iPad Pro or Google Pixel C: It's Apple vs Google in the tablet wars
Apple's iPad range has thoroughly dominated the tablet market, and the new iPad Pro is looking to spread its influence into the realms of the productivity-focused laptop hybrid. Now Google has its own contender with the Pixel C.
Both of these tablets are ample in size and power, and filled some of the highest grade components possible.
Now that are reviews for both the iPad Pro and Pixel C are in, which is the better tablet? Let's take a closer look.
Pixel C vs iPad Pro: Design
Pixel C: 242 x 179 x 7mm, 517g, USB Type-C slot, 3.5mm headphone port
iPad Pro: 305.7 x 220.6 x 6.9mm, 713g, Lightning slot, 3.5mm headphone port
These are two handsome tablet devices. The iPad Pro's design is nothing we haven't seen before, though. It's essentially a super-sized iPad Air 2, with a similar all-metal design and rounded edges.
It's also very slim at just 6.9mm, with is roughly the same thickness as the 7mm Pixel C.
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Google's tablet, for its part, is a massive step up in build quality from most other Android tablets. This is the first tablet built by Google itself (the Nexus series tablets are all collaborations), and that extra attention to detail from the Android creator shows.
The Pixel C has a simple anodised aluminium metal frame, with squared-off edges and a premium-yet-robust feel. Weighing in at 517g, it's a fair bit lighter than the 713g iPad Pro, and is generally much easier to wield.
In fact, Google's tablet is altogether much smaller than the iPad Pro, and that's thanks to its smaller display.
Pixel C vs iPad Pro: Display
Pixel C: 10.2-inch LTPS LCD display, 2560 x 1800 resolution, 308ppi
iPad Pro: 12.9-inch LCD display, 2732 x 2048 resolution, 264ppi
As mentioned, the Pixel C's screen is significantly smaller than the iPad Pro's. While Apple has stretched the iPad form factor out to a whopping 12.9-inches, Google has stuck with a 10.2-inch size that's more typically associated with the term 'full-sized'.
The iPad Pro display technically has a higher resolution than the Pixel C at 2732 x 2048. The Pixel C screen, for its part, is 2560 x 1800.
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However, given the difference in size, the Pixel C display is actually a fair bit sharper than the iPad Pro's. While Apple's tablet produces a respectable pixel density of 264ppi, the Pixel C trumps it at 308ppi.
Still, both are crisp, accurate LCD displays that show off high resolution content brilliantly. We should also note just how bright the Pixel C's screen is - we had to drop it to 60 percent for comfortable usage.
Pixel C vs iPad Pro: Power
Pixel C: Nvidia X1 quad-core processor, 3GB RAM
iPad Pro: Apple A9X 2.26GHz dual-core processor, 4GB RAM
These two tablets pack two of the most powerful mobile processors in the business, and both will run the most intensive apps and processes without a stutter.
The Pixel C runs the little-used Nvidia X1 CPU, which boasts a 'console-grade GPU' as its defining feature. Meanwhile, Apple boasts that the iPad Pro's A9X CPU is faster than 80 percent of portable PCs released in the past year.
These boasts seem to bear out when comparing the performance level of the two tablets, with the iPad Pro having a clear edge in CPU tests and the Pixel C winning through on the GPU front.
In the Geekbench multi-core test, the iPad Pro scored 5,523 versus the Pixel C's 4,188. On the GPU-focused 3DMark Icestorm Unlimited test, the iPad Pro scored 33,483 while the Pixel C scored 41,400.
Both are blazingly fast, and in real world terms are the leading devices for their respective platforms. That's arguably all that really matters.
