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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Amazon |
| Android | Android 9.0 Pie |
| -- | 2020-05-14 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| -- | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| $ 239.00 | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 8 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 8.91 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 6.16 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 2.4 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a score of 58.6, which is a little bit better than Nvidia SHIELD's score of 54.3. Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)'s body is just a bit thicker but just a little bit lighter than Nvidia SHIELD. Nvidia SHIELD has a bit superior CPU than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020). Both of them have 2 GB of RAM memory and a Quad-Core processor.
Nvidia SHIELD has a more vivid screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), and although they both have a screen with the same size, the Nvidia SHIELD also has a greater pixels density and a way better 1920 x 1200px resolution. Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a much greater storage for games and applications than Nvidia SHIELD. Both of them have the same internal memory.
The Nvidia SHIELD features a better camera than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a much better 5 mega-pixels resolution back-facing camera. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)'s battery performance is very similar to the battery lifetime in Nvidia SHIELD.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) not only is the best tablets of the ones we are comparing, but it's also a bargain compared to the other tablets, making buying this tablet an easy decision.
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