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Nvidia SHIELD
North America| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 60.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Samsung |
| Android | Android 5.1 Lollipop |
| -- | 2016-04-01 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 7.36 x 4.28 x 0.34 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 9.98 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| $ 239.00 | $ 150.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 7 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | TFT |
| 283 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Samsung Exynos 3 Quad 3475 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A7, 28 nm (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 1,5 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | Mali-T720 GPU |
| 8.91 | 8.19 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 8 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 6.06 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution |
| 6.16 | 6.71 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab A (2016) has an overall score of 60.4, which is better than the Nvidia SHIELD's overall score of 54.3. Galaxy Tab A (2016) is a extremely lighter and just a little bit thinner tablet than Nvidia SHIELD. Nvidia SHIELD features a much better looking screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016), because it has a little bit bigger display, a much higher 1920 x 1200 resolution and a greater display pixels density.
The Nvidia SHIELD has a little faster CPU than Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016), and although they both have a Quad-Core processing unit, the Nvidia SHIELD also has a larger amount of RAM. The Galaxy Tab A (2016) has just a bit more storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Nvidia SHIELD, although it has just 8 GB internal memory.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) features a way better battery life than Nvidia SHIELD. The Galaxy Tab A (2016) takes slightly better photographs and videos than Nvidia SHIELD. Both have a 5 mega pixels back-facing camera.
Despite of being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing here, the Galaxy Tab A (2016) is also very cheap compared to the other devices.
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