Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) vs Apple iPad Air (2020) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 13, 2020	Sep 15, 2020
MSRP
$ 90	$ 729

Design

Dimensions
7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches 202 x 137 x 9.7 mm	9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm
Weight
12.52 oz (355.0 g)	16.23 oz (460.0 g)
Materials
	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
White, Black, Twilight blue, Plum	Rose gold, Space gray, Silver, Green, Sky blue

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 67.13% screen-to-body	10.9-inch, 81.23% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits
Resolution
1280x800px, 16:10 ratio, 189 PPI	2360x1640px, 264 PPI
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT8168 (12 nm)	Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A53	Hexa-core Firestorm and Icestorm
GPU
Mali G52 MC1	Apple 4-core GPU
Memory
2GB/32GB 2GB/64GB	4GB/64GB 4GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1000 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (9.0 Pie)	iPadOS (14.x)

Battery

Type
	Li - Ion

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
2 MP	12 MP (PDAF, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8
Video recording
720p	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
2 MP	7 MP (EIS, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Dolby Atmos

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

with 64GB storage

Memory	64GB
MSRP	$ 120

with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
MSRP	$ 879

Wi-Fi only

Weight	16.16 oz (458.0 g)
MSRP	$ 599

Wi-Fi only with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
Weight	16.16 oz (458.0 g)
MSRP	$ 749

Links

Full specifications
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