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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Apple |
| Android | iPadOS 18.x |
| -- | 2025-03-04 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | -- |
| 13.76 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 13 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | Apple GPU 9-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 |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.16 | 9.9 |
| 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 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 9705mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is way better than the Nvidia SHIELD, getting a general score of 70.4 against 54.3. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a way thinner but heavier portable tablet than the Nvidia SHIELD. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Nvidia SHIELD works with Android OS.
Nvidia SHIELD counts with a lot better hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lower amount of RAM and lesser processing cores (although they are faster). The Nvidia SHIELD counts with a much more vibrant display than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller display.
Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a very superior camera than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a lot better 12 mega pixels resolution camera. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much better storage capacity to store more apps and games than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a superior battery life than Nvidia SHIELD.
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