Vivo Pad 5 Pro vs Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
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Here we compared two tablets: the 13-inch Vivo Pad 5 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400) that was released on April 21, 2025, against the Huawei MatePad Air (2025), which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and came out 4 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 Vivo Pad 5 Pro
- 2.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2825K versus 1003K)
- Has a 1 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1950 mAh larger battery capacity: 12050 vs 10100 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Dimensity 9400
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 3.1
- 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2738 and 1332 points
Reasons to consider the Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
- Much smaller footprint: 14% more compact case (76.6 vs 89 square inches)
- Weighs 80 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 | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 13 inches | 12 inches |
| Resolution | 2064 x 3096 pixels | 2800 x 1840 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 286 ppi | 279 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1200 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.6% | 86.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 48 ms | - |
| Contrast | 1366:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
Pad 5 Pro
13″ (3:2 ratio) = 78 in2
MatePad Air (2025)
12″ (3:2 ratio) = 66.5 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 289.56 mm (11.4 inches) | 270 mm (10.63 inches) |
| Width | 198.32 mm (7.81 inches) | 183 mm (7.2 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.64 mm (0.26 inches) | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 635 g (22.4 oz) | 555 g (19.58 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gray, Blue, Pink | White, Gray, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 574 cm2 (89 inches2) | 494 cm2 (76.5 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (31st and 71st place)
Android Tablet Ranking (23rd and 53rd place)
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 | HiSilicon Kirin 8020 |
| Max clock | 3630 MHz | 2285 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.62 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
- 4 cores at 1.3 GHz: - 3 cores at 2.05 GHz: - 1 core at 2.285 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 890 | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Maleoon 920 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1612 MHz | 840 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS | ~860.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 24474 | 3338 |
| Single-core score | 2738 | 1332 |
| Multi-core score | 8542 | 3979 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 889187 | 450762 |
| GPU | 966129 | 128216 |
| Memory | 370036 | 205052 |
| UX | 600124 | 219637 |
| Total score | 2825476 | 1003667 |
| Samples | [51 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Graphics test | - | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 504 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | HarmonyOS 5.0 |
| ROM | OriginOS 5 | - |
| OS size | 17 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 12050 mAh | 10100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 66 W | 66 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Full charging time | - | 1:25 hr |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | - |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | 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: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 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 |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | No |
| eSIM support* | No | - |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 8.0 | 6.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2025 | August 2025 |
| Release date | April 2025 | August 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $539 | $425 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 66 W | Yes, 66 W |
Further details
Notes on Pad 5 Pro:
- The 128GB model has UFS 3.1, while 256GB and 512GB use UFS 4.1.
*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 Vivo Pad 5 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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