These two tablets are, no doubt, strong competitors, but by using the information below you can decide witch one is best for yourself.
Display and Design
Surface Pro 3 has a 12inches screen that renders a resolution of 2160x1440pixels while Nexus 10 has a smaller 10inches display that renders a resolution of 2560x1600pixels.
Surface Pro 3 has 11,5×7,93×0,36 inches dimensions at a weight of 798grams. Nexus 10 has 10,39×6,99×0,35 inches dimensions at a weight of 603grams.
Hardware and Operating System
Surface Pro 3 functions on Windows 8.1 Pro while Nexus 10 is running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean that can be improved with the Android v4.4.3 KitKat.
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 works on an Intel Core processor. There are three processor versions of 4th generation Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processor that use 4GB or 8GB of RAM. This device is equipped with a TPM Chip for security. Nexus 10 functions on a 1,7GHz dual-core (Exynos 5250) Cortex-A15 processor that uses 2GB of RAM.
Memory
Surface Pro 3 owns four variants of internal memory: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB with micro SD card slide while Nexus 10 has two variants of internal memory: 16GB, and 32GB that can’t be enhanced.
Camera
The Surface Pro 3 is equipped with an 5MP main and second cameras whereas Nexus 10 has a 5MP main camera and a 1,9 MP second one.
Battery
Google Nexus 10 works thanks to a non-removable 9,000mAh Lithium polymer battery that permits 9hours of multimedia playing or 500 hours of standing-by. Surface Pro 3 resists to 9hours of multimedia playing too.
Colour
Surface Pro 3 is painted in silver nuance whereas Nexus 10 tablet is black.
Prices
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 costs 1650 dollars while Google Nexus 10’s price can start around 333 dollars.