Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025) vs Honor MagicPad 3
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77
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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 Honor MagicPad 3, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
- Much smaller footprint: 22% more compact case (71.8 vs 91.8 square inches)
- Weighs 80 grams less
Reasons to consider the Honor MagicPad 3
- 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2333K versus 1092K)
- Has a 1.8 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 3650 mAh larger battery capacity: 12450 vs 8800 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 40W)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | TFT LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 11.5 inches | 13.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1840 x 2800 pixels | 2136 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 291 ppi | 289 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen protection | - | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.1% | 89% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.7% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 20 ms |
| Contrast | - | 612:1 |
Screen space comparison
MagicPad 3
13.3″ (3:2 ratio) = 81.6 in2
MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
11.5″ (3:2 ratio) = 61 in2
~33% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 261 mm (10.28 inches) | 293.9 mm (11.57 inches) |
| Width | 177.3 mm (6.98 inches) | 201.4 mm (7.93 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) | 5.8 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 515 g (18.17 oz) | 595 g (20.99 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Green, Purple | White, Gold, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 463 cm2 (71.8 inches2) | 592 cm2 (91.8 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (80th and 40th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (60th and 28th place)
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2285 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| 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 |
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 10 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Maleoon 920 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1720.3 GFLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3027 | 16535 |
| Single-core score | 1360 | 2176 |
| Multi-core score | 3866 | 6707 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 434379 | 643259 |
| GPU | 145725 | 818824 |
| Memory | 245545 | 348314 |
| UX | 266923 | 522888 |
| Total score | 1092572 | 2333285 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [298 tests] |
Recent User Tests
Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 -> LeofMate | AnTuTu | 1291607 |
| 📘 2025-09-13 (Efe Tuğra) | AnTuTu | 1092572 |
Honor MagicPad 3
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | - | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | - | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | - | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | HarmonyOS 5.0 | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | - | MagicOS 10 |
Battery
| Capacity | 8800 mAh | 12450 mAh |
| Max charge power | 40 W | 66 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.0 |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 9 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | No |
| eSIM support* | - | No |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | - |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | August 2025 | July 2025 |
| Release date | August 2025 | July 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $350 | $599 |
| Sensors | - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 0 W | Yes, 66 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 Honor MagicPad 3 is definitely a better buy.
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