Galaxy Tab A7 Lite vs iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
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Here we compared two tablets: the 8.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite (with MediaTek Helio P22T ) that was released on May 27, 2021, against the Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M5 (iPad) and came out 4 years and 5 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 Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
- Much smaller footprint: 56% more compact case (41.1 vs 94.1 square inches)
- Weighs 213 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
- 21.7x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3396K versus 156K)
- Has 6x more RAM: 12GB versus 2GB
- Comes with 5240 mAh larger battery capacity: 10340 vs 5100 mAh
- Has a 4.3 inches larger screen size
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple M5 (iPad)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 47% higher pixel density (264 vs 179 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (30W versus 15W)
- OLED display (versus competitor's TFT LCD)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 1080p
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 | TFT LCD | OLED |
| Size | 8.7 inches | 13 inches |
| Resolution | 800 x 1340 pixels | 2064 x 2752 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 5:3 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 179 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 350 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.3% | 86.2% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 83.4% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 40 ms | - |
| Contrast | 1500:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
13″ (4:3 ratio) = 81.1 in2
Galaxy Tab A7 Lite
8.7″ (5:3 ratio) = 33.4 in2
~142% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 212.5 mm (8.37 inches) | 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) |
| Width | 124.7 mm (4.91 inches) | 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) |
| Weight | 366 g (12.91 oz) | 579 g (20.42 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 265 cm2 (41.1 inches2) | 607 cm2 (94 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.7/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (145th and 2nd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#115th place)
iPad Ranking (#1st place)
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio P22T | Apple M5 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 2300 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 10 (4 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.5 GHz: Cortex-A53 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A53 |
- 6 cores at 2.95 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | CorePilot | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | PowerVR GE8320 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU shading units | 32 | - |
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~41.6 GFLOPS | ~4147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 75273 |
| Single-core score | - | 4153 |
| Multi-core score | - | 15895 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 67521 | 965229 |
| GPU | 14847 | 1313129 |
| Memory | 35022 | 458312 |
| UX | 39428 | 660296 |
| Total score | 156818 | 3396957 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 79% |
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3978 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 66 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 87 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 60 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 53 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 17246 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 4945 | - |
| Video editing | 3896 | - |
| Photo editing | 7536 | - |
| Data manipulation | 3865 | - |
| Writing score | 4840 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 (patrick) | AnTuTu 11 | 3511739 |
| 📘 2026-08-12 (LBWNB) | AnTuTu 11 | 3396957 |
| 📘 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 76009 |
| 📘 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4153 / 15895 |
| 📘 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | AnTuTu 11 | 3159489 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 2 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 1 | 4 |
| Storage size | 32 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 256 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 6 | - |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5100 mAh | 10340 mAh |
| Max charge power | 15 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (50% in 38 min) |
| Full charging time | 3:40 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:25 hr | - |
| Watching video | 11:40 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:03 hr | - |
| Standby | 149 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | No | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Depth |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 8 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 | 2 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | - | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | No | Digital |
| Video resolution | 720p at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 4.0 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 7 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Budget | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2021 | October 2025 |
| Release date | June 2021 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $160 | $1299 |
| SAR (head) | 0.64 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Accelerometer - Compass |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
| Keyboard weight | - | 662 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 8 W | Not included |
*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 Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.
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