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| Global Score | |
| 58.4 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2012-06-18 | 2020-09-18 |
| 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 24.00 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| -- | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 123.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1366 x 768 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 148 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 8.64 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 1.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 4.29 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) has a global score of 62.2, which is a little bit better than the Microsoft Surface RT's 58.4 global score. The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) is a much newer device, and it is also notably lighter and thinner than Microsoft Surface RT. Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) works with iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Microsoft Surface RT works with Windows RT operating system.
The iPad 10.2 (2020) has a more vivid screen than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a way higher pixel count per inch in the display and a lot better 1620 x 2160 resolution. The Microsoft Surface RT has a way better processing power than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM and 2 lesser CPU cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processor.
The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a greater camera than Microsoft Surface RT, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same (Full HD) video resolution, the Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) also has a much higher resolution camera in the back. Microsoft Surface RT has much more storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 32 GB more internal storage.
The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020)'s battery performance is very similar to the battery performance in Microsoft Surface RT.
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