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Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025) vs Honor MagicPad 4

74 out of 100
Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025)
VS
87 out of 100
Honor MagicPad 4
MatePad 12 X (2025)
MagicPad 4

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 Honor MagicPad 4, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and came out 5 months after. 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 12 X (2025)
  • Delivers 9% higher peak brightness (902 against 825 nits)
Reasons to consider the Honor MagicPad 4
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Thinner bezels – 5.3% more screen real estate
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 93% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2903 and 1507 points
  • Weighs 105 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025) and Honor MagicPad 4 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
49.5
(Average)
Value Index
65.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
MatePad 12 X (2025)
vs
MagicPad 4

Display

Type IPS LCD OLED
Size 12 inches 12.3 inches
Resolution 2800 x 1840 pixels 1920 x 3000 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
PPI 279 ppi 290 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-144 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1000 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR - 2400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.8% 92.1%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.9%
PWM Not detected 60 Hz
Response time 23 ms 8 ms
Contrast 1115:1 ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
MagicPad 4
12.3″ (3:2 ratio) = 69.8 in2
MatePad 12 X (2025)
12″ (3:2 ratio) = 66.5 in2
~5% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
MatePad 12 X (2025) +9%
902 nits
MagicPad 4
825 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 270 mm (10.63 inches) 273.4 mm (10.76 inches)
Width 183 mm (7.2 inches) 178.8 mm (7.04 inches)
Thickness 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) 4.8 mm (0.19 inches)
Weight 555 g (19.58 oz) 450 g (15.87 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Green White, Gray
Fingerprint scanner No No
Area 494 cm2 (76.5 inches2) 489 cm2 (75.8 inches2)
Repairability - Good (3.31/5)
Drop resistance - Bad (E) · 5 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (50th and 14th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (36th and 10th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025) and Honor MagicPad 4
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin T92B Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Max clock 2500 MHz 3800 MHz
CPU cores - 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime
L3 cache - 6 MB
Manufacturing - TSMC
Lithography process - 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) - Hexagon
GPU
Graphics HiSilicon Maleoon 920 Adreno 829
GPU shading units - 1024
GPU clock - 1225 MHz
FLOPS - ~2508.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025) and Honor MagicPad 4
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
MatePad 12 X (2025)
3426
MagicPad 4 +520%
21253
Compute Score (GPU) 3426 21253
Single-core score 1507 2903
Multi-core score 3973 9602
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU - 973072
GPU - 1061022
Memory - 370365
UX - 677929
Total score - 3082388
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Honor MagicPad 4
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system HarmonyOS 4.3 Android 16
ROM - MagicOS 10
OS size 30 GB 45 GB
OS updates - 0 years

Battery

Capacity 10100 mAh 10100 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 40 min) Yes
Full charging time 1:35 hr -
Battery cycles - 1600 cycles
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6144 4160 x 3120
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.0
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 9 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor CMOS -
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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 6.0
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
Network
Type of SIM card No No
eSIM support* No No
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers 6.0 4.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No -
Speakers test
Max loudness
MatePad 12 X (2025) +9%
86.2 dB
MagicPad 4
79.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 February 2026
Release date September 2025 March 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $599
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Ambient light sensor		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 66 W
Further details
Notes on MatePad 12 X (2025):
    - The PaperMatte Display is optional.
*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 4 is definitely a better buy.

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