Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Samsung |
| Windows 10 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat |
| 2018-08-02 | 2017-03-24 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 15.13 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black and Silver |
| Metal | Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| -- | Super AMOLED |
| 216 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 8.46 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| 2.4 | 5.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.52 |
| 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
Galaxy Tab S3 is much better than Microsoft Surface Go, with a 75.2 score against 66.5. The Galaxy Tab S3 works with Android 9.0 Pie OS, and Microsoft Surface Go works with Windows 10 OS. Despite of the fact that Galaxy Tab S3 is older than the Microsoft Surface Go, it's design is lighter and much thinner.
Galaxy Tab S3 has a little more vivid display than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a little smaller screen, it also counts with a just a little better pixels density and a better 1536 x 2048 pixels resolution. Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a little faster processor than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a greater number of cores.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 captures way better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a much higher video resolution and a lot better resolution back-facing camera. Microsoft Surface Go features a bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 96 GB more internal storage capacity.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a way better battery duration than Microsoft Surface Go.
The Galaxy Tab S3 not only is the best tablets of the ones in this comparison, but it's also very cheap compared to the other tablets.
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