Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 vs iPad Pro 13" (7th Gen, 2024)
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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 Pro 13" (7th Gen, 2024), which is powered by Apple M4 (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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Much smaller footprint: 12% more compact case (82.8 vs 94.1 square inches)
- 12% higher pixel density (295 vs 264 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 13" (7th Gen, 2024)
- 85% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3325K versus 1797K)
- Shows 27% longer battery life (31:29 vs 24:53 hours)
- Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (1001 against 841 nits)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- Reverse charging feature
- 89% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3663 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 | OLED |
| Size | 12.4 inches | 13 inches |
| Resolution | 2032 x 3048 pixels | 2064 x 2752 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 295 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-144 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 86.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 2 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPad Pro 13" (7th Gen, 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)
Design and build
| Height | 278.7 mm (10.97 inches) | 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) |
| Width | 191.58 mm (7.54 inches) | 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.26 mm (0.25 inches) | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) |
| Weight | 590 g (20.81 oz) | 579 g (20.42 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Area | 534 cm2 (82.7 inches2) | 607 cm2 (94 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.7/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (57th and 10th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#42nd place)
iPad Ranking (#3rd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Apple M4 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 3200 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) | 8800 | 53792 |
| Single-core score | 1942 | 3663 |
| Multi-core score | 5624 | 11496 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 587367 | 1528227 |
| GPU | 435124 | 945613 |
| Memory | 304507 | 261271 |
| UX | 470718 | 590286 |
| Total score | 1797716 | 3325397 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Graphics score | 927 | 3507 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 54 FPS |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | 63 FPS |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | 56 FPS |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | 43 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5245 | 14286 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 96% | - |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3721 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-10-24 (AJEG) | AnTuTu 11 | 1797716 |
| 📘 2025-09-15 (Party_imp) | AnTuTu 11 | 1726668 |
Apple iPad Pro 13" (7th Gen, 2024)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-07-10 (Vlad) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3663 / 13353 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 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 | - | 37 GB |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
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 | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (88% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 38 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:38 hr | 2:20 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 06:54 hr | 10:59 hr |
| Watching video | 09:32 hr | 17:16 hr |
| Gaming | 06:50 hr | 07:49 hr |
| Standby | 171 hr | 174 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad LED |
| 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 2) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| 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 | 4.0 |
| 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 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | 4.0 |
| 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 | $1299 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
| Keyboard weight | 535 g | 662 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.
Notes on iPad Pro 13" (7th 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 13" (7th Gen, 2024) is definitely a better buy.
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