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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 has a global score of 75.5, which is much better than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s general score of 62.5. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 comes with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system, and iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x operating system. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much more vibrant display than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a way smaller display.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a much faster CPU than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has 2 GB less RAM memory, it also counts with a greater number of cores. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with much more storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), and although they both have equal internal storage capacity, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has an external SD slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB.
The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s camera is just as good as the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 one, because although the iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a back-facing camera with a lower resolution, it also counts with a larger aperture. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a very superior battery life than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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