Xiaomi Pad 7 vs Galaxy Tab S9
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Here we compared two tablets: the 11.2-inch Xiaomi Pad 7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 1 year and 3 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
- Shows 15% longer battery life (26:39 vs 23:10 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Delivers 42% higher peak brightness (813 against 574 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- 26% higher pixel density (344 vs 274 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- Dynamic AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- 14% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2093 and 1843 points
- 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 | IPS LCD | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 11.2 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 2136 x 3200 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 344 ppi | 274 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.7% | 83.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 97.3% | 98.3% |
| PWM | Not detected | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 23 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | 952:1 | β Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pad 7
11.2β³ (3:2 ratio) = 57.9 in2
Galaxy Tab S9
11β³ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~6% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 251.22 mm (9.89 inches) | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) |
| Width | 173.42 mm (6.83 inches) | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.18 mm (0.24 inches) | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 500 g (17.64 oz) | 498 g (17.57 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | Gray, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-display |
| Area | 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2) | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.74/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) Β· 208 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (62nd and 64th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (46th and 47th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3360 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) |
| 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 |
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 732 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 950 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1459.2 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8926 | 9692 |
| Single-core score | 1843 | 2093 |
| Multi-core score | 4978 | 5838 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 552288 | 623980 |
| GPU | 419835 | 451553 |
| Memory | 290516 | 275042 |
| UX | 434805 | 420840 |
| Total score | 1697444 | 1771415 |
| Samples | [18 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 967 | 1156 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 94% |
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 24 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 22 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5635 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 89% |
| Graphics test | - | 23 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3917 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 9571 |
| π 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1884 / 5226 |
| π 2026-07-05 (Aditay) | AnTuTu 11 | 1672445 |
| π 2026-07-04 (Samarth Kawade) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1918 / 5161 |
| π 2026-07-04 (Samarth Kawade) | AnTuTu 11 | 1776424 |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-11 (Mohammad Abu Sayeed) | AnTuTu 11 | 1749561 |
| π 2026-04-30 (Vulpes) | CPU Throttle | 87% |
| π 2026-04-30 (Vulpes) | AnTuTu 11 | 1777999 |
| π 2026-03-03 -> Lello75 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2093 / 5838 |
| π 2025-10-12 (niko) | AnTuTu 11 | 1771415 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | One UI 6.1 |
| OS size | 32 GB | 40 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 8850 mAh | 8400 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 40 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:20 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 10:46 hr | 07:39 hr |
| Watching video | 15:40 hr | 12:06 hr |
| Gaming | 07:07 hr | 06:18 hr |
| Standby | 128 hr | 133 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | 4128 x 3096 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (β 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 | - | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08D10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 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 |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2024 | July 2023 |
| Release date | October 2024 | August 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Pad 8 | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | - | 423 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 45 W | Not included |
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 battery life, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Pad 7. But if the camera, performance, gaming, and connectivity are more of a priority β go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9.
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