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OnePlus Pad 2 vs iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)

74 out of 100
OnePlus Pad 2
VS
74 out of 100
Apple iPad Air 10.9
Pad 2
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 12.1-inch OnePlus Pad 2 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on July 16, 2024, against the Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022), which is powered by Apple M1 (iPad) and came out 2 years and 5 months before. 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 OnePlus Pad 2
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has a 1.2 inches larger screen size
  • Delivers 63% higher peak brightness (795 against 489 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 30W)
  • 16% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2465K versus 2123K)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Thinner bezels – 5.1% more screen real estate
  • 15% higher pixel density (304 vs 264 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
  • Shows 47% longer battery life (32:09 vs 21:48 hours)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Much smaller footprint: 16% more compact case (68.5 vs 81.2 square inches)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 123 grams less

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Pad 2 and Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 64 GB
51.6
(Average)
Value Index
53.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 2
vs
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 12.1 inches 10.9 inches
Resolution 2120 x 3000 pixels 1640 x 2360 pixels
Aspect ratio 7:5 3:2
PPI 304 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-144 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 900 nits 500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.2% 80.1%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.5%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 28 ms
Contrast - 1430:1
Screen space comparison
Pad 2
12.1″ (7:5 ratio) = 69.2 in2
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
10.9″ (3:2 ratio) = 54.8 in2
~26% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad 2 +63%
795 nits
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
489 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 268.7 mm (10.58 inches) 247.6 mm (9.75 inches)
Width 195.1 mm (7.68 inches) 178.5 mm (7.03 inches)
Thickness 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) 6.1 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 584 g (20.6 oz) 461 g (16.26 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray Gray, Blue, Pink, Purple, Rose gold
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 524 cm2 (81.3 inches2) 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (48th and 52nd place)
iPad Ranking (#15th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Pad 2 and Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple M1 (iPad)
Max clock 3300 MHz 3200 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 2.1 GHz: Icestorm
- 4 cores at 3.2 GHz: Firestorm
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Apple GPU 8-core
GPU shading units 1536 -
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1278 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2617 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Pad 2 and Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 13973 33168
Single-core score 2232 2361
Multi-core score 6715 8704
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pad 2 +16%
2465678
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
2123766
CPU 832412 663743
GPU 816369 683537
Memory 282439 247744
UX 534458 528742
Total score 2465678 2123766
Samples [3 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 89% 75%
Graphics test 12 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 1622 1872
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 73%
Graphics test 31 FPS 24 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 30 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 24 FPS
Section 3 26 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 8032 6277
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 72%
Graphics test - 29 FPS
Graphics score - 4924
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11703 -
Video editing 6168 -
Photo editing 23642 -
Data manipulation 13108 -
Writing score 13852 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus Pad 2
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (Zeeshan Ali)AnTuTu 112317592
📘 2026-09-06 (Ashish)AnTuTu 112259113
📘 2026-07-14 (BhullarOp)AnTuTu 112197635
📘 2026-01-14 (winterofhell)AnTuTu 112579463
📘 2025-12-25 (highsocialdude)AnTuTu 112465678
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Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-08 (AL10)AnTuTu 112123766
📘 2026-03-09 (Arcia)AnTuTu 112008514
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) iPadOS 15.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
ROM OxygenOS 15 -

Battery

Capacity 9510 mAh 8827 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (65% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 0:56 hr 2:15 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:27 hr 08:29 hr
Watching video 09:12 hr 11:52 hr
Gaming 06:18 hr 06:24 hr
Standby 125 hr 233 hr
General battery life
Pad 2
21:48 hr
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022) +47%
32:09 hr
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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 Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 13 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor size - 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size - 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.4
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
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 6 (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
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS - GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* - 1
Type of SIM card No Nano
eSIM support* - Yes
Hybrid slot - No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 6.0 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced July 2024 March 2022
Release date August 2024 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $599
Successor - OnePlus Pad 3 - Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Keyboard weight 504 g 609 g
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 20 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus Pad 2. But if the camera, performance, gaming, battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022).

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