OnePlus Pad 2 vs Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 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 Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025, which is powered by the same chip and came out 6 months after. 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
- Has a 3.3 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 2960 mAh larger battery capacity: 9510 vs 6550 mAh
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Higher display refresh rate β 165 Hz
- Much smaller footprint: 48% more compact case (41.8 vs 81.2 square inches)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 13% higher pixel density (343 vs 304 PPI)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 234 grams less
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 | 8.8 inches |
| Resolution | 2120 x 3000 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 7:5 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 304 ppi | 343 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-144 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | 900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.2% | 83.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
Screen space comparison
Pad 2
12.1β³ (7:5 ratio) = 69.2 in2
Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025
8.8β³ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
~98% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 268.7 mm (10.58 inches) | 208.54 mm (8.21 inches) |
| Width | 195.1 mm (7.68 inches) | 129.46 mm (5.1 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) | 7.79 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 584 g (20.6 oz) | 350 g (12.35 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray | Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 524 cm2 (81.3 inches2) | 270 cm2 (41.9 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.94/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Bad (E) Β· 13 drops |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (50th and 46th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (36th and 32nd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| 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 |
- 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 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 13973 | 16378 |
| Single-core score | 2232 | 2205 |
| Multi-core score | 6715 | 7012 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 832412 | 702789 |
| GPU | 816369 | 759626 |
| Memory | 282439 | 390228 |
| UX | 534458 | 513080 |
| Total score | 2465678 | 2365723 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 89% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1622 | 1663 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | 32 FPS |
| Section 1 | 35 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 3 | 26 FPS | 28 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8032 | 8465 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 28 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 4715 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11703 | 36112 |
| Video editing | 6168 | 9361 |
| Photo editing | 23642 | 57126 |
| Data manipulation | 13108 | 17761 |
| Writing score | 13852 | 28151 |
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 |
Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-26 (Martin Yeremyan) | AnTuTu 11 | 2103395 |
| π 2026-03-13 (Ghaz) | AnTuTu 11 | 2455351 |
| π 2025-11-28 (ogskilltrooper) | CPU Throttle | 85% |
| π 2025-11-28 (ogskilltrooper) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 16378 |
| π 2025-11-28 (ogskilltrooper) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2205 / 7012 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 15 | Legion UI |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 9510 mAh | 6550 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 68 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (65% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 40 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:56 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| 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 | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
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| Image resolution | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 23 mm | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | f/2.0 |
| 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 30 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 5.4 |
| 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, DP 1.4 |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | No |
| eSIM support* | - | No |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 6.0 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | July 2024 | January 2025 |
| Release date | August 2024 | February 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $489 |
| Successor | - OnePlus Pad 3 | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass |
| Keyboard weight | 504 g | - |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025:
- It has two USB-C ports, but only one supports USB 3.1 Gen 2 for connecting the tablet to a monitor or TV.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, battery life, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025. But if the camera and software are more of a priority β go for the OnePlus Pad 2.
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