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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Apple |
| Android | iPadOS 14.x |
| -- | 2020-10-16 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| -- | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 239.00 | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | -- |
| GK20A GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.91 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 6.16 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air (2020) has a score of 71.7, which is way better than Nvidia SHIELD's general score of 54.3. Apple iPad Air (2020) has iPadOS 14.x operating system, and Nvidia SHIELD comes with Android operating system. Apple iPad Air (2020) is a heavier but noticeably thinner tablet than the Nvidia SHIELD.
Apple iPad Air (2020) features a better CPU than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a 64 bits processor and a higher number of cores. The Nvidia SHIELD and the Apple iPad Air (2020) both feature similar displays, because although the Apple iPad Air (2020) has a little lower pixels density, it also counts with a much bigger screen and a better resolution of 1640 x 2360.
The iPad Air (2020) counts with a lot better camera than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a much more MP back-facing camera. The iPad Air (2020) features a lot bigger storage for games and applications than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 64 GB internal memory capacity.
The iPad Air (2020)'s battery performance is just as good as the battery performance in Nvidia SHIELD.
The iPad Air (2020) is a lot more expensive than Nvidia SHIELD, but it's still a convenient choice, because you can get a lot more for that extra money.
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