Compare Surface Pro 8 vs HP Elite x2 G8 vs Apple iPad Air (2020)
Variants
3K2K
WUXGA+
WiFi
WiFi + LTE
Connectivity
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x 3.5mm Headphone + 1x Surface Connect
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Audio combo
USB-C, Magnetic connector
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5 + optional Intel® XMM™ 7360 LTE-Advanced Broadband Wireless (Cat 9)
WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
Construction
Battery | Capacity
51.5 Wh
47 Wh
28.6 Wh
Camera | Front
5.0MP front-facing camera + Windows Hello face authentication camera
720p HD IR camera
7MP f/2.0
Camera | Rear
10.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera
8MP rear camera
12MP f/1.8
Colors
Graphite, Platinum
Silver, Space Gray, Rose Gold, Green, Sky Blue
Form Factor
Tablet computer
Material
Signature unibody magnesium design with hidden perimeter venting
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 display cover
Microphone
Dual far-field Studio Mics
3 multi-array digital microphones
Dual microphones
Speakers
2W stereo speakers
Audio by Bang & Olufsen, Dual speakers
Quad
Dimensions
Size | Depth
208 mm / 8.2 inch
8.5" / 8.74" w/ Keyboard
6.1 mm
Size | Height
9.3 mm / 0.37 inch
0.35" / 0.56" w/ Keyboard
247.6 mm
Size | Width
287 mm / 11.3 inch
11.39"
178.5 mm
Weight
891 g / 1.96 lbs
1.83 lbs / 2.58 lbs w/ Keyboard
Display
Aspect Ratio
3:2
3:2
Brightness
500 nits
Display Diagonal
13 inch
13 inch
10.9 inch
Display Type
PixelSense IPS
IPS, edge-to-edge glass, micro-edge
Pixel Density
267 ppi
264 ppi
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
Resolution
2880 x 1920
FHD (1920x1080) or 4K UHD (3840x2160)
2360 x 1640
Function
Digitizer
Optional Wacom AES 2.0 Pen with App Launch Button G3
Fast Charging
50% in 30 minutes
GPS
Yes
Graphics
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Integrated Intel Xe Graphics
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Windows 10
IPadOS 14
Operating Temperature
0-35 C
Processor
11th-gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 or i7-1185G7
11th-gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 or i7-1165G7 Tiger Lake
A14 Bionic chip w/ Neural Engine
SIM
Nano SIM
Optional, 4G LTE
Nano
Security
TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security, Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
Optional Fingerprint Sensor
Sensor
Accelerometer + Gyroscope + Magnetometer + Ambient light sensor
Accelerometer; Gyroscope; Magnetometer; Hall sensor
Touch ID, Three‐axis gyro, Accelerometer, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Touch Screen
10-point multitouch
Multitouch-enabled
Video Codecs
HEVC and H.264
Video Recording | Front
FHD 60p
Video Recording | Rear
4K 60p, FHD 240p
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 16 hours of typical device usage
10 h
Memory | Capacity
8, 16, or 32 GB
8 or 16 GB soldered
Memory | Type
LPDDR4x
LPDDR4X 4266MHz
Power Supply
65 W USB Type-C
20 W
Storage
512 GB or 1 TB SSD / 128 or 256 GB removable SSD
Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe TLC SSD
64 or 256 GB
Production
Accessory
Digitizer: Surface Pen / Surface Slim Pen 2
Keyboard: Optional HP Premium Keyboard
Apple Pencil 2nd-gen
Availability
2020-10-23
Debut
2021-09
2021
2020-09-15
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