Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 vs iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 8.8-inch Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on March 18, 2026, against the Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M5 (iPad) 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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5
- Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- 53% higher pixel density (408 vs 267 PPI)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 30W)
- Comes with 840 mAh larger battery capacity: 9000 vs 8160 mAh
- Much smaller footprint: 40% more compact case (41.1 vs 68.7 square inches)
- Weighs 84 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
- Has a 2.2 inches larger screen size
- Delivers 75% higher peak brightness (977 against 558 nits)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4193 and 3625 points
- 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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 8.8 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1904 x 3040 pixels | 1668 x 2420 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 408 ppi | 267 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 800 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.6% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| PWM | Not detected | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 21 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | 1098:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
Legion Tab Gen 5
8.8″ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
~60% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 206.46 mm (8.13 inches) | 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) |
| Width | 128.5 mm (5.06 inches) | 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.59 mm (0.3 inches) | 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) |
| Weight | 360 g (12.7 oz) | 444 g (15.66 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP52 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 265 cm2 (41.1 inches2) | 443 cm2 (68.7 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.7/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (15th and 7th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#11th place)
iPad Ranking (#2nd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Apple M5 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 4600 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 10 (4 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 6 cores at 2.95 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | - |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~4147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27090 | 75091 |
| Single-core score | 3625 | 4193 |
| Multi-core score | 10751 | 15913 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1161389 | 1791896 |
| GPU | 1577484 | 1221223 |
| Memory | 444460 | 446888 |
| UX | 987775 | 662397 |
| Total score | 4171108 | 4122404 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 30 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 4104 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 66 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 88 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 63 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 46 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 17310 |
Recent User Tests
Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-17 (DEFnub) | AnTuTu 11 | 4171108 |
Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-17 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 76909 |
| 📘 2026-07-17 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4193 / 15913 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 27) |
| OS size | 56 GB | 56 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 9000 mAh | 8160 mAh |
| Max charge power | 68 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (42% in 30 min) |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | - | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 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 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJNS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | - | 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (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 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.4 | 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 | Stereo | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2026 | October 2025 |
| Release date | May 2026 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $849 | $999 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025). But if the battery life and design are more of a priority – go for the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5.
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