Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra vs OnePlus Pad 4
87
out of 100
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91
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 14.6-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus) that was released on September 4, 2025, against the OnePlus Pad 4, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 8 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 S11 Ultra
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Has a 1.4 inches larger screen size
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (1065 against 869 nits)
- Dynamic AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Pad 4
- Comes with 1780 mAh larger battery capacity: 13380 vs 11600 mAh
- 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4003K versus 2873K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
- 32% higher pixel density (315 vs 239 PPI)
- Smaller footprint: 11% more compact case (94.2 vs 105.4 square inches)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Reverse charging feature
- 24% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3467 and 2799 points
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 | Dynamic AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| Size | 14.6 inches | 13.2 inches |
| Resolution | 1848 x 2960 pixels | 2400 x 3392 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 7:5 |
| PPI | 239 ppi | 315 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 540 Hz |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.8% | 87.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 98.8% |
| PWM | 480 Hz | Not detected |
| Response time | 2 ms | 30 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1060:1 |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
14.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 95.8 in2
Pad 4
13.2″ (7:5 ratio) = 82.4 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 326.3 mm (12.85 inches) | 289.71 mm (11.41 inches) |
| Width | 208.5 mm (8.21 inches) | 209.76 mm (8.26 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) | 5.94 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 692 g (24.41 oz) | 672 g (23.7 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Green, Brown |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Area | 680 cm2 (105.5 inches2) | 608 cm2 (94.2 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.78/5) | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (17th and 4th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (13th and 3rd place)
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Max clock | 3630 MHz | 4600 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 890 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1612 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 22106 | 27891 |
| Single-core score | 2799 | 3467 |
| Multi-core score | 9105 | 10377 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 838002 | 1127624 |
| GPU | 1024333 | 1462424 |
| Memory | 398068 | 489729 |
| UX | 612893 | 923935 |
| Total score | 2873296 | 4003712 |
| Samples | [114 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 87% | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2422 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 43 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 47 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 45 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 38 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 11418 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12340 | - |
| Video editing | 7385 | - |
| Photo editing | 40750 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14039 | - |
| Writing score | 27541 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
OnePlus Pad 4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-24 (Worms Armageddon) | AnTuTu | 4003712 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | OxygenOS 16 |
| OS size | 28.1 GB | 38 GB |
| OS updates | 0 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | - | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 11600 mAh | 13380 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 67 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (38% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 1:35 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 07:39 hr | - |
| Watching video | 11:26 hr | - |
| Gaming | 08:36 hr | - |
| Standby | 217 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| 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 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | - |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | No |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | - |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2025 | April 2026 |
| Release date | September 2025 | April 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $630 |
| SAR (body) | 0.8 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 67 W |
*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 OnePlus Pad 4. But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra.
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