Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 58.4 | 57.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Xiaomi |
| Windows RT | Android 12, 11 |
| 2012-06-18 | 2021-09-23 |
| 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches | 10.03 x 6.55 x 0.27 inches |
| 24.00 ounces | 18.03 ounces |
| -- | Cosmic Black and Pearl White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 123.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 11 inches |
| 1366 x 768 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 148 pixels per inch | 274 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 SM8150-AC (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 485 Gold, 64-bit (Octa-Core 3 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 8.64 | 3.78 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 1.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 4.29 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 8720mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.44 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Microsoft Surface RT has a general score of 58.4, which is a bit better than the Xiaomi pad 5's 57.7 overall score. Although it's the best in this comparison, it must be noted that it is also noticeably older, much heavier and notably thicker. The Microsoft Surface RT comes with Windows RT operating system, while Xiaomi pad 5 works with Android 12 operating system.
Xiaomi pad 5 counts with a screen that is very similar to Microsoft Surface RT's screen, although the Xiaomi pad 5 also has a way higher 1600 x 2560 resolution, a lot higher screen pixel density and a little bigger display. The Microsoft Surface RT features a really superior hardware performance than Xiaomi pad 5, because although it has an inferior number of cores (although they are faster) and lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an additional GPU.
Xiaomi pad 5 features a much better camera than Microsoft Surface RT, because it has a back camera with much more megapixels and a lot higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality. The Xiaomi pad 5 has a lot bigger memory capacity for applications and games than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has no external SD slot, it also counts with 64 GB more internal storage capacity.
The Xiaomi pad 5 features a much longer battery performance than Microsoft Surface RT.
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