Compare Surface Go 3 vs Apple iPad mini 6 vs Surface Duo 2
Variants
WiFi
WiFi + LTE
Connectivity
Ports
1x USB-C + 1x microSD + 1x 3.5mm Audio jack + 1x Surface Connect port
USB-C 3.1 GEN1 + Magnetic connector
USB-C 3.2 GEN2
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0 + optional 5G
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 + NFC
Construction
Battery | Capacity
28 Wh
19.3 Wh
4449 mAh (typical) dual battery
Camera | Front
5.0MP
12MP, f/2.4
12MP, f/2.0, 24 mm,1.0µm
Camera | Rear
8.0MP
12MP, f/1.8, 5x digital zoom
Camera | Rear | Telephoto
12MP, f/2.4 aperture, 51 mm, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS and 2X optical zoom
Camera | Rear | Ultra-Wide
16MP, f/2.2 aperture, 13 mm, 1.0µm, 110o diagonal field of view with distortion correction
Camera | Rear | Wide
12MP, f/1.7 aperture, 27 mm, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF and OIS
Colors
Platinum
Space Gray, Pink, Purple, Starlight
Glacier, Obsidian
Form Factor
Tablet with full-friction multi-position hinge to 165 degrees and kickstand
Material
Magnesium body + Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Microphone
Enhanced dual far-field Studio Mics
Dual microphones
Speakers
2W stereo speakers with Dolby Audio
Quad speakers
Stereo speakers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
6.3 mm / 0.25"
5.5 mm (unfolded) / 11.0 mm (folded)
Size | Height
8.3 mm / 0.33"
195.4 mm / 7.69"
145.2 mm
Size | Length
245 mm / 9.65"
Size | Width
175 mm / 6.9"
134.8 mm / 5.3"
184.5 mm (unfolded) / 92.1 mm (folded)
Weight
544 g / 1.2 lbs
284 g
Display
Aspect Ratio
3:2
Brightness
500 nits
800 nits
Contrast Ratio
1500:1
Display Diagonal
10.5"
8.3 inch
8.3 inch (unfolded) / 5.8 inch (folded)
Display Type
IPS, PixelSense Display
IPS
OLED, PixelSense Fuhsion displays (AMOLED)
Gamut
100% DCI-P3
100% sRGB, 100% DCI-P3
Pixel Density
220 ppi
326 ppi
401 ppi
Refresh Rate
90 Hz
Resolution
FHD+, 1920 x 1280
2266 x 1488
2688 x 1892
Function
Bluetooth Profiles
aptX, aptX HD
Chipset
A15 Bionic chip
GPS
Cellular model only
GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS
Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 615
5-core GPU
HDR
Yes
Operating System
Windows 11
iPadOS 15
Android 11
Operating Temperature
0-35 °C
Processor
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y or 10th-gen Intel Core i3-10100Y
6-core CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform
SIM
Nano SIM / eSIM 5G
1x nanoSIM + 1x eSIM 5G
Security
Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in, Firmware TPM 2.0
Fingerprint
Sensor
Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer
Touch ID, Three‐axis gyro, Accelerometer, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Dual Accelerometer, Dual Gyroscope, Dual Magnetometer, Dual Ambient Light Sensor, Dual Proximity Sensor, Hall Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor
Touch Screen
10-point multi-touch
Video Codecs
HEVC and H.264
HEVC and H.264
Video Recording
FHD
4K 60 fps / FHD 60 fps / slow-mo 240 fps
Video Recording | Front
FHD 60p
Video Recording | Rear
4K 60p, FHD 240p
Voice Assistance
Siri
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 11 hours
Up to 10 hours
Up to 15.5 h or video playback, 28 h of talk time
Memory | Capacity
4 or 8 GB
8 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5
Power Supply
24 W
20 W
23 W
Storage
64 GB eMMC or 128 GB SSD
64 or 256 GB
128, 256, 512 GB
Production
Accessory
Keyboard: Surface Go Type Cover (sold separately for $130)
Supports Apple Pencil 2nd-gen
Availability
2021-09-24
2021-10-21
Debut
2021-09-14
2021-09
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