Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 75.2 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Amazon |
| Android 4.4.2 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-01-06 | 2020-05-14 |
| 8.62 x 5.06 x 0.28 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 11.82 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| -- | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| $ 289.00 | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 8 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| Super Clear LCD | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 7.7 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| SIM | -- |
| 7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4800mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 25 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.64 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is much better than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), with a general score of 75.2 against 58.6. Both devices in this comparison work with Android operating system, but Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 has an older 4.4.2 version while Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has Android 9.0 Pie version. Despite of the fact that the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is notably older than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), it's design is a bit lighter and way thinner.
The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 features a little better processing power than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), and although they both have a 2 GB RAM memory and 4 processing cores, the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 also has an extra graphics processing unit. Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 features a much sharper screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a lot more pixels per inch of display, a quite bigger display and a way higher resolution of 2560 x 1600.
Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 shoots greater photos and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a lot higher 1920x1080 video resolution and a much better resolution back facing camera. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a lot bigger storage to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) also has an external memory card slot that admits a maximum of 1000 GB.
The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 features a much better battery life than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is way more expensive than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), but you can get a much better tablet for that few more dollars.
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