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Galaxy Tab S9 FE vs OnePlus Pad

56 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
VS
63 out of 100
OnePlus Pad
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
OnePlus Pad

Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 10.9-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE (with Exynos 1380) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the OnePlus Pad, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9000 and came out 8 months before. 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
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Delivers 57% higher peak brightness (697 against 444 nits)
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (25:00 vs 22:00 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Much smaller footprint: 14% more compact case (65.4 vs 75.8 square inches)
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Pad
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 61% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1190K versus 741K)
  • Comes with 1510 mAh larger battery capacity: 9510 vs 8000 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • 19% higher pixel density (296 vs 249 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • 67% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1691 and 1014 points

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE and OnePlus Pad 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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
6 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
35.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
58.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
vs
OnePlus Pad

Display

Type TFT LCD IPS LCD
Size 10.9 inches 11.61 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2304 pixels 2000 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 7:5
PPI 249 ppi 296 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 750 nits 500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 81.7% 84.2%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 96.7% 99.8%
PWM 84400 Hz 60 Hz
Response time 27 ms 20 ms
Contrast 1052:1 1481:1
Screen space comparison
OnePlus Pad
11.61″ (7:5 ratio) = 63.8 in2
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
10.9″ (16:10 ratio) = 53.4 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy Tab S9 FE +57%
697 nits
OnePlus Pad
444 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) 258.03 mm (10.16 inches)
Width 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) 189.41 mm (7.46 inches)
Thickness 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) 6.54 mm (0.26 inches)
Weight 523 g (18.45 oz) 552 g (19.47 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Silver, Gray, Green, Purple Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Area 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) 489 cm2 (75.8 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
81.7%
OnePlus Pad +3%
84.2%
Tablet Ranking (109th and 89th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (84th and 66th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE and OnePlus Pad
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1380 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Max clock 2400 MHz 3050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 590
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MP5 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU shading units 160 640
GPU clock 949 MHz 848 MHz
FLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS ~1085.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE and OnePlus Pad
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
1014
OnePlus Pad +67%
1691
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
2910
OnePlus Pad +51%
4386
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
3076
OnePlus Pad +105%
6296
Compute Score (GPU) 3076 6296
Single-core score 1014 1691
Multi-core score 2910 4386
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
741211
OnePlus Pad +61%
1190167
CPU 306773 410160
GPU 92101 253720
Memory 125803 203220
UX 216534 323067
Total score 741211 1190167
Samples [2 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 97% 99%
Graphics test 2 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 295 787
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10094 -
Video editing 6776 -
Photo editing 25266 -
Data manipulation 10377 -
Writing score 14346 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-15 -> AzuNoBelAnTuTu741211
📘 2026-03-27 (DanielDuca12)AnTuTu696034
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OnePlus Pad
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-10-25 (Akash)AnTuTu1190167
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM One UI 6.1 OxygenOS 15
OS size 29 GB 23 GB

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 9510 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:30 hr 1:18 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:42 hr 08:15 hr
Watching video 12:33 hr 12:45 hr
Gaming 05:38 hr 05:59 hr
Standby 145 hr 112 hr
General battery life
Galaxy Tab S9 FE +14%
25:00 hr
OnePlus Pad
22:00 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
Slow motion - No
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
Camera features - -
Standard lens
Image resolution 8 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length - 23 mm
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 -
Aperture - f/2.3
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size - 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
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 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 4.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
85.7 dB
OnePlus Pad +1%
86.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced October 2023 February 2023
Release date October 2023 April 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $479
Successor - Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE - OnePlus Pad 3
SAR (body) 0.59 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
Keyboard weight 345 g 360 g
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 67 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 is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 19

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