Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 vs Honor MagicPad 3 Pro
72
out of 100
VS
86
out of 100
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 3 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 1 year and 8 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
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 80W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Smaller footprint: 10% more compact case (82.8 vs 91.8 square inches)
Reasons to consider the Honor MagicPad 3 Pro
- 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4302K versus 1797K)
- Has a 0.9 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 2450 mAh larger battery capacity: 12450 vs 10000 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- Reverse charging feature
- 89% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3662 and 1942 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | 13.3 inches |
| Resolution | 2032 x 3048 pixels | 2136 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 295 ppi | 289 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-144 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1100 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 89% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
Screen space comparison
MagicPad 3 Pro
13.3″ (3:2 ratio) = 81.6 in2
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
12.4″ (3:2 ratio) = 71 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 278.7 mm (10.97 inches) | 293.9 mm (11.57 inches) |
| Width | 191.58 mm (7.54 inches) | 201.4 mm (7.93 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.26 mm (0.25 inches) | 5.8 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 590 g (20.81 oz) | 595 g (20.99 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | White, Gold, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Area | 534 cm2 (82.7 inches2) | 592 cm2 (91.8 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (57th and 20th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (42nd and 15th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 4600 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8800 | 27970 |
| Single-core score | 1942 | 3662 |
| Multi-core score | 5624 | 10848 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 587367 | 1186224 |
| GPU | 435124 | 1478192 |
| Memory | 304507 | 582575 |
| UX | 470718 | 1055355 |
| Total score | 1797716 | 4302345 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 927 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5245 | - |
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 |
Honor MagicPad 3 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | MagicOS 10 |
Battery
| Capacity | 10000 mAh | 12450 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (88% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 0:38 hr | - |
| Web browsing | 06:54 hr | - |
| Watching video | 09:32 hr | - |
| Gaming | 06:50 hr | - |
| Standby | 171 hr | - |
General battery life
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 2) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode |
| 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 |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Stabilization | - | 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 | 2160p (4K) 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 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 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| 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, DP 1.2 |
| NFC* | Yes | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | No |
| eSIM support* | - | No |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | 8.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | - |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2024 | October 2025 |
| Release date | February 2024 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $535 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
| Keyboard weight | 535 g | - |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 80 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 Honor MagicPad 3 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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