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OnePlus Pad 2 vs iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

74 out of 100
OnePlus Pad 2
VS
84 out of 100
Apple iPad Air 11
Pad 2
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

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" (7th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M3 (iPad) and came out 8 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 OnePlus Pad 2
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
  • Comes with 1904 mAh larger battery capacity: 9510 vs 7606 mAh
  • Delivers 60% higher peak brightness (793 against 495 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 20W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 15% higher pixel density (304 vs 264 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2777K versus 2465K)
  • Much smaller footprint: 16% more compact case (68.5 vs 81.2 square inches)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 39% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3113 and 2232 points
  • Weighs 124 grams less

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Pad 2 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
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
51.6
(Average)
Value Index
88.9
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 2
vs
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

Display

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
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 34 ms
Contrast - 1016:1
Screen space comparison
Pad 2
12.1β€³ (7:5 ratio) = 69.2 in2
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
11β€³ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~23% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad 2 +60%
793 nits
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
495 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) 460 g (16.23 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)
Repairability - Average (2.59/5)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (50th and 26th place)
iPad Ranking (#7th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Pad 2 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 OnePlus Pad 2 and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 13973 46172
Single-core score 2232 3113
Multi-core score 6715 11795
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pad 2
2465678
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025) +13%
2777287
CPU 832412 782907
GPU 816369 1029236
Memory 282439 305749
UX 534458 659395
Total score 2465678 2777287
Samples [3 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 89% 74%
Graphics test 12 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 1622 2552
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 31 FPS 37 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 50 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 34 FPS
Section 3 26 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 8032 9672
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
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Zeeshan Ali)AnTuTu 112317592
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (Ashish)AnTuTu 112259113
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-14 (BhullarOp)AnTuTu 112197635
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (winterofhell)AnTuTu 112579463
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-25 (highsocialdude)AnTuTu 112465678
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Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Jacob)AnTuTu 112015536
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Kaimen)AnTuTu 112811760
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 (Bearry)AnTuTu 112838721
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-22 (Noora)AnTuTu 112779459
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-21 (Noora)AnTuTu 112708158
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 6400 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
ROM OxygenOS 15 -
OS size - 13 GB
OS updates - 0 years

Battery

Capacity 9510 mAh 7606 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 2:16 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:27 hr -
Watching video 09:12 hr -
Gaming 06:18 hr -
Standby 125 hr -
General battery life
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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 -
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‰ˆ 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
Network
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 March 2025
Release date August 2024 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $599
Successor - OnePlus Pad 3 -
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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.

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