Galaxy Tab S11 vs Galaxy Tab S10+
86
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78
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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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus and came out 1 year 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 S11
- Delivers 99% higher peak brightness (945 against 476 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- 28% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2745K versus 2147K)
- Much smaller footprint: 21% more compact case (65.1 vs 82 square inches)
- 32% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2742 and 2080 points
- Weighs 102 grams less
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+
- Has a 1.4 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 1690 mAh larger battery capacity: 10090 vs 8400 mAh
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 11 inches | 12.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1752 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 274 ppi | 266 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 650 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.6% | 84.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 100% |
| PWM | 480 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | β Infinity | β Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S10+
12.4β³ (16:10 ratio) = 69.1 in2
Galaxy Tab S11
11β³ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~27% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 253.8 mm (9.99 inches) | 285.4 mm (11.24 inches) |
| Width | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) | 185.4 mm (7.3 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.5 mm (0.22 inches) | 5.6 mm (0.22 inches) |
| Weight | 469 g (16.54 oz) | 571 g (20.14 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Silver, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Area | 420 cm2 (65 inches2) | 529 cm2 (82.1 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.86/5) | Average (2.86/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (21st and 41st place)
Android Tablet Ranking (16th and 29th place)
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus |
| Max clock | 3630 MHz | 3250 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| 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 |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 890 | MediaTek NPU 790 |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 |
| 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 | 14151 |
| Single-core score | 2742 | 2080 |
| Multi-core score | 8933 | 6696 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 871712 | 678072 |
| GPU | 976476 | 766062 |
| Memory | 335022 | 253688 |
| UX | 562350 | 449202 |
| Total score | 2745560 | 2147024 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2385 | 1846 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 41 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 1 | 47 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 2 | 42 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 35 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | 10813 | 7768 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 30 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5071 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14704 | 14577 |
| Video editing | 7384 | 6819 |
| Photo editing | 41221 | 28036 |
| Data manipulation | 13970 | 17451 |
| Writing score | 27706 | 22642 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-27 (JJ) | AnTuTu 12 | 1116490 |
| π 2026-06-11 (Omsin) | AnTuTu 11 | 2745560 |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-03 -> aurum00 | AnTuTu 11 | 2147024 |
| π 2026-04-04 -> Taym721 | CPU Throttle | 79% |
| π 2025-05-24 -> khoi1234 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 14151 |
| π 2025-05-24 -> khoi1234 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2080 / 6696 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | - | 28 GB |
| OS updates | 0 years | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8400 mAh | 10090 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 40 min) | Yes (50% in 35 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:40 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 2000 cycles |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | 4128 x 3096 |
| 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 |
1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (β 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 | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Autofocus | No | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) 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 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 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 | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2025 | September 2024 |
| Release date | September 2025 | October 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - 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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 is definitely a better buy.
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