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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 78.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Samsung |
| Windows 10 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2018-08-02 | 2019-04-26 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 9.65 x 6.30 x 0.22 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 14.11 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black, Gold and Silver |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | $ 316.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| -- | Super AMOLED |
| 216 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 SDM670 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A75 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Adreno 615 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.29 inches (1/3.4") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7040mAh Li - Ion 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 and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S5e is better than Microsoft Surface Go, with a 78.6 score against 66.5. Galaxy Tab S5e counts with Android 10 OS, and Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 OS. Galaxy Tab S5e's body is incredibly lighter and much thinner than Microsoft Surface Go, even when both were only released with a couple months difference.
The Galaxy Tab S5e has a little faster CPU than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a larger number of cores. Galaxy Tab S5e counts with a better screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a higher 1600 x 2560 resolution, a little bigger display and a higher pixels number per inch of display.
Galaxy Tab S5e shoots a lot better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a much higher 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution and a back camera with lot more megapixels. Galaxy Tab S5e features a much greater memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Microsoft Surface Go, and although they both have the same 128 GB internal storage, the Galaxy Tab S5e also has a slot for an external memory card that holds a maximum of 512 GB.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e has a very superior battery performance than Microsoft Surface Go.
Even being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is also the cheapest, which makes it an easy choice.
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