Lenovo Tab M9 vs Lenovo Tab M10 Plus (3rd Gen)
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Here we compared two budget tablets: the 9-inch Lenovo Tab M9 (with MediaTek Helio G80) that was released on December 20, 2022, against the Lenovo Tab M10 Plus (3rd Gen), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 and came out 8 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 Tab M9
- Much smaller footprint: 26% more compact case (45.7 vs 61.8 square inches)
- Weighs 121 grams less
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Tab M10 Plus (3rd Gen)
- Has a 1.61 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 2600 mAh larger battery capacity: 7700 vs 5100 mAh
- 38% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (415K versus 300K)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 680
- 27% higher pixel density (220 vs 173 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (20W versus 10W)
- Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus eMMC 5.1
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 | IPS LCD |
| Size | 9 inches | 10.61 inches |
| Resolution | 800 x 1340 pixels | 1200 x 2000 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 5:3 | 5:3 |
| PPI | 173 ppi | 220 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 400 nits | 400 nits |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 78.2% | 80.4% |
| RGB color space | 84.9% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 38 ms | - |
| Contrast | 2382:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
Tab M10 Plus (3rd Gen)
10.61″ (5:3 ratio) = 49.7 in2
Tab M9
9″ (5:3 ratio) = 35.7 in2
~38% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 215.4 mm (8.48 inches) | 251.2 mm (9.89 inches) |
| Width | 136.8 mm (5.39 inches) | 158.8 mm (6.25 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 344 g (12.13 oz) | 465 g (16.4 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 295 cm2 (45.7 inches2) | 399 cm2 (61.8 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (145th and 139th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (115th and 109th place)
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio G80 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 |
| Max clock | 2000 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75 |
- 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53) - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 686 |
| Graphics | Mali-G52 MC2 | Adreno 610 |
| GPU shading units | 48 | 128 |
| GPU clock | 950 MHz | 1114 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~91.2 GFLOPS | ~285.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 1018 | 578 |
| Single-core score | 415 | 415 |
| Multi-core score | 1447 | 1457 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 140324 | 186103 |
| GPU | 26315 | 26538 |
| Memory | 64694 | 105911 |
| UX | 69650 | 96803 |
| Total score | 300983 | 415355 |
| Samples | [11 tests] | [38 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | - | 1 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 172 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5845 | 5694 |
| Video editing | 4442 | 5301 |
| Photo editing | 13642 | 13268 |
| Data manipulation | 5698 | 5326 |
| Writing score | 8001 | 7605 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 3 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 1800 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 512 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | ZUI 15.1 | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5100 mAh | 7700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 10 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | No | Yes (50% in 60 min) |
| Full charging time | 4:00 hr | 3:00 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:21 hr | - |
| Watching video | 12:41 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:10 hr | - |
| Standby | 146 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | No | No |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 2 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Aperture | - | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | No | Digital |
| Video resolution | 720p at 30 FPS | 720p at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 7 | 13 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | Yes |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Budget | Budget |
| Announced | December 2022 | May 2022 |
| Release date | March 2022 | May 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $135 | $159 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 10 W | Yes, 10 W |
Further details
Notes on Tab M10 Plus (3rd Gen):
- The Wi-Fi version has a MediaTek Helio G80 SoC, while the LTE – Snapdragon 680.
- Models with Helio G80 come with eMMC 5.1 memory. Snapdragon 680 models include UFS 2.2 memory (only 64 and 128 GB).
*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 Lenovo Tab M10 Plus (3rd Gen) is definitely a better buy.
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