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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 10 | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2018-08-02 | 2020-09-18 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Metal | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 6.49 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Microsoft Surface Go has an overall score of 66.5, which is slightly better than iPad 10.2 (2020)'s 62.2 overall score. Despite being the best in our current comparison, the Microsoft Surface Go design is noticeably older, a little thicker and a little bit heavier than the iPad 10.2 (2020). The Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 operating system, while iPad 10.2 (2020) has iPadOS 18.x operating system.
The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a better screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a little bit larger display, a higher resolution of 1620 x 2160 and a little more pixels per inch of screen. The Microsoft Surface Go features a lot bigger storage to install games and applications than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 96 GB more internal memory.
Microsoft Surface Go has a really superior hardware performance than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has a lower number of cores , it also counts with a higher amount of RAM. The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) features a battery duration that is just as good as Microsoft Surface Go's battery duration.
Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) has a lot better camera than Microsoft Surface Go. Both of them have the same video frame rates, a 8 mega-pixels back camera and the same 1920x1080 video quality.
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