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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 62.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Android 11 |
| 2018-06-12 | 2022-01-13 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 17.92 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Gray, Pink Gold and Silver |
| Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 359 pixels per inch | 210 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 6.3 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Mali G52 MP2 GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.03 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| 7.92 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | 7040mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a lot better than Galaxy Tab A8, with a 75.5 score against 62.6. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a incredibly older and just a little thicker portable tablet than the Galaxy Tab A8, but Huawei was able to make it way lighter anyway. These tablets use Android OS, but Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a newer 8.0 Oreo version and Galaxy Tab A8 has Android 11 version, providing a couple additional features and performance improvements.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a much more vibrant display than Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, because although it has a way smaller screen, it also counts with a higher resolution of 1600 x 2560 and way more pixels per inch in the screen. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features more storage to store more games and applications than Galaxy Tab A8, because although it has a SD memory slot that holds 768 GB smaller, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a much more powerful CPU than Galaxy Tab A8, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 also has more RAM. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 captures way better photos and videos than Galaxy Tab A8, because it has a back facing camera with a much better resolution.
Galaxy Tab A8 features a superior battery lifetime than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has a 38% larger battery size.
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