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Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus) vs Lenovo Idea Tab Pro

62 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
VS
70 out of 100
Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Idea Tab Pro

Here we compared two tablets: the 12.4-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8300 and came out 3 years and 1 month after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
  • Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (462 against 385 nits)
  • Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's LTPS LCD)
  • 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1678 and 1405 points
  • Weighs 53 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
  • Shows 49% longer battery life (32:09 vs 21:37 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1604K versus 1288K)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus) and Lenovo Idea Tab Pro crucial features
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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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
28.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
98.4
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
vs
Idea Tab Pro

Display

Type Super AMOLED LTPS LCD
Size 12.4 inches 12.7 inches
Resolution 1752 x 2800 pixels 1840 x 2944 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
PPI 266 ppi 273 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Max rated brightness 600 nits 400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.6% 84.8%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 92.1% 98.4%
PWM 245 Hz Not detected
Response time 1 ms 29 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Idea Tab Pro
12.7″ (16:10 ratio) = 72.5 in2
Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
12.4″ (16:10 ratio) = 69.1 in2
~4% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus) +20%
462 nits
Idea Tab Pro
385 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 285 mm (11.22 inches) 291.8 mm (11.49 inches)
Width 185 mm (7.28 inches) 189.1 mm (7.44 inches)
Thickness 5.7 mm (0.22 inches) 6.9 mm (0.27 inches)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 620 g (21.87 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Silver, Gold, Gray, Pink Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Area 527 cm2 (81.7 inches2) 552 cm2 (85.5 inches2)
Repairability - Excellent (4.04/5)
Drop resistance - Bad (E) · 14 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (90th and 64th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (67th and 47th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus) and Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Max clock 3000 MHz 3350 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2		 - 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 6 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 780
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 Mali-G615 MP5
GPU shading units 1024 768
GPU clock 818 MHz 1400 MHz
FLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus) and Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 8953 7982
Single-core score 1678 1405
Multi-core score 3773 4438
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
1288476
Idea Tab Pro +25%
1604810
CPU 494123 531924
GPU 219109 401550
Memory 187196 290446
UX 388048 380890
Total score 1288476 1604810
Samples [48 tests] [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 72% -
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Graphics score 2221 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13706 -
Video editing 7469 -
Photo editing 29611 -
Data manipulation 11074 -
Writing score 12916 -
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Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
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📘 2026-09-06 (JOSUK3)AnTuTu 111598851
📘 2026-01-19 (JRioux)Geekbench 6 GPU7982
📘 2026-01-19 (JRioux)Geekbench 6 CPU1405 / 4438
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 14
ROM One UI 6.1 -
OS size 31 GB 46 GB
OS updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 10090 mAh 10200 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 45 min) Yes (50% in 50 min)
Full charging time 1:35 hr 2:20 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:41 hr 13:21 hr
Watching video 10:27 hr 18:05 hr
Gaming 06:18 hr 08:22 hr
Standby 131 hr 157 hr
General battery life
Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
21:37 hr
Idea Tab Pro +49%
32:09 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 13 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution - 4160 x 3120
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 13 MP
2) Ultrawide: 6 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode -
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 6 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 8 megapixels
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 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 5.2 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, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 -
Type of SIM card Nano No
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 -
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers 4.0 4.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus) +3%
88.2 dB
Idea Tab Pro
85.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2022 March 2025
Release date April 2022 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $379
Successor - Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Fingerprint
Keyboard weight 338 g -
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 45 W
Further details
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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