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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 74.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Android 5.0 |
| 2018-06-12 | 2014-10-15 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 15.38 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Brown and White |
| Metal | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 249.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.9 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | 64-bit Denver (Dual-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Kepler DX1 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.60 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 7.26 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G) | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Nano SIM | SIM |
| 5.4 | 6.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | 6700mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 8.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a bit better than Google Nexus 9, with a 75.5 score against 74.5. Huawei MediaPad M5 8's body is noticeably newer, a little thinner and way lighter than Google Nexus 9. These tablets include Android OS, but the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has the newer 8.0 Oreo version and Google Nexus 9 has Android 5.0 version.
The Google Nexus 9 counts with just a bit better hardware performance than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has an inferior number of cores and a smaller amount of RAM, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU. Google Nexus 9 has a slightly better looking display than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because although it has a just a bit worse amount of pixels per display inch and a little bit worse resolution of 2048 x 1536, it also counts with a little larger screen.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a much bigger storage capacity for apps and games than Google Nexus 9, because it has 96 GB more internal storage and a slot for external memory cards that admits up to 256 GB. Google Nexus 9 features greater battery lifetime than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has 6700mAh of battery capacity.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a slightly better camera than Google Nexus 9, because it has a bigger diafragm aperture and a way higher resolution camera.
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