Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra vs Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 09, 2022	May 07, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
$1099

Design

Dimensions
12.85 x 8.21 x 0.22 inches 326.4 x 208.6 x 5.5 mm	11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches 280.6 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm
Weight
25.61 oz / 726.0 g 5G ready version - 728 g	21.80 oz / 618.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Optical in-screen fingerprint	Fingerprint (touch)
Colors
Graphite

Display

Size
14.6-inch, 90.77% screen-to-body	13.0-inch, 86.76% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR	HDR
Resolution
2960x1848px, 16:10 ratio, 239 PPI	2732x2048px, 263 PPI
Features
HDR support, Ambient light sensor	HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)	Apple M2
Processor
Octa-core 1x3.00GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​0GHz Cortex-A510	Octa-core
GPU
Adreno 730	10-core GPU
Memory
8GB/128GB 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB 16GB/512GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1024 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (13, 12)	iPadOS (15.x)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2604
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	10063
3D Mark High
Untested	5377
3D Mark Low
Untested	4496

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Battery

Type
11200 mAh	9705 mAh
Charging
Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 44min

Browsing

14h 42min

Video

7h 48min

Gaming

7h 5min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1.0 μm	12 MP Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
6 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)	Yes
Front
12 MP (Dual-Camera)	12 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.2	5.3
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.2	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording

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
SIM type
	eSIM

Alternative variants

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/512GB

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB

With 16GB RAM and 512GB internal storage

Memory	16GB/512GB

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB

With 5G

Weight	25.68 oz / 728.0 g
5G Bands	5G Ready

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