Google Pixel vs Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 04, 2016	May 13, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
$749	$110

Design

Dimensions
5.66 x 2.74 x 0.34 inches 143.84 x 69.54 x 8.58 mm	7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches 202 x 137 x 9.7 mm
Weight
5.04 oz / 143.0 g	12.52 oz / 355.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum, Glass
Resistance
Splash, Dust; IP53
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gray, White	White, Black, Twilight blue, Plum, Slate

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 68.88% screen-to-body	8.0-inch, 67.13% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED	IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 441 PPI	1280x800px, 16:10 ratio, 189 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Features
Oleophobic coating

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro	MediaTek MT8168 (12 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2150 MHz Kryo	Quad-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 530	Mali G52 MC1
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 4GB/32GB	3GB/32GB 3GB/64GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
2770 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
USB Power Delivery

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
12.3 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/2.3" Pixel size: 1.55 μm	2 MP
Flash
Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (240 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	720p
Front
8 MP Video capture: 1080p	2 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 3.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M4/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
Features
aptX-HD	Dolby Atmos
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30
4G (TDD) Bands
41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type
Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Feb 12, 2017 FCC ID value: NM8G-2PW4100
Measured SAR
Head: 0.92 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz Body: 0.58 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz Simultaneous Transmission: 1.08 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.58 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	$649

with 64GB storage

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$140

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