Galaxy Tab S8 vs iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024)
63
out of 100
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80
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 11-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Apple iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024), which is powered by Apple M2 (iPad) and came out 2 years and 3 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 S8
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 20W)
- Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (541 against 478 nits)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024)
- 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2536K versus 1259K)
- Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 8900 vs 8000 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- 54% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2619 and 1696 points
- Weighs 42 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | LTPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 11 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1640 x 2360 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 274 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 550 nits | 500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.6% | 81.5% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 91.7% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 62870 Hz | Not detected |
| Response time | 29 ms | 52 ms |
| Contrast | 918:1 | 1265:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
Galaxy Tab S8
11″ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~2% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 253.8 mm (9.99 inches) | 247.6 mm (9.75 inches) |
| Width | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) | 178.5 mm (7.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.3 mm (0.25 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 503 g (17.74 oz) | 461 g (16.26 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gold, Gray, Pink | Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 420 cm2 (65 inches2) | 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (89th and 36th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#66th place)
iPad Ranking (#11th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Apple M2 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3490 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 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 2.42 GHz: Blizzard - 4 cores at 3.49 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~2863.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 7007 | 43394 |
| Single-core score | 1696 | 2619 |
| Multi-core score | 3656 | 10084 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 487311 | 841074 |
| GPU | 217104 | 801119 |
| Memory | 180940 | 371059 |
| UX | 374346 | 523068 |
| Total score | 1259701 | 2536320 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2160 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 28 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 38 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 28 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7322 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 79% | - |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2215 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13237 | - |
| Video editing | 7311 | - |
| Photo editing | 27827 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10976 | - |
| Writing score | 15631 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-02-07 (river1337) | AnTuTu 11 | 1259701 |
Apple iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024)
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | iPadOS 17.5 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | One UI 6.1 | - |
| OS size | 27.1 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 8000 mAh | 8900 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 40 min) | Yes (50% in 60 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:20 hr | 2:17 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:07 hr | - |
| Watching video | 11:46 hr | - |
| Gaming | 06:13 hr | - |
| Standby | 144 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Ultrawide: 6 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 6 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | CMOS |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
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 | February 2022 | May 2024 |
| Release date | March 2022 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $599 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 | - Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025) |
| SAR (body) | 0.87 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | 274 g | - |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 20 W |
*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 Apple iPad Air 11" (6th Gen, 2024) is definitely a better buy.
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