Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 vs iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 12.4-inch Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 (with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on February 22, 2024, against the Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022), which is powered by Apple M1 (iPad) and came out 2 years before. 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 Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Has a 1.5 inches larger screen size
- Delivers 73% higher peak brightness (843 against 487 nits)
- Comes with 1173 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 8827 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Thinner bezels – 5.7% more screen real estate
- 12% higher pixel density (295 vs 264 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
- Shows 29% longer battery life (32:09 vs 24:53 hours)
- 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2123K versus 1797K)
- Much smaller footprint: 17% more compact case (68.5 vs 82.8 square inches)
- Weighs 129 grams less
- 22% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2361 and 1942 points
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 | 12.4 inches | 10.9 inches |
| Resolution | 2032 x 3048 pixels | 1640 x 2360 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 295 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-144 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | 500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 80.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.5% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 28 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1430:1 |
Screen space comparison
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
12.4″ (3:2 ratio) = 71 in2
iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
10.9″ (3:2 ratio) = 54.8 in2
~29% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 278.7 mm (10.97 inches) | 247.6 mm (9.75 inches) |
| Width | 191.58 mm (7.54 inches) | 178.5 mm (7.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.26 mm (0.25 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 590 g (20.81 oz) | 461 g (16.26 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | Gray, Blue, Pink, Purple, Rose gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 534 cm2 (82.7 inches2) | 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (53rd and 55th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#39th place)
iPad Ranking (#15th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Apple M1 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 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 2.1 GHz: Icestorm - 4 cores at 3.2 GHz: Firestorm |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Apple GPU 8-core |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | - |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~2617 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8800 | 33168 |
| Single-core score | 1942 | 2361 |
| Multi-core score | 5624 | 8704 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 587367 | 663743 |
| GPU | 435124 | 683537 |
| Memory | 304507 | 247744 |
| UX | 470718 | 528742 |
| Total score | 1797716 | 2123766 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 927 | 1872 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 73% |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 24 FPS |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | 24 FPS |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5245 | 6277 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 96% | 72% |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3721 | 4924 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-10-24 (AJEG) | AnTuTu | 1797716 |
| 📘 2025-09-15 (Party_imp) | AnTuTu | 1726668 |
Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-08 (AL10) | AnTuTu | 2123766 |
| 📘 2026-03-09 (Arcia) | AnTuTu | 2008514 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | iPadOS 15.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 10000 mAh | 8827 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (88% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 60 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:38 hr | 2:15 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:54 hr | 08:29 hr |
| Watching video | 09:32 hr | 11:52 hr |
| Gaming | 06:50 hr | 06:24 hr |
| Standby | 171 hr | 233 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32D | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ax/be) | 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 |
| 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, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | Yes | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | - | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2024 | March 2022 |
| Release date | February 2024 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $599 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 | - Apple iPad Air 11" (7th Gen, 2025) |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | 535 g | 609 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 20 W |
Further details
Notes on Pad 6S Pro 12.4:
- Has 6 speakers.
- NFC only works for file transfer.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPad Air 10.9" (5th Gen, 2022). But if the display, connectivity, and design are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4.
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