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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Apple |
| Android | iPadOS 15.x |
| -- | 0000-00-00 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 11 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | 10-core GPU 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 | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 10 |
| 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, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a global score of 72.3, which is way better than Nvidia SHIELD's 54.3 global score. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s body is noticeably thinner but somewhat heavier than Nvidia SHIELD. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Nvidia SHIELD comes with Android operating system.
The Nvidia SHIELD features a bit more vivid screen than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a lot lower resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and a really smaller screen, it also counts with a little higher pixels density. Nvidia SHIELD counts with a much more powerful processor than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory and 4 less processing cores (although faster).
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) features a way bigger storage capacity to store more apps and games than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has no external SD slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s battery performance is very similar to the Nvidia SHIELD one.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) features a way better camera than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a back-facing camera with way more mega pixels.
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