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| Global Score | |
| 75.2 | 66.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Microsoft |
| Android 4.4.2 | Windows 10 |
| 2014-01-06 | 2018-08-02 |
| 8.62 x 5.06 x 0.28 inches | 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 11.82 ounces | 18.41 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 289.00 | $ 367.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1200 x 1800 pixels |
| Super Clear LCD | -- |
| 359 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.8 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 chipset | Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2300 MHz) processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.56 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.7 | 6.49 |
| 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 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is much better than Microsoft Surface Go, with a 75.2 score against 66.5. Despite of the fact that Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is way older than Microsoft Surface Go, it's body is a lot lighter and somewhat thinner. Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 has Android 4.4.2 operating system, and Microsoft Surface Go counts with Windows 10 operating system.
Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 counts with a much better looking screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a better resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels and a way better screen density. Microsoft Surface Go features a much greater memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity.
Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 counts with just a bit better hardware performance than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with a greater number of faster cores and a GPU. Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 shoots much better photos and videos than Microsoft Surface Go. Both have the same video frame rate, the same resolution camera and the same video resolution.
The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 counts with a way better battery lifetime than Microsoft Surface Go.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 not only is the best tablets of the ones in this comparison, but it's also very cheap compared to the other tablets.
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