much longer battery life than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen).
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