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| Global Score | |
| 79 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 10 | Android 13, 12 |
| 2020-09-28 | 2022-02-25 |
| 8.42 x 4.99 x 0.39 inches | 6.51 x 9.99 x 0.25 inches |
| 15.03 ounces | 17.74 ounces |
| Black | Graphite, Pink Gold and Silver |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 490.00 | $ 699.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 11 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LTPS |
| 283 pixels per inch | 274 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.5 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 9810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm) chipset |
| Exynos M3 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2700 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP18 GPU | Adreno 730 GPU |
| 9.45 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 13.02 | 15.42 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.36 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 6.1 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5050mAh Li - Ion Battery | 8000mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 8.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 has a global score of 79, which is a little bit better than the Galaxy Tab S8's 76.7 overall score. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 body is lighter than the Galaxy Tab S8, but it's thicker and was released around 17 months before. Both devices in this comparison use Android OS (Operating System), but the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 has older 10 version and Galaxy Tab S8 has Android 13 version.
The Galaxy Tab Active 3 features a sharper display than Galaxy Tab S8, because although it has a lot worse resolution of 1200 x 1920px and a lot smaller screen, it also counts with a just a little greater screen density. Galaxy Tab Active 3 has a really superior processing power than Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, although it has 4 GB lesser RAM, they both have 8 processing cores.
Galaxy Tab S8 features a little bit better camera than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3. Both have the same 3840x2160 video quality, the same 30 frames per second video frame rate and a camera with a 13 MP resolution. Galaxy Tab S8 has a quite bigger memory capacity for apps and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3, and although they both have a SD memory card expansion slot that allows up to 1 TB, the Galaxy Tab S8 also has 128 GB internal memory capacity.
Galaxy Tab S8 has a way better battery lifetime than Galaxy Tab Active 3, because it has a 58% greater battery size.
The Galaxy Tab Active 3 is not only the best devices between the ones we are comparing, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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