Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra vs iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 14-inch Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra (with Xiaomi Xring O1) that was released on May 22, 2025, against the Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M5 (iPad) and came out 5 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 7 Ultra
- Has a 3 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 3840 mAh larger battery capacity: 12000 vs 8160 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
- Thinner bezels – 10.7% more screen real estate
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
- 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4122K versus 2963K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Much smaller footprint: 30% more compact case (68.7 vs 98.3 square inches)
- 53% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4193 and 2737 points
- Weighs 165 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 14 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 2136 x 3200 pixels | 1668 x 2420 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 275 ppi | 267 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pad 7 Ultra
14″ (3:2 ratio) = 90.5 in2
iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
11″ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~61% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 305.82 mm (12.04 inches) | 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) |
| Width | 207.47 mm (8.17 inches) | 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) | 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) |
| Weight | 609 g (21.48 oz) | 444 g (15.66 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Area | 634 cm2 (98.4 inches2) | 443 cm2 (68.7 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.7/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (19th and 7th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#15th place)
iPad Ranking (#2nd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Xiaomi Xring O1 | Apple M5 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 3700 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2) | 10 (4 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 4 cores at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 2 cores at 3.9 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
- 6 cores at 2.95 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Immortalis-G925 MP16 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU shading units | 2048 | - |
| GPU clock | 1392 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5701.6 GFLOPS | ~4147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 20977 | 75091 |
| Single-core score | 2737 | 4193 |
| Multi-core score | 9191 | 15913 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 937172 | 1791896 |
| GPU | 996086 | 1221223 |
| Memory | 409648 | 446888 |
| UX | 620146 | 662397 |
| Total score | 2963052 | 4122404 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 93% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2510 | 4104 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | 66 FPS |
| Section 1 | 39 FPS | 88 FPS |
| Section 2 | 38 FPS | 63 FPS |
| Section 3 | 34 FPS | 46 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9767 | 17310 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 19150 | - |
| Video editing | 7129 | - |
| Photo editing | 29727 | - |
| Data manipulation | 18881 | - |
| Writing score | 21285 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-17 -> Libero | GeekBench GPU | 76909 |
| 📘 2026-07-17 -> Libero | GeekBench CPU | 4193 / 15913 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
| OS size | - | 56 GB |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 12000 mAh | 8160 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (42% in 30 min) |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad 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 |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| 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 | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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/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 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2025 | October 2025 |
| Release date | May 2025 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $999 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Pad 7 Ultra:
- The Nano Soft screen model is 10g heavier.
- NFC is supported for data transfer only.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025). But if the battery life and design are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra.
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