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| Global Score | |
| 63.4 | 78.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Samsung |
| Windows RT 8.1 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2013-09-23 | 2019-04-26 |
| 10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 inches | 9.65 x 6.30 x 0.22 inches |
| 23.84 ounces | 14.11 ounces |
| -- | Black, Gold and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 630.00 | $ 316.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 208 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 4 (T40) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 SDM670 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1700 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A75 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 615 GPU |
| 8.55 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 3.50 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.29 inches (1/3.4") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.05 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.9 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7040mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 360 hours standby time | -- |
| 1.36 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is a lot better than Microsoft Surface 2, with a 78.6 score against 63.4. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e comes with Android 10 OS, and Microsoft Surface 2 works with Windows RT 8.1 OS. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e design is much newer, extremely lighter and much thinner than Microsoft Surface 2.
Galaxy Tab S5e counts with a slightly better screen than Microsoft Surface 2, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a better resolution of 1600 x 2560 pixels and a higher screen pixels density. The Galaxy Tab S5e features a very superior storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Microsoft Surface 2, because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The Galaxy Tab S5e features a bit faster processing unit than Microsoft Surface 2, because it has 4 more cores and a larger amount of RAM memory. Galaxy Tab S5e counts with a superior battery life than Microsoft Surface 2. Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e counts with a very superior camera than Microsoft Surface 2, because it has a way higher (4K) video resolution and a back camera with a much better resolution.
The Galaxy Tab S5e is not only the best tablets in this comparison, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones, making it an easy decision.
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