Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 vs Galaxy Tab S9
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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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 7 months before. 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
- Has a 1.4 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 1600 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 8400 mAh
- Delivers 47% higher peak brightness (843 against 574 nits)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Shows 7% longer battery life (24:53 vs 23:10 hours)
- 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 S9
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Dynamic AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- Much smaller footprint: 21% more compact case (65.4 vs 82.8 square inches)
- Weighs 92 grams less
- 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2093 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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| 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) | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 83.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 98.3% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 2 ms |
| Contrast | - | β Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
12.4β³ (3:2 ratio) = 71 in2
Galaxy Tab S9
11β³ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~30% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 278.7 mm (10.97 inches) | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) |
| Width | 191.58 mm (7.54 inches) | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.26 mm (0.25 inches) | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 590 g (20.81 oz) | 498 g (17.57 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | Gray, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
| Area | 534 cm2 (82.7 inches2) | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (53rd and 62nd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (39th and 45th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3360 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 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-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 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8800 | 9692 |
| Single-core score | 1942 | 2093 |
| Multi-core score | 5624 | 5838 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 587367 | 623980 |
| GPU | 435124 | 451553 |
| Memory | 304507 | 275042 |
| UX | 470718 | 420840 |
| Total score | 1797716 | 1771415 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 927 | 1156 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 94% |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | 24 FPS |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | 22 FPS |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5245 | 5635 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 96% | 89% |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3721 | 3917 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-10-24 (AJEG) | AnTuTu | 1797716 |
| π 2025-09-15 (Party_imp) | AnTuTu | 1726668 |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-11 (Mohammad Abu Sayeed) | AnTuTu | 1749561 |
| π 2026-04-30 (Vulpes) | CPU Throttle | 87% |
| π 2026-04-30 (Vulpes) | AnTuTu | 1777999 |
| π 2026-03-03 -> Lello75 | GeekBench CPU | 2093 / 5838 |
| π 2025-10-12 (niko) | AnTuTu | 1771415 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | One UI 6.1 |
| OS size | - | 40 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 10000 mAh | 8400 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 | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:54 hr | 07:39 hr |
| Watching video | 09:32 hr | 12:06 hr |
| Gaming | 06:50 hr | 06:18 hr |
| Standby | 171 hr | 133 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4128 x 3096 |
| 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 |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - |
| 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" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32D | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (β 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 | 5.3 |
| 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 |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | - | Yes |
| 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 | July 2023 |
| Release date | February 2024 | August 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 | - |
| 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 | 423 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
If the camera, battery life, connectivity, and software are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4. But if the gaming is more of a priority β go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9.
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