Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 75.2 | 68.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat | Android 7.0 Nougat |
| 2017-03-24 | 2017-06-01 |
| 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches | 9.50 x 6.75 x 0.28 inches |
| 15.13 ounces | 10.93 ounces |
| Black and Silver | 16 777 216 |
| Glass | -- |
| $ 240.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1200 x 1920 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 6.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 8940 chipset |
| Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 530 GPU | Adreno 505 GPU |
| 8.91 | 8.64 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.88 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | -- |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 9.35 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) | LTE (4G) |
| 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6000mAh Battery | 6600mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.52 | 8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S3 is slightly better than the Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10, getting a general score of 75.2 against 68.9. The Galaxy Tab S3 design is incredibly heavier but somewhat thinner than Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10, and both were only released with a couple of months difference. Both tablets we compare here include Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy Tab S3 has the newer 9.0 Pie version and Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10 has Android 7.0 Nougat, giving a lot of extra features and a performance increase.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a bit better display than Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a slightly better 1536 x 2048px resolution and a little bit higher screen pixels density. Galaxy Tab S3 has a little bit better performance than Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10, although it has an inferior number of cores , they both have the same RAM amount.
Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10 features a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games than Galaxy Tab S3, and although they both have a slot for external memory cards that supports up to 256 GB, the Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10 also has 64 GB internal memory. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 takes much better photographs and videos than Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10, because it has a back-facing camera with a much higher 13 mega-pixels resolution.
The Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10 counts with just a bit longer battery performance than Galaxy Tab S3, because it has a 6600mAh battery size against 6000mAh.
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