Galaxy Tab S10 FE vs iPad mini 8.3" (7th Gen, 2024)
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Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 10.9-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE (with Exynos 1580) that was released on April 2, 2025, against the Apple iPad mini 8.3" (7th Gen, 2024), which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 6 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 S10 FE
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Has a 2.6 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 2922 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 5078 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate β 90 Hz
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 20W)
- Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (612 against 508 nits)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad mini 8.3" (7th Gen, 2024)
- 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1788K versus 1240K)
- 31% higher pixel density (327 vs 249 PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 38% more compact case (40.8 vs 65.4 square inches)
- 2.2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2972 and 1360 points
- Weighs 204 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 | TFT LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 10.9 inches | 8.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2304 pixels | 1488 x 2266 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 249 ppi | 327 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 750 nits | 500 nits |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.7% | 77.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 97.3% | 99.4% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 32 ms | 35 ms |
| Contrast | 1700:1 | 1221:1 |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S10 FE
10.9β³ (16:10 ratio) = 53.4 in2
iPad mini 8.3" (7th Gen, 2024)
8.3β³ (3:2 ratio) = 31.8 in2
~67% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) | 195.4 mm (7.69 inches) |
| Width | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) | 134.8 mm (5.31 inches) |
| Thickness | 6 mm (0.24 inches) | 6.3 mm (0.25 inches) |
| Weight | 497 g (17.53 oz) | 293 g (10.34 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Blue, Purple | Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) | 263 cm2 (40.8 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.82/5) | Average (2.73/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Average (D) Β· 52 drops |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (86th and 63rd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#65th place)
iPad Ranking (#17th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1580 | Apple A17 Pro |
| Max clock | 2900 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 |
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Xclipse 540 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1331.2 GFLOPS | ~2147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 7019 | 25633 |
| Single-core score | 1360 | 2972 |
| Multi-core score | 3877 | 7397 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 491848 | 571661 |
| GPU | 298745 | 477510 |
| Memory | 187448 | 217930 |
| UX | 262140 | 521861 |
| Total score | 1240181 | 1788962 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 94% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 657 | 1350 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 22 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 27 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 21 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5750 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12301 | - |
| Video editing | 7055 | - |
| Photo editing | 22426 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10830 | - |
| Writing score | 15855 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-31 (Avacada) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1356 / 3888 |
| π 2026-02-09 (Mike) | CPU Throttle | 87% |
| π 2026-02-07 (Mike) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1360 / 3877 |
| π 2026-02-07 (Mike) | AnTuTu 11 | 1260942 |
| π 2026-02-07 (Musicevolver) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 7019 |
Apple iPad mini 8.3" (7th Gen, 2024)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-17 (Markyhuhu) | AnTuTu 11 | 1679642 |
| π 2026-03-13 (mint.ai) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 25633 |
| π 2026-03-13 (mint.ai) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2897 / 7192 |
| π 2026-03-13 (mint.ai) | AnTuTu 11 | 1831753 |
| π 2026-02-04 (Helios_Qu) | AnTuTu 11 | 1788962 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iPadOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | - |
| OS size | 29.5 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | 0 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8000 mAh | 5078 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (80% in 75 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:50 hr | 2:00 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:55 hr | 07:39 hr |
| Watching video | 14:58 hr | 11:07 hr |
| Gaming | 06:44 hr | 04:43 hr |
| Standby | 118 hr | 161 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | Quad LED |
| 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 |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | Yes | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2025 | October 2024 |
| Release date | April 2025 | October 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $499 |
| SAR (body) | 0.92 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | 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 mini 8.3" (7th Gen, 2024) is definitely a better buy.
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