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Nvidia SHIELD
Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 53.3 | 75.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Apple |
| Android | iOS 9.x |
| -- | 2015-09-09 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 10.72 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 300.00 | $ 288.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | Apple A8 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Typhoon ARMv8-A, 64-bit (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | PowerVR GX6450 GPU |
| 8.91 | 8.19 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 4.4 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 6.16 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5124mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini 4 has an overall score of 75.6, which is much better than the Nvidia SHIELD's general score of 53.3. The iPad mini 4 comes with iOS 9.x operating system, while Nvidia SHIELD works with Android operating system. The iPad mini 4 body is incredibly lighter and noticeably thinner than Nvidia SHIELD.
Nvidia SHIELD features just a bit better performance than iPad mini 4, and although they both have a 2 GB RAM memory, the Nvidia SHIELD also has 3 more CPU cores. IPad mini 4 counts with a bit more vivid display than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 2048 x 1536px and a little bit greater count of pixels per display inch.
Apple iPad mini 4 counts with a greater camera than Nvidia SHIELD, because it has a back-facing camera with much more megapixels. IPad mini 4 has a much better storage to install applications and games than Nvidia SHIELD, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with more internal storage capacity.
The iPad mini 4 features a way better battery lifetime than Nvidia SHIELD.
Apple iPad mini 4 not only is the best tablets of the ones we are comparing, but it's also cheap compared to the other tablet.
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