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Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 vs Honor MagicPad 2 12.3

73 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
VS
69 out of 100
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
MagicPad 2 12.3

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 Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (8)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
  • Shows 25% longer battery life (24:53 vs 19:54 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 66W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (855 against 686 nits)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Thinner bezels – 5.1% more screen real estate
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
61.4
(Average)
Value Index
40.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
vs
MagicPad 2 12.3

Display

Type IPS LCD OLED
Size 12.4 inches 12.3 inches
Resolution 2032 x 3048 pixels 1920 x 3000 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
PPI 295 ppi 290 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-144 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 900 nits 650 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 90.9%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.4%
PWM - 90 Hz
Response time - 5 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad 6S Pro 12.4 +25%
855 nits
MagicPad 2 12.3
686 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 278.7 mm (10.97 inches) 274.5 mm (10.81 inches)
Width 191.58 mm (7.54 inches) 180.5 mm (7.11 inches)
Thickness 6.26 mm (0.25 inches) 5.8 mm (0.23 inches)
Weight 590 g (20.81 oz) 555 g (19.58 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Area 534 cm2 (82.7 inches2) 495 cm2 (76.9 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (53rd and 64th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (39th and 47th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 3200 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
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		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 680 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 8800 -
Single-core score 1942 2004
Multi-core score 5624 5461
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 587367 565484
GPU 435124 488270
Memory 304507 318468
UX 470718 423155
Total score 1797716 1795377
Samples [2 tests] [201 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 91%
Graphics test 7 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 927 1089
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 20 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 5245 5148
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 96% -
Graphics test 22 FPS -
Graphics score 3721 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 17800
Video editing - 8040
Photo editing - 29384
Data manipulation - 13941
Writing score - 19204
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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)AnTuTu1797716
📘 2025-09-15 (Party_imp)AnTuTu1726668
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Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 MagicOS 10
OS size - 29 GB

Battery

Capacity 10000 mAh 10050 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 66 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 (35% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:38 hr 1:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:54 hr 05:53 hr
Watching video 09:32 hr 09:22 hr
Gaming 06:50 hr 05:56 hr
Standby 171 hr 124 hr
General battery life
Pad 6S Pro 12.4 +25%
24:53 hr
MagicPad 2 12.3
19:54 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 13 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 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode -
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.0
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 9 megapixels
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
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 30 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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 Yes
NFC* Yes No
Infrared port No No
Network
Type of SIM card No No
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo 8.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2024 July 2024
Release date February 2024 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $599
Successor - Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 - Honor MagicPad 3
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Accelerometer
Keyboard weight 535 g -
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 66 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 camera, battery life, connectivity, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4. But if the software and design are more of a priority – go for the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
85 (63%)
50 (37%)
Total votes: 135

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Harat May 13, 2025 at 08:46 AM
Is it logical for me to sacrifice all the features of the Xiaomi pad 6s pro Opposite the OLED screen ?? I think it's make since.
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Wrong information May 12, 2025 at 02:06 AM
Not sure if anyone at this website actually looked at the pads. The Honour has 1600 NITS, not 683
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Serhii May 12, 2025 at 06:30 AM
This is HDR brightness, 683 nits in normal mode.
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Rebmevonapolinaryo June 27, 2025 at 09:44 AM
That is not typically the right brightness that's the max rated one you already can see it max rated brightness in HDR not the original nits
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hehe March 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Oled screen destroys this comparison
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al tamimi February 21, 2025 at 07:22 PM
The best part of Honor is that you get a free keyboard and pen while in Xiaomi you have to buy them separately.
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imran September 19, 2024 at 09:17 AM
For me, I think Honor MagicPad 2 is good for people on a budget because you get a free stylus.
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Midrar shaikh November 18, 2024 at 03:33 AM
Yep, i agree with you
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