Lenovo Legion Y700 AI vs iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 8.4-inch Lenovo Legion Y700 AI (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on August 25, 2026, against the Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M5 (iPad) and came out 11 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

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Legion Y700 AI
  • Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 30W)
  • 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4518K versus 4122K)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 34% higher pixel density (359 vs 267 PPI)
  • Much smaller footprint: 47% more compact case (36.3 vs 68.7 square inches)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.3% more screen real estate
  • Weighs 146 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
  • Has a 2.6 inches larger screen size
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4193 and 3765 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Lenovo Legion Y700 AI and Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) 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
45.6
(Average)
Value Index
42.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type IPS LCD OLED
Size 8.4 inches 11 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels 1668 x 2420 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 3:2
PPI 359 ppi 267 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 87.6% 81.3%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
Legion Y700 AI
8.4″ (16:10 ratio) = 31.7 in2
~76% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 190.48 mm (7.5 inches) 249.7 mm (9.83 inches)
Width 122.64 mm (4.83 inches) 177.5 mm (6.99 inches)
Thickness 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) 5.3 mm (0.21 inches)
Weight 298 g (10.51 oz) 444 g (15.66 oz)
Waterproof IP52 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Purple Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner No No
Area 234 cm2 (36.2 inches2) 443 cm2 (68.7 inches2)
Repairability - Average (2.7/5)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (9th and 7th place)
iPad Ranking (#2nd place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Lenovo Legion Y700 AI and Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Apple M5 (iPad)
Max clock 4740 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 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
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

Benchmark comparison of Lenovo Legion Y700 AI and Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 27982 75091
Single-core score 3765 4193
Multi-core score 11405 15913
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 1322001 1791896
GPU 1594848 1221223
Memory 593523 446888
UX 1008031 662397
Total score 4518403 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
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Lenovo Legion Y700 AI
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-17 -> LiberoGeekbench 6 GPU76909
📘 2026-07-17 -> LiberoGeekbench 6 CPU4193 / 15913

Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 26.5)
OS size - 56 GB
OS updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 7470 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 (80% in 30 min) Yes (42% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr -
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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture - f/1.8
Pixel size - 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 5.4 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
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes 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 August 2026 October 2025
Release date August 2026 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $820 $999
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 68 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the 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 Y700 AI.

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