Galaxy Tab S9 vs iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
70
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86
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 11-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on July 26, 2023, against the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024), which is powered by Apple M4 (iPad) and came out 10 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 S9
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 30W)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
- 88% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3325K versus 1771K)
- Delivers 72% higher peak brightness (985 against 574 nits)
- Shows 15% longer battery life (26:41 vs 23:10 hours)
- Reverse charging feature
- 76% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3683 and 2093 points
- Weighs 54 grams less
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 | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 11 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1668 x 2420 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 274 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.2% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 98.3% | - |
| PWM | 240 Hz | - |
| Response time | 2 ms | - |
| Contrast | β Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
11β³ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
Galaxy Tab S9
11β³ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~2% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) | 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) |
| Width | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) | 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) | 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) |
| Weight | 498 g (17.57 oz) | 444 g (15.66 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Yellow | Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Area | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) | 443 cm2 (68.7 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.7/5) |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (64th and 18th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#47th place)
iPad Ranking (#5th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Apple M4 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 3360 MHz | 4400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.41 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | - |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~3763.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9692 | 55718 |
| Single-core score | 2093 | 3683 |
| Multi-core score | 5838 | 11548 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 623980 | 1528227 |
| GPU | 451553 | 945613 |
| Memory | 275042 | 261271 |
| UX | 420840 | 590286 |
| Total score | 1771415 | 3325397 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1156 | 3477 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 94% | - |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | 55 FPS |
| Section 1 | 24 FPS | 63 FPS |
| Section 2 | 22 FPS | 56 FPS |
| Section 3 | 18 FPS | 44 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5635 | 14373 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 89% | - |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3917 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-11 (Mohammad Abu Sayeed) | AnTuTu 11 | 1749561 |
| π 2026-04-30 (Vulpes) | CPU Throttle | 87% |
| π 2026-04-30 (Vulpes) | AnTuTu 11 | 1777999 |
| π 2026-03-03 -> Lello75 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2093 / 5838 |
| π 2025-10-12 (niko) | AnTuTu 11 | 1771415 |
Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 57080 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3907 / 15397 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | AnTuTu 11 | 3396741 |
| π 2025-09-13 (Yusuf baser) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3683 / 13402 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | iPadOS 17.5 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | One UI 6.1 | - |
| OS size | 40 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8400 mAh | 8160 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 30 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 (41% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:39 hr | 07:14 hr |
| Watching video | 12:06 hr | 13:45 hr |
| Gaming | 06:18 hr | 06:38 hr |
| Standby | 133 hr | 169 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad LED |
| 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 |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Depth |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | July 2023 | May 2024 |
| Release date | August 2023 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $999 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
| Keyboard weight | 423 g | 580 g |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 20 W |
Further details
Notes on iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024):
- The base versions with 256 or 512 GB come with 8 GB of RAM and have a 9-core CPU, while 1 TB and 2 TB models have 16 GB RAM and a 10-core CPU (about 14% faster in multi-core tests).
*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 Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) is definitely a better buy.
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