Galaxy Tab S10 Lite vs Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
56
out of 100
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70
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 10.9-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite (with Exynos 1380) that was released on August 25, 2025, against the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8300 and came out 5 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 Lite
- Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (438 against 387 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Much smaller footprint: 24% more compact case (65.4 vs 85.6 square inches)
- Weighs 96 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
- 2.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1604K versus 634K)
- Has a 1.8 inches larger screen size
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Comes with 2200 mAh larger battery capacity: 10200 vs 8000 mAh
- Fingerprint scanner
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- 20% higher pixel density (273 vs 228 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
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 | LTPS LCD |
| Size | 10.9 inches | 12.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1320 x 2112 pixels | 1840 x 2944 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 228 ppi | 273 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 400 nits |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.7% | 84.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 95.2% | 98.4% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 40 ms | 29 ms |
| Contrast | 1800:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Idea Tab Pro
12.7″ (16:10 ratio) = 72.5 in2
Galaxy Tab S10 Lite
10.9″ (16:10 ratio) = 53.4 in2
~35% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) | 291.8 mm (11.49 inches) |
| Width | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) | 189.1 mm (7.44 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) |
| Weight | 524 g (18.48 oz) | 620 g (21.87 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Red | Gray, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) | 552 cm2 (85.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.86/5) | Excellent (4.04/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Bad (E) · 14 drops |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (105th and 65th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (80th and 48th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1380 | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 780 |
| Graphics | Mali-G68 MP5 | Mali-G615 MP5 |
| GPU shading units | 160 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 949 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~303.7 GFLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3123 | 7982 |
| Single-core score | 1011 | 1405 |
| Multi-core score | 2951 | 4438 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 244859 | 531924 |
| GPU | 91068 | 401550 |
| Memory | 122651 | 290446 |
| UX | 176286 | 380890 |
| Total score | 634864 | 1604810 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [64 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 77% |
| Graphics test | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 881 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3688 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 87% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 876 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8610 | - |
| Video editing | 6004 | - |
| Photo editing | 23113 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8512 | - |
| Writing score | 12376 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-07 (Lagymation) | AnTuTu | 634864 |
Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-06 (JOSUK3) | AnTuTu | 1598851 |
| 📘 2026-01-19 (JRioux) | GeekBench GPU | 7982 |
| 📘 2026-01-19 (JRioux) | GeekBench CPU | 1405 / 4438 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 14 |
| ROM | One UI 7.0 | - |
| OS size | - | 46 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8000 mAh | 10200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (50% in 50 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 2:20 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 13:21 hr |
| Watching video | - | 18:05 hr |
| Gaming | - | 08:22 hr |
| Standby | - | 157 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4160 x 3120 |
| 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: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 5 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| 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 6 (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 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | August 2025 | March 2025 |
| Release date | August 2025 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $319 | $379 |
| SAR (body) | 0.92 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 45 W |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy Tab S10 Lite:
- GPS and compass are only available on the cellular model.
Notes on Idea Tab Pro:
- The 128 GB model uses UFS 3.1, while the 256 GB version has UFS 4.0.
*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 Lenovo Idea Tab Pro is definitely a better buy.
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