iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) vs iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021)
86
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60
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Here we compared two tablets: the 11-inch Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) (with Apple M4 (iPad)) that was released on May 7, 2024, against the Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021), which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 2 years and 9 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
- 3.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3325K versus 1087K)
- Has 2.7x more RAM: 8GB versus 3GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 102% higher peak brightness (985 against 488 nits)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple M4 (iPad)
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 7500 MHz
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Thinner bezels – 7.5% more screen real estate
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Size | 11 inches | 10.2 inches |
| Resolution | 1668 x 2420 pixels | 1620 x 2160 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 264 ppi | 265 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.3% | 73.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 97.9% |
| PWM | - | 40000 Hz |
| Response time | - | 27 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1014:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021)
10.2″ (4:3 ratio) = 49.9 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) | 250.6 mm (9.87 inches) |
| Width | 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) | 174.1 mm (6.85 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) | 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 444 g (15.66 oz) | 487 g (17.18 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver | Silver, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 443 cm2 (68.7 inches2) | 436 cm2 (67.6 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.7/5) | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (18th and 98th place)
iPad Ranking (5th and 25th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Apple M4 (iPad) | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 4400 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.41 GHz: |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple GPU 10-core | Apple GPU 4-core |
| GPU shading units | - | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1470 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3763.2 GFLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 55718 | - |
| Single-core score | 3683 | 1792 |
| Multi-core score | 11548 | 4214 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1528227 | 272419 |
| GPU | 945613 | 317618 |
| Memory | 261271 | 149125 |
| UX | 590286 | 347946 |
| Total score | 3325397 | 1087108 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [17 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 71% | - |
| Graphics test | 26 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3477 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 85% |
| Graphics test | 55 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | 63 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Section 2 | 56 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | 44 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 14373 | 2552 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 86% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1961 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 57080 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3907 / 15397 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | AnTuTu 11 | 3396741 |
| 📘 2025-09-13 (Yusuf baser) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3683 / 13402 |
Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021)
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 7500 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iPadOS 17.5 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) | iPadOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| OS updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 8160 mAh | 8557 mAh |
| Max charge power | 30 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (41% in 30 min) | Yes (24% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:46 hr | 2:45 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 07:14 hr | - |
| Watching video | 13:45 hr | - |
| Gaming | 06:38 hr | - |
| Standby | 169 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | - |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Quad LED | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 120 FPS (720p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Depth |
1) Standard: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
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| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 31 mm |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | - |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 4.0 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2024 | September 2021 |
| Release date | May 2024 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $329 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | 580 g | 293 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 20 W | Yes, 20 W |
Further details
Notes on iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024):
- The base versions with 256 or 512 GB come with 8 GB of RAM and have a 9-core CPU, while 1 TB and 2 TB models have 16 GB RAM and a 10-core CPU (about 14% faster in multi-core tests).
Notes on iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021):
- Supports 1st generation of Apple Pencil.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) is definitely a better buy.
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