Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 71.5 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat |
| 2016-09-29 | 2017-03-24 |
| 8.48 x 4.89 x 0.29 inches | 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches |
| 10.93 ounces | 15.13 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black and Silver |
| Metal | Glass |
| -- | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 359 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T880 MP4 GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 5.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is just a bit better than the Huawei MediaPad M3, getting a 75.2 score against 71.5. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 design is thinner but extremely heavier than Huawei MediaPad M3, and both of them were released only 6 months apart. The Huawei MediaPad M3 counts with a little faster processing unit than Galaxy Tab S3, and although they both have a 4 GB RAM memory, the Huawei MediaPad M3 also has a greater number of cores (and they are faster).
Huawei MediaPad M3 has a slightly better display than Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a better pixel number per inch of display and a quite better resolution of 1600 x 2560px. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 shoots much better videos and photos than Huawei MediaPad M3, because it has a lot more mega-pixels camera.
Huawei MediaPad M3 has a quite bigger storage to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has a slot for an external memory card that admits a maximum of 128 GB against 256 GB, it also counts with more internal memory. Galaxy Tab S3 has just a little bit longer battery life than Huawei MediaPad M3, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity.
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