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Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 vs Galaxy Tab S8

73 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
VS
63 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
Galaxy Tab S8

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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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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  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
  • Has a 1.4 inches larger screen size
  • Comes with 2000 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 8000 mAh
  • Delivers 57% higher peak brightness (849 against 541 nits)
  • 43% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1797K versus 1259K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 45W)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Much smaller footprint: 21% more compact case (65.1 vs 82.8 square inches)
  • Weighs 87 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
61.4
(Average)
Value Index
79.1
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
vs
Galaxy Tab S8

Display

Type IPS LCD LTPS LCD
Size 12.4 inches 11 inches
Resolution 2032 x 3048 pixels 1600 x 2560 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 16:10
PPI 295 ppi 274 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-144 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 900 nits 550 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 83.6%
Display features - DCI-P3 -
Display tests
RGB color space - 91.7%
PWM - 62870 Hz
Response time - 29 ms
Contrast - 918:1
Screen space comparison
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
12.4″ (3:2 ratio) = 71 in2
Galaxy Tab S8
11″ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~30% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad 6S Pro 12.4 +57%
849 nits
Galaxy Tab S8
541 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 278.7 mm (10.97 inches) 253.8 mm (9.99 inches)
Width 191.58 mm (7.54 inches) 165.3 mm (6.51 inches)
Thickness 6.26 mm (0.25 inches) 6.3 mm (0.25 inches)
Weight 590 g (20.81 oz) 503 g (17.74 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green Silver, Gold, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Area 534 cm2 (82.7 inches2) 420 cm2 (65 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Pad 6S Pro 12.4 +3%
85.8%
Galaxy Tab S8
83.6%
Tablet Ranking (56th and 89th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (40th and 66th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 3200 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 680 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 8800 7007
Single-core score 1942 1696
Multi-core score 5624 3656
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pad 6S Pro 12.4 +43%
1797716
Galaxy Tab S8
1259701
CPU 587367 487311
GPU 435124 217104
Memory 304507 180940
UX 470718 374346
Total score 1797716 1259701
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% 79%
Graphics test 22 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 3721 2215
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 13237
Video editing - 7311
Photo editing - 27827
Data manipulation - 10976
Writing score - 15631
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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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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-02-07 (river1337)AnTuTu 111259701
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 One UI 6.1
OS size - 27.1 GB

Battery

Capacity 10000 mAh 8000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 45 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 40 min)
Full charging time 0:38 hr 1:20 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:54 hr 09:07 hr
Watching video 09:32 hr 11:46 hr
Gaming 06:50 hr 06:13 hr
Standby 171 hr 144 hr
General battery life
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
24:53 hr
Galaxy Tab S8
24:56 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
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 60FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
2) Ultrawide: 6 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.0
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 6 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
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 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 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 5.2
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
GPS - GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* - 1
Type of SIM card No Nano
eSIM support* - No
Hybrid slot - No
LTE Cat* - 20
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 February 2022
Release date February 2024 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $699
Successor - Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 - Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
SAR (body) - 0.87 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Keyboard weight 535 g 274 g
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Not included
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 Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
5 (83.3%)
1 (16.7%)
Total votes: 6

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