Galaxy Tab S11 vs Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 11-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus) that was released on September 4, 2025, against the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 6 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
- Has a 2.2 inches larger screen size
- Delivers 68% higher peak brightness (935 against 558 nits)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Fingerprint scanner
- 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 Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- 49% higher pixel density (408 vs 274 PPI)
- 52% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4171K versus 2745K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 45W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Much smaller footprint: 37% more compact case (41.1 vs 65.1 square inches)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 3.1
- Weighs 109 grams less
- 32% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3625 and 2742 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 | 11 inches | 8.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1904 x 3040 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 274 ppi | 408 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | 800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.6% | 84.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | - |
| PWM | 480 Hz | Not detected |
| Response time | 1 ms | 21 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1098:1 |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S11
11″ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
Legion Tab Gen 5
8.8″ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
~56% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 253.8 mm (9.99 inches) | 206.46 mm (8.13 inches) |
| Width | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) | 128.5 mm (5.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.5 mm (0.22 inches) | 7.59 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 469 g (16.54 oz) | 360 g (12.7 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP52 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | White, Black, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Area | 420 cm2 (65 inches2) | 265 cm2 (41.1 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.86/5) | - |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (21st and 15th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (16th and 11th 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 | 8 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) | 21988 | 27090 |
| Single-core score | 2742 | 3625 |
| Multi-core score | 8933 | 10751 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 871712 | 1161389 |
| GPU | 976476 | 1577484 |
| Memory | 335022 | 444460 |
| UX | 562350 | 987775 |
| Total score | 2745560 | 4171108 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2385 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 41 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 47 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 42 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 35 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 10813 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14704 | - |
| Video editing | 7384 | - |
| Photo editing | 41221 | - |
| Data manipulation | 13970 | - |
| Writing score | 27706 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (JJ) | AnTuTu 12 | 1116490 |
| 📘 2026-06-11 (Omsin) | AnTuTu 11 | 2745560 |
Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-17 (DEFnub) | AnTuTu 11 | 4171108 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | Up to 2048 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | - |
| OS size | - | 56 GB |
| OS updates | 0 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8400 mAh | 9000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 68 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 40 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | 8160 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | - |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KJNS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | 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 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 | 5.4 | 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, DP 1.4 |
| 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 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2025 | March 2026 |
| Release date | September 2025 | May 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $849 |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5. But if the display, camera, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11.
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