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| Global Score | |
| 69.2 | 66.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Windows 8 | -- |
| 2012-08-29 | 2020-09-18 |
| 11.97 x 7.46 x 0.39 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 26.46 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Blue | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 230.00 | $ 459.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11.6 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1366 x 768 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 135 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.9 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| Intel Atom Z2760 (Dual-Core 1800 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Quad-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | -- |
| Intel SGX545 Graphics GPU | Apple G11P GPU |
| 8.37 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 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 |
| 6.38 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4080mAh Li-Ion Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 144 hours standby time | -- |
| 6 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung ATIV Tab 5 is a bit better than the Apple iPad (2020), getting a global score of 69.2 against 66.6. Even being the best we are comparing, we must highlight that it's also a much older, way heavier and incredibly thicker portable tablet. The Apple iPad (2020) counts with a quite superior hardware performance than Samsung ATIV Tab 5, because it has more processing cores and a 64 bits CPU.
The Apple iPad (2020) features a more vivid screen than Samsung ATIV Tab 5, because although it has a little smaller screen, it also counts with a lot better 1620 x 2160 resolution and a much greater screen density. The Apple iPad (2020) captures greater pictures and videos than Samsung ATIV Tab 5. Both of them have a back camera with an 8 mega-pixels resolution.
The Samsung ATIV Tab 5 features a much bigger memory to install applications and games than Apple iPad (2020), because it has 96 GB more internal memory capacity. The Samsung ATIV Tab 5 has a very superior battery life than iPad (2020).
Samsung ATIV Tab 5 not only is the best tablets in our comparison, but it's also by far the cheapest one.
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