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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 71.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Apple |
| Android | iPadOS 15.x |
| -- | 2024-05-07 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 21.80 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 13 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| 283 pixels per inch | 263 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.8 |
| 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
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is way better than the Nvidia SHIELD, with a 71.3 score against 54.3. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) works with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Nvidia SHIELD comes with Android operating system. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) design is thinner but a lot heavier than Nvidia SHIELD.
The Nvidia SHIELD has a much better performing CPU than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), although it has an inferior number of cores and a smaller amount of RAM. The Nvidia SHIELD counts with a sharper display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), because although it has a really smaller display and a lot worse 1920 x 1200 resolution, it also counts with a bit better count of pixels per inch in the screen.
The iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) captures way better pictures and videos than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a back-facing camera with a lot better 12 megapixels resolution. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) counts with a much greater memory for games and applications than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) and Nvidia SHIELD have really similar battery durations.
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