Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ vs Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
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Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 13.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ (with Exynos 1580) that was released on April 2, 2025, against the Huawei MatePad Air (2025), which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and came out 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 S10 FE+
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1264K versus 1003K)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 1580
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 45W)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Much smaller footprint: 16% more compact case (76.6 vs 90.7 square inches)
- Weighs 109 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 | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 13.1 inches | 12 inches |
| Resolution | 1800 x 2880 pixels | 2800 x 1840 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 8:5 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 259 ppi | 279 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.1% | 86.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 96.6% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 29 ms | - |
| Contrast | 1812:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S10 FE+
13.1″ (8:5 ratio) = 77.1 in2
MatePad Air (2025)
12″ (3:2 ratio) = 66.5 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 300.6 mm (11.83 inches) | 270 mm (10.63 inches) |
| Width | 194.7 mm (7.67 inches) | 183 mm (7.2 inches) |
| Thickness | 6 mm (0.24 inches) | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 664 g (23.42 oz) | 555 g (19.58 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Blue | White, Gray, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Area | 585 cm2 (90.7 inches2) | 494 cm2 (76.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.68/5) | - |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (73rd and 71st place)
Android Tablet Ranking (55th and 53rd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1580 | HiSilicon Kirin 8020 |
| Max clock | 2900 MHz | 2285 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.3 GHz: - 3 cores at 2.05 GHz: - 1 core at 2.285 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | SMIC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Xclipse 540 | Maleoon 920 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 840 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1331.2 GFLOPS | ~860.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 6952 | 3338 |
| Single-core score | 1376 | 1332 |
| Multi-core score | 3860 | 3979 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 484087 | 450762 |
| GPU | 303990 | 128216 |
| Memory | 198256 | 205052 |
| UX | 277797 | 219637 |
| Total score | 1264130 | 1003667 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | 655 | 504 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12398 | - |
| Video editing | 7114 | - |
| Photo editing | 23206 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10983 | - |
| Writing score | 16063 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-11 (Jackie) | AnTuTu | 1264130 |
| 📘 2025-10-31 (Thailand) | AnTuTu | 1228241 |
Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | HarmonyOS 5.0 |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | - |
| OS size | 13 GB | - |
| OS updates | 0 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 10090 mAh | 10100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 66 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 37 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 1:45 hr | 1:25 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | - |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | - | CMOS |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 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 | - |
| NFC* | Yes | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | No |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | - |
| Hybrid slot | No | - |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2025 | August 2025 |
| Release date | April 2025 | August 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $425 |
| SAR (body) | 0.8 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 66 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Huawei MatePad Air (2025). But if the performance, gaming, battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+.
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