Xiaomi Pad 7 vs Honor Pad 10
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 Honor Pad 10, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 7 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
- 62% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1697K versus 1048K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- 38% higher pixel density (344 vs 249 PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 12% more compact case (67.6 vs 77 square inches)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 35W)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 60% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1843 and 1150 points
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor Pad 10
- Has a 0.9 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1250 mAh larger battery capacity: 10100 vs 8850 mAh
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
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 | 12.1 inches |
| Resolution | 2136 x 3200 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 344 ppi | 249 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.7% | 85.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 97.3% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 23 ms | - |
| Contrast | 952:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
Pad 10
12.1″ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
Pad 7
11.2″ (3:2 ratio) = 57.9 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 251.22 mm (9.89 inches) | 277.1 mm (10.91 inches) |
| Width | 173.42 mm (6.83 inches) | 179.3 mm (7.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.18 mm (0.24 inches) | 6.3 mm (0.25 inches) |
| Weight | 500 g (17.64 oz) | 525 g (18.52 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2) | 497 cm2 (77 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.74/5) | Good (3.07/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 208 drops | Bad (E) · 5 drops |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (62nd and 75th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (46th and 57th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 2630 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715) - 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715) |
| L3 cache | - | 3 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 732 | Adreno 720 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 512 |
| GPU clock | 950 MHz | 975 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1459.2 GFLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8926 | 4133 |
| Single-core score | 1843 | 1150 |
| Multi-core score | 4978 | 3103 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 552288 | 379212 |
| GPU | 419835 | 215650 |
| Memory | 290516 | 198436 |
| UX | 434805 | 255360 |
| Total score | 1697444 | 1048658 |
| Samples | [18 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 967 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 9571 |
| 📘 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1884 / 5226 |
| 📘 2026-07-05 (Aditay) | AnTuTu 11 | 1672445 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Samarth Kawade) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1918 / 5161 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Samarth Kawade) | AnTuTu 11 | 1776424 |
Honor Pad 10
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-11 (Snowmen) | AnTuTu 11 | 1048658 |
| 📘 2026-05-24 (Aleks) | AnTuTu 11 | 1019587 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS size | 32 GB | - |
| OS updates | 5 years | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8850 mAh | 10100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 35 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 |
| Full charging time | 1:20 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | 1400 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:46 hr | - |
| Watching video | 15:40 hr | - |
| Gaming | 07:07 hr | - |
| Standby | 128 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| 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 | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08D10 | - |
| 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 30 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 | 5.3 |
| 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 |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | - |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | October 2024 | May 2025 |
| Release date | October 2024 | May 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $355 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Pad 8 | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Accelerometer |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 45 W | Yes, 35 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
If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Pad 7. But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Honor Pad 10.
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