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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Huawei |
| Windows 10 | HarmonyOS |
| 2018-08-02 | 2021-07-06 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 7.27 x 11.28 x 0.26 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 21.48 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Green, Matte Gray and Silver |
| Metal | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 12.6 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| -- | OLED |
| 216 pixels per inch | 240 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.3 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Kirin 9000E chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | Cortex-A77, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 3130 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Mali-G78 MP22 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.81 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 8.03 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 1.36 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 is better than Microsoft Surface Go, with a 76.3 score against 66.5. Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 is a notably newer and way thinner tablet than the Microsoft Surface Go, but it's also heavier. The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 has HarmonyOS OS, and Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 OS.
The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 features a little sharper display than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a higher resolution of 1600 x 2560px, a just a bit better display pixel density and a bigger display. The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 has a better processor than Microsoft Surface Go, and although they both have 8 GB of RAM, the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 also has 6 more cores.
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 and Microsoft Surface Go feature similar memory capacity to store more apps and games, both of them have equal internal storage capacity. Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 counts with a much better battery lifetime than Microsoft Surface Go. Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 features a lot better camera than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a much more megapixels back camera and a way higher 3840x2160 video quality.
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