Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 62.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Asus |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 7.0 Nougat |
| 2012-08-29 | 2017-08-03 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 8.03 x 5.27 x 0.27 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 10.79 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 8976 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Adreno 510 GPU |
| 8.46 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 5.94 | 6.93 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Micro SIM |
| 2.4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 4680mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.48 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Asus ZenPad Z8s has an overall score of 62.6, which is just a bit better than the Sony Xperia Tablet S's 58.9 overall score. Both tablets in this comparison review come with Android OS, but Asus ZenPad Z8s has a more recent 7.0 Nougat version and Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1, counting with lots of additional features. The Asus ZenPad Z8s construction is notably newer, notably thinner and a lot lighter than Sony Xperia Tablet S.
The Asus ZenPad Z8s has a brighter display than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a bit smaller display, it also counts with a lot higher pixels number per inch in the display and a lot higher resolution of 1536 x 2048. Asus ZenPad Z8s features a little bit better processing power than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have a GPU, it also counts with a higher number of cores (and they are faster) and 2 GB more RAM.
Sony Xperia Tablet S has a way bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Asus ZenPad Z8s, and although they both have a slot for an SD memory card that supports a maximum of 128 GB, the Sony Xperia Tablet S also has 48 GB more internal storage capacity. Asus ZenPad Z8s counts with a way better battery life than Xperia Tablet S.
Asus ZenPad Z8s shoots better videos and photos than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a camera with way more mega pixels.
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