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Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus vs iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

77 out of 100
Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus
VS
84 out of 100
Apple iPad Air 11
Yoga Tab Plus
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 12.7-inch Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 7, 2025, against the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M3 (iPad) and came out 2 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 Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus
  • Higher display refresh rate โ€“ 144 Hz
  • Has a 1.7 inches larger screen size
  • Comes with 2594 mAh larger battery capacity: 10200 vs 7606 mAh
  • Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 20W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • 19% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2777K versus 2333K)
  • Much smaller footprint: 19% more compact case (68.5 vs 84.9 square inches)
  • Weighs 180 grams less
  • 39% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3113 and 2242 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th 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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Currency
16 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
56.3
(Average)
Value Index
88.9
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Yoga Tab Plus
vs
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

Display

Type LTPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 12.7 inches 11 inches
Resolution 2944 x 1840 pixels 1640 x 2360 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 3:2
PPI 273 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 900 nits 500 nits
HDR support - No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.4% 81.5%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 34 ms
Contrast - 1016:1
Screen space comparison
Yoga Tab Plus
12.7โ€ณ (16:10 ratio) = 72.5 in2
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
11โ€ณ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~29% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 290.9 mm (11.45 inches) 247.6 mm (9.75 inches)
Width 188.3 mm (7.41 inches) 178.5 mm (7.03 inches)
Thickness 6.69 mm (0.26 inches) 6.1 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 640 g (22.57 oz) 460 g (16.23 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Green Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Area 548 cm2 (84.8 inches2) 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2)
Repairability Excellent (4.09/5) Average (2.59/5)
Drop resistance Bad (E) ยท 7 drops -
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (44th and 26th place)
iPad Ranking (#7th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple M3 (iPad)
Max clock 3300 MHz 4050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4		 - 4 cores at 2.75 GHz:
- 4 cores at 4.05 GHz:
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Apple GPU 9-core
GPU shading units 1536 1152
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1380 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3179.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 16145 46172
Single-core score 2242 3113
Multi-core score 6888 11795
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 643259 782907
GPU 818824 1029236
Memory 348314 305749
UX 522888 659395
Total score 2333285 2777287
Samples [298 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 87% 74%
Graphics test 12 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 1644 2552
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 30 FPS 37 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 50 FPS
Section 2 30 FPS 34 FPS
Section 3 26 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 8004 9672
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 25868 -
Video editing 6865 -
Photo editing 55198 -
Data manipulation 15860 -
Writing score 27512 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Jacob)AnTuTu 112015536
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Kaimen)AnTuTu 112811760
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-08 (Bearry)AnTuTu 112838721
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-22 (Noora)AnTuTu 112779459
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-21 (Noora)AnTuTu 112708158
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 16 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4800 MHz 6400 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) iPadOS 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
OS size - 13 GB
OS updates 7 years 0 years

Battery

Capacity 10200 mAh 7606 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time - 2:16 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1000 cycles
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Main camera

Matrix 13 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED No
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 13 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture - f/1.8
Pixel size - 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 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 6E (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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.1
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
Type of SIM card No eSIM
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot - No
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.4 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 March 2025
Release date February 2025 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $669 $599
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 20 W
Further details
Notes on Yoga Tab Plus:
    - Branded Harman Kardon sound with six speakers.
*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 Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
5 (55.6%)
4 (44.4%)
Total votes: 9

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