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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | |
| Android | Chrome OS |
| -- | 2018-11-22 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 11.45 x 7.95 x 0.28 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 25.79 ounces |
| -- | Blue |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | $ 1599.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 2000 x 3000 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 293 pixels per inch |
| -- | 400 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Intel Core-i7 8500Y chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 8.91 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.16 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 3 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Google Pixel Slate has a general score of 79.3, which is a lot better than the Nvidia SHIELD's score of 54.3. The Google Pixel Slate works with Chrome OS OS, and Nvidia SHIELD counts with Android OS. The Google Pixel Slate body is much heavier but thinner than the Nvidia SHIELD.
The Google Pixel Slate and Nvidia SHIELD both feature really similar displays, although the Google Pixel Slate also has a much bigger display, a much higher 3000 x 2000px resolution and a little greater count of pixels per inch in the screen. Nvidia SHIELD features a little bit better hardware performance than Google Pixel Slate, because although it has 14 GB less RAM, it also counts with a greater number of cores.
Google Pixel Slate captures way better videos and photos than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a way higher resolution back-facing camera. Google Pixel Slate has a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory.
The Google Pixel Slate counts with a battery duration that is very similar to Nvidia SHIELD's battery duration.
The Google Pixel Slate is way more expensive than the Nvidia SHIELD, but you can get a much better tablet for that extra money.
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