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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Huawei |
| Windows 10 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2018-08-02 | 2018-06-12 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 10.19 x 6.76 x 0.29 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 17.57 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Gold and Gray |
| Metal | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 10.8 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 280 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.49 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 is better than Microsoft Surface Go, getting a global score of 75.8 against 66.5. The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 has Android 8.0 Oreo OS, while Microsoft Surface Go works with Windows 10 OS. Although Huawei MediaPad M5 10 and Microsoft Surface Go were released only a couple months apart, Huawei MediaPad M5 10 is thinner and a little bit lighter.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 counts with a bit better hardware performance than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with 6 more processing cores. The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 features a much better screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a higher resolution of 2560 x 1600px, more pixels per screen inch and a little larger screen.
Huawei MediaPad M5 10 counts with a much bigger memory to store more games and applications than Microsoft Surface Go, and although they both have equal internal memory capacity, the Huawei MediaPad M5 10 also has a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 256 GB. The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 has a superior battery duration than Microsoft Surface Go.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 takes much clearer pictures and videos than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a camera with way more mega pixels.
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