Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra vs Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra
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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus 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 Ultra
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 45W)
- Comes with 800 mAh larger battery capacity: 12000 vs 11200 mAh
- 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2963K versus 2347K)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- 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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 14 inches | 14.6 inches |
| Resolution | 2136 x 3200 pixels | 1848 x 2960 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 275 ppi | 239 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 930 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92% | 90.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 3 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra
14.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 95.8 in2
Pad 7 Ultra
14″ (3:2 ratio) = 90.5 in2
~5% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 305.82 mm (12.04 inches) | 326.4 mm (12.85 inches) |
| Width | 207.47 mm (8.17 inches) | 208.6 mm (8.21 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) | 5.4 mm (0.21 inches) |
| Weight | 609 g (21.48 oz) | 718 g (25.33 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | Silver, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
| Area | 634 cm2 (98.4 inches2) | 681 cm2 (105.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.85/5) |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (19th and 32nd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (15th and 24th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Xiaomi Xring O1 | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus |
| Max clock | 3700 MHz | 3250 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| 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 |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek NPU 790 |
| Graphics | Immortalis-G925 MP16 | Immortalis-G720 MC12 |
| GPU shading units | 2048 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1392 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5701.6 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 20977 | 14163 |
| Single-core score | 2737 | 2135 |
| Multi-core score | 9191 | 7125 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 937172 | 676003 |
| GPU | 996086 | 788281 |
| Memory | 409648 | 368524 |
| UX | 620146 | 514308 |
| Total score | 2963052 | 2347116 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [64 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 93% | 78% |
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2510 | 1898 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 1 | 39 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 2 | 38 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 3 | 34 FPS | 27 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9767 | 8051 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 31 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5298 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 19150 | 14898 |
| Video editing | 7129 | 6833 |
| Photo editing | 29727 | 28407 |
| Data manipulation | 18881 | 17927 |
| Writing score | 21285 | 22497 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | - | 28.1 GB |
| OS updates | - | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 12000 mAh | 11200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (80% in 61 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 1:43 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 12:18 hr |
| Watching video | - | 18:28 hr |
| Gaming | - | 09:39 hr |
| Standby | - | 167 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 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 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" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| 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 |
| Additional lens | - | 12 MP |
| 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/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 |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| 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 | September 2024 |
| Release date | May 2025 | October 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $1199 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.94 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| 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 display, performance, and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra. But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra.
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