Asus ZenPad Z8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 16, 2016	Sep 28, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	4GB/64GB - $490

Design

Dimensions
8.08 x 5.37 x 0.30 inches 205.2 x 136.4 x 7.6 mm	8.42 x 4.99 x 0.39 inches 213.8 x 126.8 x 9.9 mm
Weight
10.93 oz / 310.0 g	15.03 oz / 426.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust, Shock, Vibration, Temperature; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified
Biometrics
	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Stylus
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black	Black

Display

Size
7.9-inch, 69.04% screen-to-body	8.0-inch, 68.46% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Resolution
2048x1536px, 324 PPI	1920x1200px, 16:10 ratio, 283 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Features
Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
10 (Poor)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 650 8956	Samsung Exynos 9810 (10 nm)
Processor
Hexa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 4x2.9GHz Exynos M3 4x1.9GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 510	Mali-G72 MP18
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
4680 mAh, Li - Polymer	5050 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0	13 MP (PDAF)
Flash
	LED
Video recording
1080p Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
2 MP	5 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	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, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 13
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
SIM type
Micro SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Flight mode, Silent mode
Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

with 128GB storage

Memory	128GB
Prices (MSRP)	$510

with LTE support

Data Speed	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Prices (MSRP)	$590

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