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Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 vs Apple IPad Air 13" (2024)

72 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
VS
80 out of 100
Apple IPad Air 13
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
IPad Air 13" (2024)

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 13" (2024), which is powered by Apple M2 (iPad) and came out 3 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 Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Delivers 43% higher peak brightness (841 against 588 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Smaller footprint: 11% more compact case (82.8 vs 93.5 square inches)
  • 12% higher pixel density (295 vs 264 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple IPad Air 13" (2024)
  • Shows 17% longer battery life (29:14 vs 24:53 hours)
  • 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2536K versus 1797K)
  • 33% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2585 and 1942 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) 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
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
59.6
(Average)
Value Index
58.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
vs
IPad Air 13" (2024)

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 12.4 inches 13 inches
Resolution 2032 x 3048 pixels 2048 x 2732 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 4:3
PPI 295 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-144 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 900 nits 600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 86.8%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.7%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 45 ms
Contrast - 1018:1
Screen space comparison
IPad Air 13" (2024)
13″ (4:3 ratio) = 81.1 in2
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
12.4″ (3:2 ratio) = 71 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad 6S Pro 12.4 +43%
841 nits
IPad Air 13" (2024)
588 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 278.7 mm (10.97 inches) 280.6 mm (11.05 inches)
Width 191.58 mm (7.54 inches) 214.9 mm (8.46 inches)
Thickness 6.26 mm (0.25 inches) 6.1 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 590 g (20.81 oz) 617 g (21.76 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Area 534 cm2 (82.7 inches2) 603 cm2 (93.5 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (57th and 37th place)
iPad Ranking (#10th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Apple IPad Air 13" (2024)
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Apple M2 (iPad)
Max clock 3200 MHz 3490 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 2.42 GHz: Blizzard
- 4 cores at 3.49 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Apple GPU 10-core
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 680 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2863.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Apple IPad Air 13" (2024)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 8800 43561
Single-core score 1942 2585
Multi-core score 5624 10090
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
1797716
IPad Air 13" (2024) +41%
2536320
CPU 587367 841074
GPU 435124 801119
Memory 304507 371059
UX 470718 523068
Total score 1797716 2536320
Samples [2 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 74%
Graphics test 7 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 927 2299
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 20 FPS 30 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 38 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 30 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 20 FPS
Graphics score 5245 7827
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 96% -
Graphics test 22 FPS -
Graphics score 3721 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-10-24 (AJEG)AnTuTu 111797716
📘 2025-09-15 (Party_imp)AnTuTu 111726668
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Apple IPad Air 13" (2024)
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 6400 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) iPadOS 17.5 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 -
OS size - 13 GB

Battery

Capacity 10000 mAh 10340 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (88% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:38 hr 2:30 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:54 hr 12:05 hr
Watching video 09:32 hr 11:26 hr
Gaming 06:50 hr 07:56 hr
Standby 171 hr 167 hr
General battery life
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
24:53 hr
IPad Air 13" (2024) +17%
29:14 hr
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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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 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 CMOS
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 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 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
Network
Type of SIM card No eSIM
eSIM support* - Yes
Hybrid slot - No
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 May 2024
Release date February 2024 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $799
Successor - Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 - Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Fingerprint
Keyboard weight 535 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple IPad Air 13" (2024) is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
103 (76.3%)
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Total votes: 135

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