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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Apple |
| Android | iPadOS 18.x |
| -- | 2025-03-04 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | -- |
| 13.76 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 8.91 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 6.16 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 7.6 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) is much better than the Nvidia SHIELD, with a general score of 62.5 against 54.3. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Nvidia SHIELD works with Android OS. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) body is much thinner but somewhat heavier than the Nvidia SHIELD.
Nvidia SHIELD features a way better looking display than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a lot smaller screen. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features a much greater storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage.
Nvidia SHIELD counts with a much better performing CPU than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with 4 more cores. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s battery life is just as good as Nvidia SHIELD's battery duration. Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) shoots greater pictures and videos than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a back facing camera with a way higher 12 mega-pixels resolution.
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