What’s up guys, your reading this article on Top2Gadget, and today we are very excited to do comparing between Google and Apple two tech titans, and their visions of how a mobile computer or a mobile tablet should be. We have the iPad Pro and the Google pixel slate and, we will going to be comparing them from every possible aspect to know which one is better for you.
Key Specification
| Google Pixel Slate | Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) | |
| Type | Convertible 2 in 1 | No |
| Chipset | Intel Core m3 | A12Z Bionic |
| Display | 12.3 inches | 12.9 inches |
| Memory | 8 GB 64 GB | 6 GB 512 GB/1 TB |
| Camera | 8 MP | 12 + 10 MP |
| Fingerprint Sensor Position | No | No |
Design
| Google Pixel Slate | Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) | |
| Dimensions | 29.8 x 20.2 x 0.7 cm | 280.6 x 214.9 x 5.9 mm |
| Weight | 720 grams | 641 grams |
| Screen Size | 12.3 inches | 12.9 inches |
| Display | 2400 x 1600 pixels | 2048 x 2732 pixels |
| Colors | Black | Silver, Space Grey |
Start with Pixel Slate, The first impression of a device starts the box with the aesthetics and this is a solid-looking tablet. It’s almost matte black, it’s this sort of dark matte blue all the way around there are almost no logos which is taking a subtle classic G in the corner and it’s pretty symmetrical and balanced. No camera bump at all that’s a good start and the more We looked into this the more we remember all these reasons that Google is telling us back in October why this is going to be the dopest laptop-tablet convertible and to us, we don’t know possibly better than the iPad pro.
So it has a pair of stereo front-facing speakers just like back in the Nexus 10 days so audio is facing towards you and you can pretty much never accidentally block them and the sound turns out is pretty good. It’s got volume it’s full it’s great for a tablet and then the display is by far the flagship piece of this hardware it’s not a 120 Hertz but everything else about it is super high-end it’s a 30002000 with a 12.3-inch display. So a little taller than 169 and plenty sharp it’s called a molecular display, it’s super crisp this is the max brightness it’s not very bright but it’s still indoors plenty fine. It is good looking for watching shows and videos.
There are two USB C ports one on each side either one can be used to plug into charge and you can plug in both at the same time if you want one for charging and one for some accessory. The power button on the side doubles as a fingerprint reader so no need for face unlock but every time you hit the button you’re already securely unlocked. It has these smart pins at the bottom that work perfectly with this incredible pixel slate accessory that we think is objectively better than Apple’s keyboard.
Now talking about iPad Pro, It is crazy thin it’s 5.9 millimeters completely flat it has an incredible nearly bezel-less display, somehow has huge really impressive speakers and super powerful solid-state insides. So right off the bat, there’s an 11 inch or a 12.9-inch version and there’s a space grey or silver. We will say that the smaller one is much more reasonable and we think it’s one most people will get but if you are a big-screen person, so here we are with the crazy big 12.9 inch iPad pro.
It’s just a marvel to hold like there are pretty sharp edges all the way around but that it’s boxy like the iPhone 5s was it stands up on its own. It’s so light the weight distribution is so even throughout the whole slab that you can hold it with a single finger in the middle of the Apple logo. All of this means it’s very easy to hold, the edges are kind of sharp like, and they can maybe dig into your hands a bit if you’re holding it for a long time.
Performance
| Google Pixel Slate | Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) | |
| Processor /Count | 2 | Embedded M12 Coprocessor |
| GPU | – | Apple GPU |
| RAM | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Internal storage | 64 GB | 512 GB/1 TB |
| Storage expansion | – | No |
| OS | Chrome OS | iPadOS |
Pixel Slate has Chrome OS, which on paper is a nice combo of Chrome for all your web stuff plus the Play Store for all these Android apps all in one place. The USB C ports that can read accessories like SD cards and storage drives, so you will think that this is proper power users paradise.
But there is so much lag, it’s almost unbelievable this is real-time the animation for multitasking legitimately takes several seconds and it’s everywhere scrolling is not fast loading pretty much anything is slow, you will feel like this whole UI runs at like 12 to maybe 20 frames per second. Pinch-to-zoom and pretty much anything but especially in web browsing is usually lagging city it’s just not fun, and like no matter how many features you throw in here no matter how powerful Chrome OS can be, you’ll never be able to use this tablet long enough to even discover half of that stuff, because it’s just really not fun to use. You will be surely noted how much lag and choppiness there is everywhere and of course, that is a stark contrast the opposite of what makes the iPad pro so fun to use which is the excessive effortless and smooth performance thanks to that a 12x Bionic.
A 12 X Bionic is incredible it is the fastest chip we’ve ever seen in a mobile device if you’ve seen Geekbench scores that have been pretty popular lately as benchmarking faster than many laptops rivaling the 15-inch MacBook Pro. It has 4 GB of RAM and for some reason, the one terabyte iPad has 6GB of RAM. But generally, the performance is just really good from multitasking the flying through apps productivity photo-editing it’s all fast and fluid it’s a plus performance just like the previous iPad pro. But now you have more options about to be being future-proof, and you’re very future proof here and then even the accessory ecosystem is all upgraded the new Apple pencil way better.
Camera
| Google Pixel Slate | Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) | |
| Rear | 8 MP | 12 + 10 MP |
| Front | 8 MP | 7 MP |
| Video recording | – | 4K, 1080P, 720P pixels |
In terms of camera performance, the iPad Pro outshines the Pixel Slate. iPad Pro gets two rear cameras for different functions which are 12 + 10 MP. Also in front, it gets a 7 MP camera which is also good in terms of photos and video quality than the Pixel Slate.
On the other hand, the Pixel Slate gets an 8 MP camera at the rear and an 8 MP camera at the front side but the camera quality of iPad Pro is much better than the Pixel Slate.
Multimedia
| Google Pixel Slate | Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) | |
| Headphone jack | Yes | No |
| Speakers | Yes | Four speaker audio |
Both of the devices get physical buttons to control the volume and some other commands. The Pixel Slate gets a 3.5mm headphone jack for wired headphones connection, but on the other hand, the iPad Pro didn’t get the headphone jack, so you will have to use the wireless headphones. Also, the speakers of the iPad pro sound much better than the Pixel Slate.
Battery Life
| Google Pixel Slate | Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) | |
| No of Cell/Capacity | 4 | 9720 mAh |
| Battery Energy Content | 48 Watt Hours | 36.7W |
| Quick Charging | – | Yes Fast, 36.7W |
| User Replaceable | No | No |
The Pixel Slate gets a 4 cell Lithium Polymer 48 watt-hours of battery which is good to give you a claimed battery life of 9.51 hours. On the other hand, the iPad Pro gets a 9720 mAh 36.7 watt-hours which will give you a claimed battery life of up to 10 hours. Also gets the options of quick charge and wireless charging which is quite useful and useful.
Connectivity
| Google Pixel Slate | Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) | |
| SIM | – | Nano-SIM |
| Bluetooth | Yes | 5.0 |
| Wifi | 802.11ac | Wi-Fi 802.11, ax/b/g/n/n 5GHz |
| Sensors | – | Back-illuminated sensor |
Both of the devices work on Bluetooth 5.0 which gives these two devices a good strong and solid Bluetooth connectivity of 10m. Also with the iPad Pro, you get the option of built-in cellular connectivity which is unfortunately absent on Pixel Slate.
Which is better!
The Google Pixel Slate comes with a good fresh look and the on-paper features of Pixel Slate are also good. But we suggest you go for the iPad Pro because it also has some of the cool features which not only good on paper but have a practical use. Also proven overall performance of iPad Pro is also much better than the Pixel Slate.
