Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus) vs Lenovo Tab P12
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Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 11-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on October 5, 2023, against the Lenovo Tab P12, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7050 and came out 2 months before. 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 A9+ (Plus)
- Higher display refresh rate β 90 Hz
- Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (459 against 405 nits)
- Much smaller footprint: 22% more compact case (67.3 vs 86.6 square inches)
- Ready for eSIM technology
- Weighs 132 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Tab P12
- Has a 1.7 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 3160 mAh larger battery capacity: 10200 vs 7040 mAh
- Shows 21% longer battery life (30:46 vs 25:25 hours)
- 37% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (800K versus 582K)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- 33% higher pixel density (273 vs 206 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (30W versus 15W)
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 | IPS LCD |
| Size | 11 inches | 12.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1840 x 2944 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 8:5 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 206 ppi | 273 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 400 nits |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 80.9% | 83.6% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 94.2% | 98.6% |
| PWM | Not detected | 280300 Hz |
| Response time | 42 ms | 29 ms |
| Contrast | 1409:1 | 750:1 |
Screen space comparison
Tab P12
12.7β³ (16:10 ratio) = 72.5 in2
Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
11β³ (8:5 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~33% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 257.1 mm (10.12 inches) | 293.3 mm (11.55 inches) |
| Width | 168.7 mm (6.64 inches) | 190.7 mm (7.51 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) |
| Weight | 480 g (16.93 oz) | 612 g (21.59 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Blue | Gray, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 434 cm2 (67.2 inches2) | 559 cm2 (86.7 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.81/5) | - |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (141st and 132nd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (112th and 104th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 | MediaTek Dimensity 7050 |
| Max clock | 2200 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78) |
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | MediaTek APU 550 |
| Graphics | Adreno 619 | Mali-G68 MP4 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 128 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 950 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~430.1 GFLOPS | ~243.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 1405 | 2392 |
| Single-core score | 908 | 966 |
| Multi-core score | 2072 | 2424 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 245267 | 285232 |
| GPU | 57538 | 80158 |
| Memory | 108723 | 188153 |
| UX | 170923 | 247047 |
| Total score | 582451 | 800617 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | [11 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | - | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 233 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10572 | 9630 |
| Video editing | 4298 | 5765 |
| Photo editing | 22564 | 28539 |
| Data manipulation | 8881 | 8000 |
| Writing score | 13360 | 15985 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-29 (Julian Ludwig) | AnTuTu 12 | 654223 |
| π 2026-10-29 (Julian Ludwig) | AnTuTu 11 | 561779 |
| π 2026-10-29 (Julian Ludwig) | Geekbench 7 GPU | 953 |
| π 2026-10-29 (Julian Ludwig) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 794 / 2038 |
| π 2026-09-23 (Ambar Anand) | AnTuTu 12 | 704103 |
Lenovo Tab P12
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 | Android 13 |
| ROM | One UI 5.1 | - |
| OS size | 22.9 GB | - |
| OS updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 7040 mAh | 10200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 15 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 60 min) | Yes (50% in 60 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:58 hr | 2:35 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 08:57 hr | 11:47 hr |
| Watching video | 11:07 hr | 17:12 hr |
| Gaming | 05:44 hr | 07:44 hr |
| Standby | 155 hr | 159 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | No | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 5 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4128 x 3096 |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | CMOS | CMOS |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | No | 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | October 2023 | July 2023 |
| Release date | October 2023 | July 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $219 | $349 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ (Plus) | - |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 20 W |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus):
- Doesn't have S Pen support.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Lenovo Tab P12. But if the camera, software, and sound are more of a priority β go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus).
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