Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 69.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Sony |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Android 4.4.4, 4.4 |
| 2018-06-12 | 2014-02-24 |
| 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches | 10.47 x 6.77 x 0.25 inches |
| 11.15 ounces | 15.49 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black and White |
| Metal | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 249.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974-AB chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 6.16 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 8.10 MP + 2.20 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 6.6 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G) | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Nano SIM | Micro SIM |
| 5.4 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| -- | 1240 hours standby time |
| 6.88 | 7.52 |
| 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 has a general score of 75.5, which is a little bit better than the Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet's 69.8 overall score. Both devices we are comparing here come with Android operating system, but the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has 8.0 Oreo version and Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet has Android 4.4.4 version, providing lots of additional features and optimized performance. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a incredibly newer and much lighter device than the Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet, although it's also thicker.
Xperia Z2 Tablet counts with a display that is just as good as the Huawei MediaPad M5 8 one, because although the Xperia Z2 Tablet has much lesser pixels per inch of display and a lot worse resolution of 1200 x 1920 pixels, it also counts with a larger screen. The Xperia Z2 Tablet and Huawei MediaPad M5 8 feature incredibly similar CPUs, because although the Xperia Z2 Tablet has less RAM and an inferior number of cores and also slower, it also counts with a graphics processor.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a very superior camera than Xperia Z2 Tablet, because it has a camera with way more megapixels. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 features a much bigger memory to store more games and applications than Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet, because it has an external memory slot that holds a maximum of 256 GB and 112 GB more internal memory capacity.
Xperia Z2 Tablet has just a bit longer battery duration than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has an 18% bigger battery capacity.
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