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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Amazon |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2018-06-12 | 2020-05-14 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| Metal | -- |
| -- | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 8 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is much better than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), with a overall score of 75.5 against 58.6. Both tablets in this comparison review use Android operating system, but the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has the older 8.0 Oreo version and Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has Android 9.0 Pie. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is an older tablet than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), but it's extremely thinner and lighter anyway.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a bit more powerful processing unit than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a higher amount of RAM memory and a greater number of cores. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a brighter screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a lot better pixels density, a quite bigger screen and a much higher resolution of 1600 x 2560px.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a way better camera than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a lot better 13 mega pixels resolution back camera. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a better memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because although it has a slot for external memory cards that holds 744 GB smaller, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a superior battery life than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
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