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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 80 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Samsung |
| Android | Windows 10 |
| -- | 2017-05-21 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 11.47 x 7.87 x 0.29 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 26.60 ounces |
| -- | Silver |
| -- | Metal |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 12 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1440 x 2160 pixels |
| -- | Super AMOLED |
| 283 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.9 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Intel Core i5 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | Intel HD GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 16.38 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.16 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5070mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch is much better than the Nvidia SHIELD, having an 80 score against 54.3. The Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch comes with Windows 10 OS, and Nvidia SHIELD comes with Android OS. The Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch body is thinner but noticeably heavier than Nvidia SHIELD. Galaxy Book 12-inch has a bit better CPU than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has lesser processing cores (although faster), it also counts with 6 GB more RAM.
The Nvidia SHIELD counts with a much better looking display than Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch, because although it has a bit lower 1920 x 1200 resolution and a way smaller display, it also counts with a higher screen pixels density. Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch shoots way better photographs and videos than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a way more MP back-facing camera.
Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch counts with a much greater storage capacity to store more games and applications than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has 224 GB more internal storage. Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch has a much longer battery lifetime than Nvidia SHIELD.
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