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| Global Score | |
| 82.4 | 84.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 10 Pro | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2017-06-15 | 2020-03-25 |
| 11.50 x 7.93 x 0.33 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.23 inches |
| 27.65 ounces | 22.61 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Silver and Space gray |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 2699.00 | $ 999.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.3 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 1824 x 2736 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 267 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.3 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Core-i7 chipset | Apple A12Z Bionic APL1083 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 16 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Intel Iris Plus 640 GPU | Apple 8-core GPU GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 1000 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 23 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 6.49 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 9720mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) is a little bit better than the Microsoft Surface Pro (2017), getting a overall score of 84.6 against 82.4. The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) is a much newer tablet, and it is also a lot thinner and lighter than the Microsoft Surface Pro (2017). The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) works with iPadOS 13.x OS, and Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) counts with Windows 10 Pro OS.
IPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) has a little faster processor than Microsoft Surface Pro (2017), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with more cores. The iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) has a little more vivid screen than Microsoft Surface Pro (2017), because although it has a quite worse pixels density, it also counts with a slightly better resolution of 2048 x 2732 and a little larger display.
The iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) captures much better photographs and videos than Microsoft Surface Pro (2017), because it has a lot higher 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution and a back-facing camera with much more MP. Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) features a lot bigger memory to install games and applications than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020), because it has 1000 GB internal memory capacity.
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) has a very superior battery performance than Microsoft Surface Pro (2017).
Despite of being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing, Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) is also a bargain compared to others.
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