Surface Go 3 (Amber Lake-R) vs Galaxy Tab A7 (SD 662)

Surface Go 3 (Amber Lake-R) $400
Galaxy Tab A7 (SD 662) $230
Base Price
$400
Base Price
$230
CPU
Pentium Gold 6500Y
CPU
Snapdragon 662
GPU
UHD 615 23EU 900MHz
GPU
Adreno 610
Memory
4GB
Memory
3GB
Storage
64GB
Storage
32GB
Display
10.5" LCD IPS 1920x1280 Touch
Display
10.4" LCD 2000x1200 Touch
Pentium Gold 6500Y
2 Cores
4 Threads
1.1GHz Clock
Snapdragon 662
8 Cores
8 Threads
2GHz Clock
GB6S 850
21%
GB6M 1,700
6%
GB6S 330
8%
GB6M 1,050
4%
UHD 615 23EU 900MHz
184 Shaders
Shared Memory
900MHz
Adreno 610
128 Shaders
Shared Memory
950MHz
1080p 4 FPS
3%
FP32 0.33 TFLOPS
1%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.24 TFLOPS
0%
4GB
LPDDR3-1866
3GB
LPDDR4X-3733
8 Tabs
2%
4 Tabs
1%
64GB
32GB
58 min 4K Video
1%
Unknown # min 4K Video
0%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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10.5"
LCD IPS
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10.4"
LCD
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400 Nits
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300 Nits
350 Nits Peak
60Hz
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60Hz
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1920x1280
2.5 Million Pixels
220 PPI
2000x1200
2.4 Million Pixels
224 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,500:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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1,400:1 Contrast
Touch
Capacitive
Touch
Capacitive
Main
8.1MP
26mm Lens
ƒ/2 Aperture
1/4" Sensor Size
1.12 µm Pixel Size
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Main
8.0MP
31mm Lens
ƒ/2.4 Aperture
1/4" Sensor Size
1.12 µm Pixel Size
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Front
5.0MP
26mm Lens
ƒ/2.2 Aperture
1/5" Sensor Size
1.12 µm Pixel Size
80˚ Diagonal Field of View
Front
5.0MP
26mm Lens
ƒ/2.4 Aperture
1/5" Sensor Size
1.12 µm Pixel Size
80˚ Diagonal Field of View
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Zoom
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Zoom
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FPS
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1080p up to 30 FPS
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FPS
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1080p up to 30 FPS
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Front FPS
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1080p up to 30 FPS
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Front FPS
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1080p up to 30 FPS
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Features
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Autofocus
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Facial
No Biometrics
2
4
2
2
No Cellular
Modem
Qualcomm
X16
4G
No Cellular
Speed
Up to 1000Mbps Download
Up to 150Mbps Upload
SIM Slots
1x nano SIM
1x eSIM
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0
Bluetooth 5.0
Motion
Accelerometer
Gyroscope
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Accelerometer
Gyroscope
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Proximity
Ambient Light
Magnetometer
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Ambient Light
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Location
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Location
GPS
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GLONASS
Galileo
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Compass
Integrated Chipset
Integrated Chipset
Data
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
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1x micro SDXC Card UHS-I
Card
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1x micro SDXC Card
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External
External
24W
15.00V
1.60A
8W
5.00V
1.55A
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1.55A 5V (7.75W)
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Surface Connect
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1.4M (5 ft) Cable
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USB-A
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Removable Cable
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28Wh
3655mAh
7.66V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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27.1Wh
7040mAh
3.85V
Lithium-Ion
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Up to 11 Hours
Up to 10 Hours
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Android
Build Material
Magnesium, Glass
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Build Material
Aluminum, Glass
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Height
245 mm (9.6 in)
Width
175 mm (6.9 in)
Depth
8.3 mm (0.3 in)
Volume
0.400 L
Height
247.6 mm (9.7 in)
Width
157.4 mm (6.2 in)
Depth
7 mm (0.3 in)
Volume
0.300 L
Weight
544 g (19.19 oz)
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Weight
476 g (16.79 oz)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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