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| Global Score | |
| 54.3 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nvidia | Amazon |
| Android | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 0000-00-00 | 2020-05-14 |
| 8.80 x 5.00 x 0.36 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 13.76 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| -- | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 239.00 | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 8 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| GK20A GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 8.91 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 6.16 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 2.4 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a score of 58.6, which is a little bit better than the Nvidia SHIELD's 54.3 score. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) design is a bit lighter but a little bit thicker than Nvidia SHIELD. Nvidia SHIELD features a sharper display than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), and although they both have a display of the same size, the Nvidia SHIELD also has a much better resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and a greater number of pixels per inch in the display.
The Nvidia SHIELD has a bit faster processing unit than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020). They have the same number of cores and a 2 GB RAM memory. Nvidia SHIELD counts with a superior camera than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a lot more mega pixels back facing camera. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a much better memory capacity for applications and games than Nvidia SHIELD. Both of them have equal 32 GB internal storage capacity.
Nvidia SHIELD and Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) both have similar battery performance.
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones we compare here, the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) is also very cheap compared to the other ones, making it an obvious call.
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