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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2018-06-12 | 2025-03-04 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | -- |
| 11.15 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is way better than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), getting a score of 75.5 against 62.5. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 works with Android 8.0 Oreo OS, and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a much better performing processing unit than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with 8 more processing cores.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a lot better looking display than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a much smaller screen. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and Huawei MediaPad M5 8 have similar cameras, because although the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a back camera with lesser MP resolution, it also counts with a bigger aperture to take better photography and video in low light situations.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with much more storage for games and applications than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), and although they both have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has an external SD slot that admits a maximum of 256 GB. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a much longer battery duration than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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