Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 63.2 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Samsung |
| Windows 8 Pro | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat |
| 2012-06-18 | 2017-03-24 |
| 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53 inches | 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches |
| 32.00 ounces | 15.13 ounces |
| -- | Black and Silver |
| -- | Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 509.00 | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 208 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| Intel Core i5-3317U (Dual-Core 1700 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 4000 (650 MHz) GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 8.82 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 1.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 1280 x 720 (29 fps) (HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 5.06 | 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 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab S3 has an overall score of 75.2, which is better than Microsoft Surface Pro's general score of 63.2. Galaxy Tab S3 has Android 9.0 Pie OS, while Microsoft Surface Pro comes with Windows 8 Pro OS. The Galaxy Tab S3 is a much newer portable tablet, and it's also notably thinner and noticeably lighter than Microsoft Surface Pro.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 and Microsoft Surface Pro both feature extremely similar displays, because although the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 has a little bit smaller screen, it also counts with a better resolution of 1536 x 2048 and a better pixels density. The Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a little bit better performance than Microsoft Surface Pro, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, and they both have a 4 GB RAM memory, the Galaxy Tab S3 also counts with 2 more cores.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 takes much clearer photographs and videos than Microsoft Surface Pro, because it has a much better 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution and a back-facing camera with a lot better 13 mega pixels resolution. The Microsoft Surface Pro has a better memory to store more apps and games than Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 96 GB more internal memory capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a much longer battery lifetime than Microsoft Surface Pro.
The Galaxy Tab S3 not only is the best tablets of the ones we are comparing, but it's also a bargain compared to the other tablets.
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