Honor Pad 10 vs iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 12.1-inch Honor Pad 10 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on May 22, 2025, against the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 2 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 Honor Pad 10
- Higher display refresh rate โ 120 Hz
- Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 2402 mAh larger battery capacity: 10100 vs 7698 mAh
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
- 62% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1701K versus 1048K)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- Smaller footprint: 10% more compact case (69.1 vs 77 square inches)
- 2.3x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2589 and 1150 points
- Weighs 48 grams less
- 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 | IPS LCD |
| Size | 12.1 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1640 x 2360 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 249 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | - | 500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.4% | 80.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 96.2% |
| PWM | - | 21120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 38 ms |
| Contrast | - | 531:1 |
Screen space comparison
Pad 10
12.1โณ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
11โณ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 277.1 mm (10.91 inches) | 248.6 mm (9.79 inches) |
| Width | 179.3 mm (7.06 inches) | 179.5 mm (7.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.3 mm (0.25 inches) | 7 mm (0.28 inches) |
| Weight | 525 g (18.52 oz) | 477 g (16.83 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Blue, Green | Silver, Blue, Pink, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 497 cm2 (77 inches2) | 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2) |
| Repairability | Good (3.07/5) | Average (2.78/5) |
| Drop resistance | Bad (E) ยท 5 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (75th and 58th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#57th place)
iPad Ranking (#16th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2630 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715) - 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715) |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 720 | Apple GPU 4-core |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 975 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4133 | 19767 |
| Single-core score | 1150 | 2589 |
| Multi-core score | 3103 | 6111 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 379212 | 498926 |
| GPU | 215650 | 466010 |
| Memory | 198436 | 202429 |
| UX | 255360 | 534152 |
| Total score | 1048658 | 1701517 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [6 tests] |
Recent User Tests
Honor Pad 10
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-06-11 (Snowmen) | AnTuTu 11 | 1048658 |
| ๐ 2026-05-24 (Aleks) | AnTuTu 11 | 1019587 |
Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-07-23 (Anr1ll) | AnTuTu 11 | 1729497 |
| ๐ 2026-07-20 (Giga) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2702 / 6394 |
| ๐ 2026-06-17 (Luq) | AnTuTu 11 | 1701517 |
| ๐ 2026-04-26 (Thร nh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1744337 |
| ๐ 2026-04-19 (Faeri) | AnTuTu 11 | 1628541 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | - | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iPadOS 18.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | - |
| OS size | - | 23 GB |
| OS updates | 0 years | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 10100 mAh | 7698 mAh |
| Max charge power | 35 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (34% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 1:58 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1400 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 06:06 hr |
| Watching video | - | 07:41 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:31 hr |
| Standby | - | 220 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | CMOS |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 6.0 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2025 | March 2025 |
| Release date | May 2025 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $355 | $349 |
| Sensors | - Accelerometer | - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 35 W | Yes, 30 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025). But if the display, battery life, and design are more of a priority โ go for the Honor Pad 10.
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