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Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) vs OnePlus Pad 3

59 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
VS
80 out of 100
OnePlus Pad 3
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Pad 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 OnePlus Pad 3, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 year and 8 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 77% longer battery life (31:20 vs 17:40 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Much smaller footprint: 13% more compact case (82 vs 94.1 square inches)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Pad 3
  • 4.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3317K versus 765K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Comes with 2050 mAh larger battery capacity: 12140 vs 10090 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 45W)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (848 against 763 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • 30% higher pixel density (315 vs 243 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) and OnePlus Pad 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
30.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
58.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
vs
Pad 3

Display

Type TFT LCD IPS LCD
Size 12.4 inches 13.2 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels 2400 x 3392 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 7:5
PPI 243 ppi 315 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Max rated brightness 800 nits 900 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 60-144
Screen-to-body ratio 84.2% 87.6%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.6% -
PWM 61100 Hz -
Response time 28 ms -
Contrast 1096:1 -
Screen space comparison
Pad 3
13.2″ (7:5 ratio) = 82.4 in2
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
12.4″ (16:10 ratio) = 69.1 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
763 nits
Pad 3 +11%
848 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 285.4 mm (11.24 inches) 289.61 mm (11.4 inches)
Width 185.4 mm (7.3 inches) 209.66 mm (8.25 inches)
Thickness 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) 5.97 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 627 g (22.12 oz) 675 g (23.81 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Silver, Gray, Green, Purple Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Area 529 cm2 (82.1 inches2) 607 cm2 (94.1 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (95th and 34th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (71st and 25th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) and OnePlus Pad 3
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1380 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 2400 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MP5 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 160 1536
GPU clock 949 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) and OnePlus Pad 3
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
3075
Pad 3 +703%
24691
Compute Score (GPU) 3075 24691
Single-core score 1001 3003
Multi-core score 2859 9307
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
765195
Pad 3 +334%
3317414
CPU 304267 1061523
GPU 91303 1152696
Memory 135522 369778
UX 234103 733417
Total score 765195 3317414
Samples [73 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 82%
Graphics test 2 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 295 2544
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 45 FPS
Section 1 - 50 FPS
Section 2 - 46 FPS
Section 3 - 40 FPS
Graphics score - 11865
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
11653
Pad 3 +23%
14372
Web score 9549 13279
Video editing 6758 6340
Photo editing 25124 25239
Data manipulation 9193 15200
Writing score 14276 18634
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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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OnePlus Pad 3
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 (Harsh)AnTuTu3242325
📘 2026-07-10 (Даниил Oneplus Fan)AnTuTu3286274
📘 2026-06-20 (SusGo0d)AnTuTu3188009
📘 2026-04-03 -> Afera666AnTuTu3612786
📘 2026-03-30 (Shakeel)AnTuTu3317414
Add View all (5)

Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 15
ROM One UI 6.1 Oxygen OS 15
OS size 29 GB -

Battery

Capacity 10090 mAh 12140 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 40 min) Yes (40% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:50 hr 1:29 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:19 hr 06:01 hr
Watching video 16:16 hr 12:27 hr
Gaming 09:43 hr 07:31 hr
Standby 178 hr 77 hr
General battery life
Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus) +77%
31:20 hr
Pad 3
17:40 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 8 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution - 4128 x 3096
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 - - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 8 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
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 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3264 x 2448
Aperture - f/2.0
Sensor CMOS 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 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 5.3 5.4
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 No
Hybrid slot No 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 -
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced October 2023 June 2025
Release date October 2023 June 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $649
Successor - Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
Keyboard weight 345 g -
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 80 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 OnePlus Pad 3 is definitely a better buy.

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