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| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 66.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| Android 5.0 | -- |
| 2014-10-15 | 2020-09-18 |
| 8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 15.38 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Black, Brown and White | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 249.00 | $ 459.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 288 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| 64-bit Denver (Dual-Core 2300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Quad-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | -- |
| Kepler DX1 GPU | Apple G11P GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.60 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.26 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6700mAh Li-Polymer Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.08 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Google Nexus 9 is better than iPad (2020), with a 74.5 score against 66.6. Despite of the fact the Google Nexus 9 is extremely older and a little bit thicker than the iPad (2020), it's body is still somewhat lighter. IPad (2020) counts with a little bit better performance than Google Nexus 9, and although they both have a 64 bits processing unit, the iPad (2020) also has a larger number of cores.
Google Nexus 9 has a little more vivid screen than Apple iPad (2020), because although it has a bit smaller screen and a little worse resolution of 2048 x 1536, it also counts with a quite greater display pixel density. Apple iPad (2020)'s memory for games and applications is just as good as the Google Nexus 9 one, both have the same internal storage.
Google Nexus 9 counts with a superior battery performance than iPad (2020). The iPad (2020) shoots much clearer photos and videos than Google Nexus 9. Both of them have the same video definition, a same size aperture, the same video frame rate and the same resolution back-facing camera.
The Google Nexus 9 not only is the best tablets between the ones we are comparing, but it's also by far the cheapest, which makes it a no doubt choice.
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