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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 74.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | |
| Windows 10 | Android 5.0 |
| 2018-08-02 | 2014-10-15 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 15.38 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black, Brown and White |
| Metal | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 367.00 | $ 249.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | 64-bit Denver (Dual-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Kepler DX1 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.36 |
| 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 + 1.60 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 7.26 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| -- | SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6700mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Google Nexus 9 has an overall score of 74.5, which is much better than the Microsoft Surface Go's score of 66.5. The Google Nexus 9 comes with Android 5.0 operating system, and Microsoft Surface Go has Windows 10 operating system. The Google Nexus 9 is an notably older tablet than the Microsoft Surface Go, but Google managed to make it a bit thinner and somewhat lighter anyway.
The Google Nexus 9 counts with a quite superior hardware performance than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has lesser RAM, and they both have 2 cores, the Google Nexus 9 also counts with a 64-bits CPU. The Google Nexus 9 counts with a much sharper screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a better quantity of pixels per screen inch and a better resolution of 2048 x 1536.
The Google Nexus 9 counts with a superior camera than Microsoft Surface Go. Both have the same video frame rate, the same video quality and the same resolution camera in the back. Microsoft Surface Go features a superior memory to store more games and applications than Google Nexus 9, because it has 96 GB more internal memory capacity.
Google Nexus 9 has a superior battery performance than Microsoft Surface Go.
The Google Nexus 9 not only is the best tablets of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also a bargain compared to the other ones, making this tablet a no doubt choice.
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