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| Global Score | |
| 65.4 | 65.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 16.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 7.1 Nougat |
| -- | 2017-10-10 |
| -- | 8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 inches |
| -- | 12.84 ounces |
| Silver and Space Gray | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 8917 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple 10-core GPU GPU | Adreno 308 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.28 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 7.48 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 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 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) is just a bit better than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), with a overall score of 65.7 against 65.4. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) works with Android 9.0 Pie operating system, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) works with iPadOS 16.x operating system. IPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) has a bit better display than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because it has a much larger screen, a higher pixels number per inch in the screen and a way higher 2048 x 2732 pixels resolution.
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) has a way better performance than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), although it has an inferior number of cores and 6 GB less RAM. IPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) has a better camera than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because it has a larger diafragm aperture to take better low-light photography and video, a camera with a way better 12 MP resolution and a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video definition.
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) counts with a lot bigger storage to install games and applications than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with more internal memory. Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) counts with a way better battery life than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen).
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