Honor MagicPad 3 Pro vs iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
86
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94
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 13.3-inch Honor MagicPad 3 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 15, 2025, against the Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M5 (iPad). 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 Honor MagicPad 3 Pro
- Higher display refresh rate β 165 Hz
- Comes with 2110 mAh larger battery capacity: 12450 vs 10340 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 30W)
- 27% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4302K versus 3396K)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 13% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4153 and 3662 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 13.3 inches | 13 inches |
| Resolution | 2136 x 3200 pixels | 2064 x 2752 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 289 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1100 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89% | 86.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
Design and build
| Height | 293.9 mm (11.57 inches) | 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) |
| Width | 201.4 mm (7.93 inches) | 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.8 mm (0.23 inches) | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) |
| Weight | 595 g (20.99 oz) | 579 g (20.42 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gold, Gray | Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 592 cm2 (91.8 inches2) | 607 cm2 (94 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.7/5) |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (20th and 2nd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#15th place)
iPad Ranking (#1st place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Apple M5 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 4600 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 10 (4 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 6 cores at 2.95 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | - |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~4147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27970 | 75273 |
| Single-core score | 3662 | 4153 |
| Multi-core score | 10848 | 15895 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1186224 | 965229 |
| GPU | 1478192 | 1313129 |
| Memory | 582575 | 458312 |
| UX | 1055355 | 660296 |
| Total score | 4302345 | 3396957 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 79% |
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3978 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 66 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 87 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 60 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 53 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 17246 |
Recent User Tests
Honor MagicPad 3 Pro
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Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-09 (patrick) | AnTuTu 11 | 3511739 |
| π 2026-08-12 (LBWNB) | AnTuTu 11 | 3396957 |
| π 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 76009 |
| π 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4153 / 15895 |
| π 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | AnTuTu 11 | 3159489 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 27) |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | - |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 12450 mAh | 10340 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (50% in 38 min) |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 9 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2025 | October 2025 |
| Release date | October 2025 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $535 | $1299 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
| Keyboard weight | - | 662 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 W | Not included |
*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 13" (8th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.
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