Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025) vs iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
74
out of 100
VS
86
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 12-inch Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025) (with HiSilicon Kirin T92B) that was released on September 19, 2025, against the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024), which is powered by Apple M4 (iPad) and came out 1 year and 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Select the amount of RAM to evaluate performance and value for money more precisely
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025)
- Has a 1 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1940 mAh larger battery capacity: 10100 vs 8160 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 30W)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Thinner bezels – 5.5% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 7500 MHz
- Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (1000 against 909 nits)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- Smaller footprint: 10% more compact case (68.7 vs 76.6 square inches)
- 2.4x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3683 and 1507 points
- Reverse charging feature
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 111 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Select your primary usage scenario to get a more accurate NanoReview Score
Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 12 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 2800 x 1840 pixels | 1668 x 2420 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 279 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-144 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.8% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 23 ms | - |
| Contrast | 1115:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
MatePad 12 X (2025)
12″ (3:2 ratio) = 66.5 in2
iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 270 mm (10.63 inches) | 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) |
| Width | 183 mm (7.2 inches) | 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) | 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) |
| Weight | 555 g (19.58 oz) | 444 g (15.66 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Green | Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 494 cm2 (76.5 inches2) | 443 cm2 (68.7 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.7/5) |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (50th and 20th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#36th place)
iPad Ranking (#5th place)
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin T92B | Apple M4 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 4400 MHz |
| CPU cores | - | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - | - 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.41 GHz: |
| Manufacturing | - | TSMC |
| Lithography process | - | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | - | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | HiSilicon Maleoon 920 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU clock | - | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | - | ~3763.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3426 | 55718 |
| Single-core score | 1507 | 3683 |
| Multi-core score | 3973 | 11421 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | - | 1521099 |
| GPU | - | 945613 |
| Memory | - | 257529 |
| UX | - | 590286 |
| Total score | - | 3314527 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 26 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3477 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 55 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 63 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 56 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 44 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 14373 |
Recent User Tests
Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025)
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | GeekBench GPU | 57080 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | GeekBench CPU | 3907 / 15397 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | AnTuTu | 3396741 |
| 📘 2025-09-13 (Yusuf baser) | GeekBench CPU | 3683 / 13402 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | HarmonyOS 4.3 | iPadOS 17.5 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| OS size | 30 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 10100 mAh | 8160 mAh |
| Max charge power | 66 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 40 min) | Yes (41% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:35 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 07:14 hr |
| Watching video | - | 13:45 hr |
| Gaming | - | 06:38 hr |
| Standby | - | 169 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6144 | 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: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | CMOS | 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 4.0 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | 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 | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2025 | May 2024 |
| Release date | September 2025 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $999 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Ambient light sensor |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
| Keyboard weight | - | 580 g |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 20 W |
Further details
Notes on MatePad 12 X (2025):
- The PaperMatte Display is optional.
Notes on iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024):
- The base versions with 256 or 512 GB come with 8 GB of RAM and have a 9-core CPU, while 1 TB and 2 TB models have 16 GB RAM and a 10-core CPU (about 14% faster in multi-core tests).
*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 11" (5th Gen, 2024) is definitely a better buy.
Cast your vote
Total votes: 1