Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra vs Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
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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 S11 Ultra, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus and came out 3 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
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 45W)
- 15% higher pixel density (275 vs 239 PPI)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 83 grams less
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- 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 | - | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | 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 | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 480 Hz |
| Response time | - | 2 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S11 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) | 326.3 mm (12.85 inches) |
| Width | 207.47 mm (8.17 inches) | 208.5 mm (8.21 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) |
| Weight | 609 g (21.48 oz) | 692 g (24.41 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) | 680 cm2 (105.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.78/5) |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (19th and 17th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (15th and 13th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Xiaomi Xring O1 | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus |
| Max clock | 3700 MHz | 3630 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 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
| L3 cache | - | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek NPU 890 |
| Graphics | Immortalis-G925 MP16 | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 2048 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1392 MHz | 1612 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5701.6 GFLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 20977 | 22106 |
| Single-core score | 2737 | 2799 |
| Multi-core score | 9191 | 9105 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 937172 | 838002 |
| GPU | 996086 | 1024333 |
| Memory | 409648 | 398068 |
| UX | 620146 | 612893 |
| Total score | 2963052 | 2873296 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [114 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 93% | 87% |
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2510 | 2422 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | 43 FPS |
| Section 1 | 39 FPS | 47 FPS |
| Section 2 | 38 FPS | 45 FPS |
| Section 3 | 34 FPS | 38 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9767 | 11418 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 19150 | 12340 |
| Video editing | 7129 | 7385 |
| Photo editing | 29727 | 40750 |
| Data manipulation | 18881 | 14039 |
| Writing score | 21285 | 27541 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 5333 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 2048 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | - | 28.1 GB |
| OS updates | - | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 12000 mAh | 11600 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 (38% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 1:35 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 07:39 hr |
| Watching video | - | 11:26 hr |
| Gaming | - | 08:36 hr |
| Standby | - | 217 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) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 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/2.4 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32D | CMOS |
| 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/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 | 5.4 |
| 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 |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| 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 2025 |
| Release date | May 2025 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $1199 |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.8 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 battery life is more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra. But if the camera, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra.
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