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Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025) vs iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)

64 out of 100
Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
VS
72 out of 100
Apple iPad 11
MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)

Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 11.5-inch Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025) (with HiSilicon Kirin 9020) that was released on August 15, 2025, against the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Comes with 1102 mAh larger battery capacity: 8800 vs 7698 mAh
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (40W versus 30W)
  • 10% higher pixel density (291 vs 264 PPI)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
  • 56% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1701K versus 1092K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A16 Bionic
  • 90% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2589 and 1360 points
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025) and Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
68.3
(Good)
Value Index
120.8
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
vs
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)

Display

Type TFT LCD IPS LCD
Size 11.5 inches 11 inches
Resolution 1840 x 2800 pixels 1640 x 2360 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
PPI 291 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection - Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.1% 80.8%
Display features - - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 96.2%
PWM - 21120 Hz
Response time - 38 ms
Contrast - 531:1
Screen space comparison
MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
11.5″ (3:2 ratio) = 61 in2
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 261 mm (10.28 inches) 248.6 mm (9.79 inches)
Width 177.3 mm (6.98 inches) 179.5 mm (7.07 inches)
Thickness 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) 7 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 515 g (18.17 oz) 477 g (16.83 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Silver, Gray, Green, Purple Silver, Blue, Pink, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 463 cm2 (71.8 inches2) 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2)
Repairability - Average (2.78/5)
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (84th and 58th place)
iPad Ranking (#16th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025) and Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 9020 Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 2285 MHz 3460 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Taishan-Little
- 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: TaiShan V120
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: TaiShan V121		 - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 10 MB -
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 920 Apple GPU 4-core
GPU shading units 1024 640
GPU clock 840 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~1720.3 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025) and Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3027 19767
Single-core score 1360 2589
Multi-core score 3866 6111
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 434379 498926
GPU 145725 466010
Memory 245545 202429
UX 266923 534152
Total score 1092572 1701517
Samples Less than 3 [6 tests]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 -> LeofMateAnTuTu 111291607
📘 2025-09-13 (Efe Tuğra)AnTuTu 111092572
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Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-23 (Anr1ll)AnTuTu 111729497
📘 2026-07-20 (Giga)Geekbench 6 CPU2702 / 6394
📘 2026-06-17 (Luq)AnTuTu 111701517
📘 2026-04-26 (Thành)AnTuTu 111744337
📘 2026-04-19 (Faeri)AnTuTu 111628541
Add View all (9)

Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type - LPDDR5
Channels - 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type - NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system HarmonyOS 5.0 iPadOS 18.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
OS size - 23 GB
OS updates - 0 years

Battery

Capacity 8800 mAh 7698 mAh
Max charge power 40 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes Yes (34% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 1:58 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 06:06 hr
Watching video - 07:41 hr
Gaming - 05:31 hr
Standby - 220 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 13 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 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: 13 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS - GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Type of SIM card No eSIM
eSIM support* - Yes
Hybrid slot - No
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 4.0 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced August 2025 March 2025
Release date August 2025 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $349
Sensors - Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 0 W Yes, 30 W
*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 11" (11th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.

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