Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) vs Apple iPad mini (A17 Pro) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 13, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
3GB/32GB - $110	8GB/128GB - $499

Design

Dimensions
7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches 202 x 137 x 9.7 mm	7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches 195.4 x 134.8 x 6.3 mm
Weight
12.52 oz / 355.0 g	10.48 oz / 297.0 g
Materials
	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control
Colors
White, Black, Twilight blue, Plum, Slate	Blue, Purple, Starlight, Space Gray

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 67.13% screen-to-body	8.3-inch, 77.41% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 60Hz, HDR, 500 nits
Resolution
1280x800px, 16:10 ratio, 189 PPI	2266x1488px, 327 PPI
Features
	HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	2.1 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT8168 (12 nm)	Apple A17 pro (3 nm)
Processor
Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53	Hexa-core 2x3.78GHz 4x2.11G​Hz
GPU
Mali G52 MC1	Apple GPU 6-core
Memory
3GB/32GB 3GB/64GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1000 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (9.0 Pie)	iPadOS (18.x)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2860
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	7002
3D Mark High
Untested	3069
3D Mark Low
Untested	2583

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Battery

Type
	5078 mAh, Li - Polymer

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 28min

Browsing

9h 12min

Video

10h 9min

Gaming

7h 9min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
2 MP	12 MP
Flash
	Quad LED
Video recording
720p	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps)
Front
2 MP	12 MP Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Loudspeaker
Features
Dolby Atmos	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n77, n78, n79
LTE Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
TDD Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	eSIM

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