OnePlus Pad 2 vs iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024)
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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 11" (6th Gen, 2024), which is powered by Apple M2 (iPad) and came out 2 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 OnePlus Pad 2
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
- Delivers 66% higher peak brightness (795 against 478 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 20W)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 15% higher pixel density (304 vs 264 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024)
- 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
- 17% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2619 and 2232 points
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 | 12.1 inches | 11 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% | 81.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.4% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 52 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1265:1 |
Screen space comparison
Pad 2
12.1β³ (7:5 ratio) = 69.2 in2
iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024)
11β³ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~23% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
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 | Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| 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 36th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#34th place)
iPad Ranking (#11th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple M2 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3490 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 2.42 GHz: Blizzard - 4 cores at 3.49 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2863.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 13973 | 43394 |
| Single-core score | 2232 | 2619 |
| Multi-core score | 6715 | 10084 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 832412 | 841074 |
| GPU | 816369 | 801119 |
| Memory | 282439 | 371059 |
| UX | 534458 | 523068 |
| Total score | 2465678 | 2536320 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 89% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1622 | 2160 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | 28 FPS |
| Section 1 | 35 FPS | 38 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 28 FPS |
| Section 3 | 26 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8032 | 7322 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11703 | - |
| Video editing | 6168 | - |
| Photo editing | 23642 | - |
| Data manipulation | 13108 | - |
| Writing score | 13852 | - |
Recent User Tests
OnePlus Pad 2
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-23 (Zeeshan Ali) | AnTuTu 11 | 2317592 |
| π 2026-09-06 (Ashish) | AnTuTu 11 | 2259113 |
| π 2026-07-14 (BhullarOp) | AnTuTu 11 | 2197635 |
| π 2026-01-14 (winterofhell) | AnTuTu 11 | 2579463 |
| π 2025-12-25 (highsocialdude) | AnTuTu 11 | 2465678 |
Apple iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024)
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | iPadOS 17.5 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 15 | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 9510 mAh | 8900 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 20 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 | 2:17 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:27 hr | - |
| Watching video | 09:12 hr | - |
| Gaming | 06:18 hr | - |
| Standby | 125 hr | - |
General battery life
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 |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | - |
| 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 | - | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 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 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 | 3.2 | 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 |
| Type of SIM card | No | eSIM |
| eSIM support* | - | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| 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 | May 2024 |
| Release date | August 2024 | May 2024 |
| 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 - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | 504 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 camera, performance, gaming, battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024). But if the display and connectivity are more of a priority β go for the OnePlus Pad 2.
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