Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 58.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Sony |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 |
| 2018-06-12 | 2012-08-29 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 20.64 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | -- |
| Metal | -- |
| -- | $ 275.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 9.4 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 359 pixels per inch | 161 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.9 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 10.02 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| 7.92 | 5.94 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 3.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a global score of 75.5, which is way better than Sony Xperia Tablet S's 58.9 global score. Both tablets in this comparison come with Android operating system, but Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a more recent 8.0 Oreo version and Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 version. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a notably newer tablet device, and it is also extremely lighter and notably thinner than the Sony Xperia Tablet S.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a much better looking screen than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a lot higher 1600 x 2560 pixels resolution and much more pixels per inch of screen. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a bit more powerful CPU than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, it also counts with a higher amount of RAM memory and 4 more processing cores.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a much better camera than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a much more mega pixels back camera. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a way bigger memory to install applications and games than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because it has 64 GB more internal memory capacity and a SD extension slot that supports a maximum of 256 GB.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a superior battery life than Sony Xperia Tablet S.
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