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| Global Score | |
| 64.4 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | Huawei |
| Android | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2014-05-15 | 2018-06-12 |
| 7.96 x 5.33 x 0.33 inches | 8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches |
| 12.70 ounces | 11.15 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Metal |
| $ 249.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Nvidia Tegra K1 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Kepler GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.48 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6700mAh Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.08 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is better than the Xiaomi MiPad, having a overall score of 75.5 against 64.4. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 is a much newer portable tablet, and it's also somewhat lighter and somewhat thinner than Xiaomi MiPad. Huawei MediaPad M5 8 has a bit superior CPU than Xiaomi MiPad, because it has a larger amount of RAM and a larger number of faster cores.
The Xiaomi MiPad counts with a little more vivid display than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, although it has a quite smaller display, a quite lower resolution of 2048 x 1536 and a just a bit worse pixel amount in each inch of screen. The Huawei MediaPad M5 8 counts with a much greater memory to install applications and games than Xiaomi MiPad, because it has an external memory slot that holds a maximum of 256 GB and 112 GB more internal memory capacity.
Huawei MediaPad M5 8 captures a little bit better photos and videos than Xiaomi MiPad, because although it has a tinier camera aperture which is not so good for capturing photos and videos in poorly lited situations, it also counts with a camera in the back with a lot higher resolution. Xiaomi MiPad has greater battery performance than Huawei MediaPad M5 8, because it has a 6700mAh battery capacity instead of 5100mAh.
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