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| Global Score | |
| 58.4 | 73.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-06-18 | 2021-09-24 |
| 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches | 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 24.00 ounces | 17.18 ounces |
| -- | 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 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset | Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM | -- |
| ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.64 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 1.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 12.00 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 | 8.58 |
| 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 | |
| -- | 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.36 |
| 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
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) is much better than Microsoft Surface RT, having a 73.2 score against 58.4. IPad 10.2-inch (2021)'s body is newer, thinner and much lighter than Microsoft Surface RT. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, while Microsoft Surface RT comes with Windows RT OS. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a better performing CPU than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processor, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU and a greater number of cores.
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a sharper display than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has a little bit smaller screen, it also counts with a much better screen density and a way better resolution of 1620 x 2160. Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has as much memory capacity to store more games and applications as the Microsoft Surface RT one, and although the Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has no SD extension slot, they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage.
Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a really longer battery life than Microsoft Surface RT. The Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) captures a lot better photographs and videos than Microsoft Surface RT, and although they both have the same video resolution and the same video frame rate, the Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) also has a back-facing camera with a way higher 8 MP resolution.
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