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| Global Score | |
| 80 | 73.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Windows 10 | -- |
| 2017-05-21 | 2015-09-03 |
| 11.47 x 7.87 x 0.29 inches | 7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 inches |
| 26.60 ounces | 9.59 ounces |
| Silver | -- |
| Metal | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12 inches | 8 inches |
| 1440 x 2160 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 216 pixels per inch | 320 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Core i5 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 5433 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 3100 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Intel HD GPU | Mali-T760 MP6 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 16.38 | 10.02 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 2560 x 1440 (Quad HD / 2K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 6.38 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| 2.4 | 5.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5070mAh Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch has a score of 80, which is just a bit better than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch's 73.6 overall score. Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch's body is newer, but notably heavier and notably thicker than the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch. The Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch counts with a much better display than Galaxy Book 12-inch, because although it has a much smaller screen, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels and a higher display density.
Galaxy Book 12-inch counts with a bit faster CPU than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory. The Galaxy Book 12-inch features a way bigger memory to store more games and applications than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has 256 GB internal memory and a SD memory slot that supports a maximum of 256 GB.
Galaxy Book 12-inch has longer battery life than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has a 27 percent larger battery size. Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch counts with a much better camera than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video quality and the same video frame rate, the Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch also has a much better 13 mega-pixels resolution camera in the back.
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