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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 62.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Samsung |
| Windows 10 | Android 11 |
| 2018-08-02 | 2022-01-13 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 17.92 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Gray, Pink Gold and Silver |
| Metal | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| -- | TFT |
| 216 pixels per inch | 210 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Mali G52 MP2 GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.03 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.49 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7040mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Microsoft Surface Go is a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, with a 66.5 score against 62.6. Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 OS, while Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 works with Android 11 OS. Microsoft Surface Go is a better tablet device than Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, it must be told that it's also much older, just a little bit heavier and thicker.
Microsoft Surface Go has a little bit better looking screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a little higher 1800 x 1200 resolution and a little bit higher count of pixels per inch in the screen. Microsoft Surface Go counts with a much powerful CPU than Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, because although it has an inferior number of cores (but faster), it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 has a quite bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has 0 less internal storage capacity, it also counts with a SD memory slot that allows up to 1 TB. Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 features a camera that's very similar to the Microsoft Surface Go one, both have a camera with an 8 mega-pixels resolution.
Galaxy Tab A8 has a much better battery life than Microsoft Surface Go.
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