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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 69 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Samsung |
| Windows 10 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2018-08-02 | 2019-07-05 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 8.27 x 4.90 x 0.31 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 12.17 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black and Silver |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 8 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | TFT |
| 216 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 SDM429 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 1950 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Adreno 504 GPU |
| 8.46 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 7.37 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G) |
| 2.4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) is just a bit better than Microsoft Surface Go, having a 69 score against 66.5. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) comes with Android 11 operating system, and Microsoft Surface Go counts with Windows 10 operating system. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) is a newer device, and it is also a bit thinner and extremely lighter than Microsoft Surface Go.
Microsoft Surface Go has a slightly better looking display than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a just a bit greater quantity of pixels per inch of display, a larger screen and a lot better resolution of 1800 x 1200px. Microsoft Surface Go counts with a little bit more storage capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with more internal storage capacity.
The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) features just a little better hardware performance than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has less RAM memory, it also counts with a larger number of cores. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) features a much better battery performance than Microsoft Surface Go.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) takes better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface Go. They have the same video frame rate, a back-facing camera with an 8 mega pixels resolution and the same 1920x1080 video definition.
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