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Xiaomi Pad 7 vs iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)

70 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 7
VS
63 out of 100
Apple iPad 10.9
Pad 7
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)

Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 11.2-inch Xiaomi Pad 7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022), which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 2 years before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (4)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 7
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Delivers 75% higher peak brightness (813 against 464 nits)
  • Comes with 1244 mAh larger battery capacity: 8850 vs 7606 mAh
  • 40% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1697K versus 1216K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • 30% higher pixel density (344 vs 264 PPI)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.4% more screen real estate
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 30W)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 15% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2124 and 1843 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Pad 7 and Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022) crucial features
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)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
82.4
(Good)
Value Index
88.7
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 7
vs
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 11.2 inches 10.9 inches
Resolution 2136 x 3200 pixels 1640 x 2360 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
PPI 344 ppi 264 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate - No
Max rated brightness 800 nits 500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.7% 79.3%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.3% 97.6%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 23 ms 33 ms
Contrast 952:1 953:1
Screen space comparison
Pad 7
11.2″ (3:2 ratio) = 57.9 in2
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
10.9″ (3:2 ratio) = 54.8 in2
~5% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad 7 +75%
813 nits
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
464 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 251.22 mm (9.89 inches) 248.6 mm (9.79 inches)
Width 173.42 mm (6.83 inches) 179.5 mm (7.07 inches)
Thickness 6.18 mm (0.24 inches) 7 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 500 g (17.64 oz) 477 g (16.83 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green Silver, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2) 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2)
Repairability Average (2.74/5) -
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 208 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (62nd and 92nd place)
iPad Ranking (#23rd place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Pad 7 and Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Apple A14 Bionic
Max clock 2800 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 3 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X4		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm
- 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 732 Apple GPU 4-core
GPU shading units 768 256
GPU clock 950 MHz 1278 MHz
FLOPS ~1459.2 GFLOPS ~654.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Pad 7 and Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 8926 16803
Single-core score 1843 2124
Multi-core score 4978 4871
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pad 7 +40%
1697444
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
1216748
CPU 552288 344641
GPU 419835 317647
Memory 290516 129624
UX 434805 424836
Total score 1697444 1216748
Samples [18 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 7 FPS -
Graphics score 967 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 85%
Graphics test - 11 FPS
Section 1 - 13 FPS
Section 2 - 10 FPS
Section 3 - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 2767
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 86%
Graphics test - 13 FPS
Graphics score - 2229
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Pad 7
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH)Geekbench 6 GPU9571
📘 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH)Geekbench 6 CPU1884 / 5226
📘 2026-07-05 (Aditay)AnTuTu 111672445
📘 2026-07-04 (Samarth Kawade)Geekbench 6 CPU1918 / 5161
📘 2026-07-04 (Samarth Kawade)AnTuTu 111776424
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Apple iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-04 (Stelle)AnTuTu 111288870
📘 2026-06-29 (Ad_545)AnTuTu 111216748
📘 2026-05-22 (Ashutosh)AnTuTu 111161773
📘 2026-05-19 -> Starjack36AnTuTu 111208173
📘 2026-04-24 (denckk)AnTuTu 111211908
Add View all (7)

Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 iPadOS 16.1 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 -
OS size 32 GB -
OS updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 8850 mAh 7606 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 1:20 hr 2:22 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:46 hr 07:43 hr
Watching video 15:40 hr 10:43 hr
Gaming 07:07 hr 05:34 hr
Standby 128 hr 178 hr
General battery life
Pad 7 +1%
26:39 hr
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
26:19 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 13 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED No
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 13 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Sensor Omnivision OV13B10 -
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 CMOS
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS - GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* - 1
Type of SIM card No Nano
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot - No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 4.0 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pad 7 +7%
90.4 dB
iPad 10.9" (10th Gen, 2022)
84.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced October 2024 October 2022
Release date October 2024 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $449
Successor - Xiaomi Pad 8 - Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Keyboard weight - 297 g
Bundled charger Yes, 45 W Yes, 20 W
Further details
Notes on Pad 7:
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Pad 7 is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 107

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cicico June 28, 2025 at 07:26 AM
Xiaomi pad 7 has dolby atmos sound, please correct
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Nigbooty February 18, 2025 at 07:48 AM
Xiaomi pad 7 doesn't have a fingerprint scanner.
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Serhii February 18, 2025 at 03:36 PM
Appreciated your help, Nigbooty.
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akp831 February 18, 2025 at 06:42 PM
your name is so controversial
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