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OnePlus Pad 3 Pro vs iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026)

93 out of 100
OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
VS
85 out of 100
Apple iPad Air 11
Pad 3 Pro
iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026)

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 13.2-inch OnePlus Pad 3 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on June 18, 2026, against the Apple iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026), which is powered by Apple M4 (iPad) and came out 4 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 3 Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Comes with 5774 mAh larger battery capacity: 13380 vs 7606 mAh
  • Has a 2.2 inches larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 20W)
  • 27% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3960K versus 3116K)
  • 19% higher pixel density (315 vs 264 PPI)
  • Thinner bezels – 6% more screen real estate
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Much smaller footprint: 27% more compact case (68.5 vs 94.2 square inches)
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 208 grams less
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Pad 3 Pro and Apple iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026) 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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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 128 GB

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 3 Pro
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iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026)

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 13.2 inches 11 inches
Resolution 2400 x 3392 pixels 1640 x 2360 pixels
Aspect ratio 7:5 3:2
PPI 315 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 700 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Touch sampling rate 540 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 81.5%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 22 ms
Contrast - 1140:1
Screen space comparison
Pad 3 Pro
13.2″ (7:5 ratio) = 82.4 in2
iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~47% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 289.7 mm (11.41 inches) 247.6 mm (9.75 inches)
Width 209.8 mm (8.26 inches) 178.5 mm (7.03 inches)
Thickness 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) 6.1 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 672 g (23.7 oz) 464 g (16.37 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Green Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 608 cm2 (94.2 inches2) 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2)
Repairability - Average (2.85/5)
Drop resistance - Bad (E) · 42 drops
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (2nd and 22nd place)
iPad Ranking (#6th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Pad 3 Pro and Apple iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Apple M4 (iPad)
Max clock 4320 MHz 4410 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 10 (4 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 6 cores at 2.85 GHz:
- 4 cores at 4.41 GHz:
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 9 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 -
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1470 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3763.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Pad 3 Pro and Apple iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 27874 52952
Single-core score 3574 3717
Multi-core score 11181 13294
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 1097882 915032
GPU 1439025 1135331
Memory 509895 349968
UX 914038 715682
Total score 3960840 3116013
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test - 23 FPS
Graphics score - 3099
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 46 FPS
Section 1 - 59 FPS
Section 2 - 45 FPS
Section 3 - 34 FPS
Graphics score - 12127
Sources: 3DMark [5]
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Apple iPad Air 11" (8th Gen, 2026)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-03 (Astreeek)AnTuTu2940000
📘 2026-04-26 (BG-M4-User)GeekBench GPU52952
📘 2026-04-26 (BG-M4-User)GeekBench CPU3717 / 13294
📘 2026-04-26 (BG-M4-User)AnTuTu3116013
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iPadOS 26.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
ROM OxygenOS 16 -
OS size - 38 GB
OS updates - 0 years

Battery

Capacity 13380 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 Yes No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time - 2:16 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
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Main camera

Matrix 13 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4128 x 3096 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
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/2.0 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS 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 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 6.0 6.0
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* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 8.0 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2026 March 2026
Release date June 2026 March 2026
Launch price (MSRP) - $599
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W 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 OnePlus Pad 3 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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