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OnePlus Pad 4 vs iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

91 out of 100
OnePlus Pad 4
VS
84 out of 100
Apple iPad Air 11
Pad 4
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 13.2-inch OnePlus Pad 4 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on April 24, 2026, against the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M3 (iPad) and came out 1 year and 2 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 (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Pad 4
  • 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
  • Delivers 74% higher peak brightness (868 against 500 nits)
  • 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4003K versus 2777K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 20W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 19% higher pixel density (315 vs 264 PPI)
  • Thinner bezels – 6% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Much smaller footprint: 27% more compact case (68.5 vs 94.2 square inches)
  • Weighs 212 grams less
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Pad 4 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
67.8
(Good)
Value Index
88.9
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 4
vs
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)

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 98.8% 99.6%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 30 ms 34 ms
Contrast 1060:1 1016:1
Screen space comparison
Pad 4
13.2″ (7:5 ratio) = 82.4 in2
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~47% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad 4 +74%
868 nits
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
500 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 289.71 mm (11.41 inches) 247.6 mm (9.75 inches)
Width 209.76 mm (8.26 inches) 178.5 mm (7.03 inches)
Thickness 5.94 mm (0.23 inches) 6.1 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 672 g (23.7 oz) 460 g (16.23 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Green, Brown Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 608 cm2 (94.2 inches2) 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2)
Repairability - Average (2.59/5)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (6th and 25th place)
iPad Ranking (#7th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Pad 4 and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Apple M3 (iPad)
Max clock 4600 MHz 4050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 4 cores at 2.75 GHz:
- 4 cores at 4.05 GHz:
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Apple GPU 9-core
GPU shading units 1536 1152
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1380 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3179.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Pad 4 and Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 27891 46172
Single-core score 3467 3113
Multi-core score 10377 11795
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pad 4 +44%
4003712
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
2777287
CPU 1127624 782907
GPU 1462424 1029236
Memory 489729 305749
UX 923935 659395
Total score 4003712 2777287
Samples Less than 3 [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 19 FPS
Graphics score - 2552
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 37 FPS
Section 1 - 50 FPS
Section 2 - 34 FPS
Section 3 - 27 FPS
Graphics score - 9672
Sources: 3DMark [5]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus Pad 4
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-24 (Worms Armageddon)AnTuTu 114003712
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Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-17 (Jacob)AnTuTu 112015536
📘 2026-04-12 (Kaimen)AnTuTu 112811760
📘 2026-04-08 (Bearry)AnTuTu 112838721
📘 2026-03-22 (Noora)AnTuTu 112779459
📘 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 5300 MHz 6400 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 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 27)
ROM OxygenOS 16 -
OS size 38 GB 13 GB
OS updates 3 years 0 years
Security updates 4 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 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 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 13 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture - 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/2.4
Sensor - 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 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 6.0 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* 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
Pad 4 +12%
87.9 dB
iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025)
78.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2026 March 2025
Release date April 2026 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $630 $599
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- 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

If the display, battery life, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus Pad 4. But if the camera and software are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025).

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