Android Tablets vs Windows 10 Tablets: Internals The differences between Microsoft and Google’s approach is immediately evident when you examine the devices that are available on store shelves.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said during the company's first-quarter earnings conference call that out of the 5 million tablet processors shipped "80 to 90 percent" were for Android and the rest Windows.

The tablets address a wide swath of the potential market—two run Android, two run Windows 8.1, and they range in screen size from seven inches to nearly 11—and they all use Intel's CPUs rather ...

The most significant difference between the two is their operating system. Samsung tablets run on an Android mobile operating system, and Windows Surface tablets rely on the Windows operating system.

The Windows RT tablet is an incredible 9.3mm thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, but the Windows 8 Pro version clocks in at nearly 2 pounds and 13.5mm thick.