Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro vs Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 11.2-inch Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4, which is powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 8 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 7 Pro
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- 17% higher pixel density (344 vs 295 PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 18% more compact case (67.6 vs 82.8 square inches)
- Weighs 90 grams less
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
- Has a 1.2 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 1150 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 8850 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
- Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (855 against 769 nits)
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 | 11.2 inches | 12.4 inches |
| Resolution | 2136 x 3200 pixels | 2032 x 3048 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 344 ppi | 295 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (60-144 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.7% | 85.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.3% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 27 ms | - |
| Contrast | 1338:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
Pad 6S Pro 12.4
12.4β³ (3:2 ratio) = 71 in2
Pad 7 Pro
11.2β³ (3:2 ratio) = 57.9 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 251.22 mm (9.89 inches) | 278.7 mm (10.97 inches) |
| Width | 173.42 mm (6.83 inches) | 191.58 mm (7.54 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.18 mm (0.24 inches) | 6.26 mm (0.25 inches) |
| Weight | 500 g (17.64 oz) | 590 g (20.81 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | Black, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2) | 534 cm2 (82.7 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (51st and 53rd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (37th and 39th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 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 735 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 10004 | 8800 |
| Single-core score | 1873 | 1942 |
| Multi-core score | 4947 | 5624 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 588596 | 587367 |
| GPU | 516242 | 435124 |
| Memory | 308105 | 304507 |
| UX | 468006 | 470718 |
| Total score | 1880949 | 1797716 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 95% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1053 | 927 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 1 | 22 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 2 | 19 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 3 | 16 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5082 | 5245 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 96% |
| Graphics test | - | 22 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3721 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15027 | - |
| Video editing | 7550 | - |
| Photo editing | 27701 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14274 | - |
| Writing score | 18652 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-04-28 (Sigmos12345) | AnTuTu | 1798346 |
| π 2026-04-23 (Noli) | AnTuTu | 1797350 |
| π 2026-01-09 (Eytuzi) | AnTuTu | 1792363 |
| π 2025-11-30 (BeddXII) | AnTuTu | 1928866 |
| π 2025-11-28 (Niko) | AnTuTu | 1903303 |
Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-10-24 (AJEG) | AnTuTu | 1797716 |
| π 2025-09-15 (Party_imp) | AnTuTu | 1726668 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | HyperOS 2.0 |
| OS size | 32 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 8850 mAh | 10000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (53% in 30 min) | Yes (88% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:13 hr | 0:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:06 hr | 06:54 hr |
| Watching video | 09:41 hr | 09:32 hr |
| Gaming | 06:01 hr | 06:50 hr |
| Standby | 176 hr | 171 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6144 | - |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | 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 |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Depth: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32D | OmniVision OV32D |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 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/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/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 | 5.4 | 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 | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| NFC* | No | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | No |
| eSIM support* | No | - |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2024 | February 2024 |
| Release date | October 2024 | February 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $459 | $549 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro | - Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | - | 535 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Yes, 120 W |
Further details
Notes on Pad 7 Pro:
- The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
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
These tablets have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro.
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