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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 81.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2018-06-12 | 2022-03-18 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | -- |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 359 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 7.7 |
| 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 | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.4 | 10 |
| 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 | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2022) is a bit better than the Huawei MediaPad M5 8, with an 81.4 score against 75.5. Apple iPad Air (2022) works with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Huawei MediaPad M5 8 works with Android 8.0 Oreo OS. Although Apple iPad Air (2022) is much heavier than the Huawei MediaPad M5 8, it's thinner and also a lot newer.
The iPad Air (2022) counts with a bit better processing unit than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, and although they both have the same number of cores, the iPad Air (2022) also has a greater amount of RAM. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features just a bit better display than iPad Air (2022), because although it has a lot smaller screen, it also counts with more pixels per inch in the screen and a slightly better 1600 x 2560px resolution.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a very superior memory to store more games and applications than iPad Air (2022), because it has a slot for an external memory card that supports a maximum of 256 GB and 64 GB more internal memory capacity. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a really longer battery performance than iPad Air (2022).
Apple iPad Air (2022) features a camera that's very similar to Huawei MediaPad M5 8's camera, because although the Apple iPad Air (2022) has a lower resolution back facing camera, it also counts with a bigger aperture to capture better low light captures.
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