Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 59.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Amazon |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2012-08-29 | 2020-06-03 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| -- | Black, Plum, Slate, Twilight blue and White |
| $ 275.00 | $ 110.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 8 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 8.46 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 5.94 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has a score of 59.7, which is slightly better than Sony Xperia Tablet S's 58.9 global score. The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) design is much newer, noticeably lighter and thinner than the Sony Xperia Tablet S. Both of these tablets come with Android operating system, but Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has 9.0 Pie version and Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) features just a bit better hardware performance than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have a GPU, and they both have 4 CPU cores, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) also counts with more RAM. Xperia Tablet S has a little sharper display than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because although it has a little lower count of pixels per inch of display, and they both have the same exact resolution of 800 x 1280px, the Xperia Tablet S also counts with a bigger display.
Xperia Tablet S takes better videos and photos than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a back facing camera with a way better resolution. The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) counts with more memory to install applications and games than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has less internal storage capacity, it also counts with an external SD slot that supports up to 1000 GB.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)'s battery life is very similar to Xperia Tablet S's battery lifetime.
Despite of being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) is also very cheap compared to the other tablets, which makes this tablet an obvious call.
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