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Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) vs Honor MagicPad 2 12.3

59 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
VS
69 out of 100
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
MagicPad 2 12.3

Here we compared two tablets: the 12.4-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) (with Exynos 1380) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 9 months 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 S9 FE+ (Plus)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Shows 57% longer battery life (31:20 vs 19:54 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (763 against 686 nits)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1795K versus 765K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 45W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 19% higher pixel density (290 vs 243 PPI)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.7% more screen real estate
  • OLED display (versus competitor's TFT LCD)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 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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6 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
30.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
40.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
vs
MagicPad 2 12.3

Display

Type TFT LCD OLED
Size 12.4 inches 12.3 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels 1920 x 3000 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 3:2
PPI 243 ppi 290 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 800 nits 650 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.2% 90.9%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.6% 98.4%
PWM 61100 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 28 ms 5 ms
Contrast 1096:1 ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) +11%
763 nits
MagicPad 2 12.3
686 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 285.4 mm (11.24 inches) 274.5 mm (10.81 inches)
Width 185.4 mm (7.3 inches) 180.5 mm (7.11 inches)
Thickness 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) 5.8 mm (0.23 inches)
Weight 627 g (22.12 oz) 555 g (19.58 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Silver, Gray, Green, Purple White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Area 529 cm2 (82.1 inches2) 495 cm2 (76.9 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (95th and 64th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (71st and 47th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1380 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 2400 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MP5 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 160 768
GPU clock 949 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3075 -
Single-core score 1001 2004
Multi-core score 2859 5461
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 304267 565484
GPU 91303 488270
Memory 135522 318468
UX 234103 423155
Total score 765195 1795377
Samples [73 tests] [201 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 91%
Graphics test 2 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 295 1089
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Section 1 - 23 FPS
Section 2 - 20 FPS
Section 3 - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 5148
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 9549 17800
Video editing 6758 8040
Photo editing 25124 29384
Data manipulation 9193 13941
Writing score 14276 19204
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)GeekBench GPU3117
📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)GeekBench CPU1001 / 2859
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Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 6.1 MagicOS 10
OS size 29 GB 29 GB

Battery

Capacity 10090 mAh 10050 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 40 min) Yes (35% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:50 hr 1:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:19 hr 05:53 hr
Watching video 16:16 hr 09:22 hr
Gaming 09:43 hr 05:56 hr
Standby 178 hr 124 hr
General battery life
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) +57%
31:20 hr
MagicPad 2 12.3
19:54 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 8 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution - 4160 x 3120
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash No LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
Camera features - -
Standard lens
Image resolution 8 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 9 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 -
Aperture - f/2.2
Sensor CMOS -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.3 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS -
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 -
Type of SIM card Nano No
eSIM support* Yes -
Hybrid slot No -
LTE Cat* 18 -
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo 8.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced October 2023 July 2024
Release date October 2023 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $599
Successor - Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ - Honor MagicPad 3
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Accelerometer
Keyboard weight 345 g -
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 66 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 Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
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Total votes: 26

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