Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 55.4 | 60.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Toshiba | Samsung |
| Android 4.0 | Android 5.0 |
| 2012-04-11 | 2015-04-20 |
| 13.50 x 8.50 x 0.40 inches | 9.55 x 6.57 x 0.29 inches |
| 35.20 ounces | 15.84 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Gray and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 749.00 | $ 160.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13.3 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1600 x 900 pixels | 768 x 1024 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 138 pixels per inch | 132 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 1200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 1,5 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce 2 GPU | Adreno 306 GPU |
| 8.37 | 7.65 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 6.05 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 4 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li-Ion Battery | 6000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 168 hours standby time | -- |
| 1.36 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab A 9.7 is a bit better than the Toshiba Excite 13, having a 60.4 score against 55.4. Galaxy Tab A 9.7 is a newer tablet device, and it is also lighter and incredibly thinner than Toshiba Excite 13. Both tablets we compare here have Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy Tab A 9.7 has newer 5.0 version and Toshiba Excite 13 has Android 4.0 version.
The Toshiba Excite 13 features a little sharper display than Galaxy Tab A 9.7, because it has a better resolution of 900 x 1600px, a just a bit higher pixels density and a way bigger screen. The Toshiba Excite 13 has a bit more powerful processing unit than Galaxy Tab A 9.7, because although it has 512 MB lesser RAM, it also counts with 3 more processing cores.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7's camera is very similar to the Toshiba Excite 13 one, they have the same video frame rate, the same (HD) video quality and a camera with a 5 mega pixels resolution. The Toshiba Excite 13 features more memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy Tab A 9.7, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
The Galaxy Tab A 9.7 has a much better battery duration than Toshiba Excite 13.
Even being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing, Galaxy Tab A 9.7 is also a bargain compared to the other tablets.
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