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Huawei MatePad 11.5 S vs Honor Pad 10

60 out of 100
Huawei MatePad 11.5 S
VS
67 out of 100
Honor Pad 10
MatePad 11.5 S
Pad 10

Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 11.5-inch Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (with HiSilicon Kirin 9000WL) that was released on May 8, 2024, against the Honor Pad 10, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 1 year after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  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
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 17% higher pixel density (291 vs 249 PPI)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1241 and 1150 points
Reasons to consider the Honor Pad 10
  • 40% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1048K versus 751K)
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 10100 vs 8800 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (35W versus 22.5W)

Review

Evaluation of Huawei MatePad 11.5 S and Honor Pad 10 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
8 / 256 GB
25.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
74.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
MatePad 11.5 S
vs
Pad 10

Display

Type TFT LCD IPS LCD
Size 11.5 inches 12.1 inches
Resolution 1840 x 2800 pixels 1600 x 2560 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 16:10
PPI 291 ppi 249 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate - Yes
Max rated brightness 500 nits -
HDR support No Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.1% 85.4%
Display features - - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.4% -
PWM Not detected -
Response time 23 ms -
Contrast 516:1 -
Screen space comparison
Pad 10
12.1″ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
MatePad 11.5 S
11.5″ (3:2 ratio) = 61 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
MatePad 11.5 S
447 nits
Pad 10
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 261 mm (10.28 inches) 277.1 mm (10.91 inches)
Width 177.2 mm (6.98 inches) 179.3 mm (7.06 inches)
Thickness 6.2 mm (0.24 inches) 6.3 mm (0.25 inches)
Weight 510 g (17.99 oz) 525 g (18.52 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Silver, Gray, Purple Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner No No
Area 462 cm2 (71.8 inches2) 497 cm2 (77 inches2)
Repairability - Good (3.07/5)
Drop resistance - Bad (E) · 5 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
MatePad 11.5 S
85.1%
Pad 10
85.4%
Tablet Ranking (96th and 75th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (72nd and 57th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei MatePad 11.5 S and Honor Pad 10
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 9000WL Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 2490 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores - 8 (1 + 3 + 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)
L3 cache - 3 MB
Manufacturing - TSMC
Lithography process - 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) - Yes
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 910 Adreno 720
GPU shading units - 512
GPU clock - 975 MHz
FLOPS - ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei MatePad 11.5 S and Honor Pad 10
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MatePad 11.5 S +8%
1241
Pad 10
1150
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MatePad 11.5 S +25%
3882
Pad 10
3103
Compute Score (GPU)
MatePad 11.5 S
2591
Pad 10 +60%
4133
Compute Score (GPU) 2591 4133
Single-core score 1241 1150
Multi-core score 3882 3103
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
MatePad 11.5 S
751382
Pad 10 +40%
1048658
CPU 263131 379212
GPU 96927 215650
Memory 186235 198436
UX 205089 255360
Total score 751382 1048658
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei MatePad 11.5 S
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-12 (LilHartod)AnTuTu 11751382
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Honor Pad 10
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-11 (Snowmen)AnTuTu 111048658
📘 2026-05-24 (Aleks)AnTuTu 111019587
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type - UFS 3.1
Memory card No -

Software

Operating system HarmonyOS 4.2 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM - MagicOS 10
OS updates - 0 years

Battery

Capacity 8800 mAh 10100 mAh
Max charge power 22.5 W 35 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 60 min) Yes
Full charging time 2:00 hr -
Battery cycles - 1400 cycles
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Main camera

Matrix 13 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 3264 x 2448
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 13 MP
1) Standard: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.0
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Sensor CMOS -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 3.0 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* - 1
Type of SIM card No Nano
eSIM support* - No
Hybrid slot - No
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 4.0 6.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No -
Speakers test
Max loudness
MatePad 11.5 S
90.3 dB
Pad 10
n/a

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2024 May 2025
Release date May 2024 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $355
Successor - Huawei MatePad 11.5 S (2025) -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor		 - Accelerometer
Bundled charger Yes, 22 W Yes, 35 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 Pad 10 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
11 (23.4%)
36 (76.6%)
Total votes: 47

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