Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 vs iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
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Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 12.5-inch Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 (with Xiaomi Xring O1) that was released on June 26, 2025, against the Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M3 (iPad) and came out 4 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 7S Pro 12.5
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 20W)
- Shows 26% longer battery life (35:23 vs 28:03 hours)
- Delivers 49% higher peak brightness (865 against 580 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 17% higher pixel density (308 vs 264 PPI)
- Smaller footprint: 11% more compact case (83.1 vs 93.5 square inches)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
- 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3044 and 2746 points
- 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 | IPS LCD |
| Size | 12.5 inches | 13 inches |
| Resolution | 2136 x 3200 pixels | 2048 x 2732 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 308 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 97.9% | 99.9% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 30 ms | 36 ms |
| Contrast | 3415:1 | 1214:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
13β³ (4:3 ratio) = 81.1 in2
Pad 7S Pro 12.5
12.5β³ (3:2 ratio) = 72.1 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 279.1 mm (10.99 inches) | 280.6 mm (11.05 inches) |
| Width | 192 mm (7.56 inches) | 214.9 mm (8.46 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.8 mm (0.23 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 576 g (20.32 oz) | 616 g (21.73 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Purple | Gold, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 536 cm2 (83.1 inches2) | 603 cm2 (93.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.59/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (17th and 30th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#13th place)
iPad Ranking (#8th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Xiaomi Xring O1 | Apple M3 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2) | 8 (4 + 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 2.75 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.05 GHz: |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP16 | Apple GPU 9-core |
| GPU shading units | 2048 | 1152 |
| GPU clock | 1392 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5701.6 GFLOPS | ~3179.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 21512 | 45545 |
| Single-core score | 2746 | 3044 |
| Multi-core score | 8431 | 11749 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 937172 | 770486 |
| GPU | 996086 | 1024172 |
| Memory | 409648 | 312462 |
| UX | 620146 | 657090 |
| Total score | 2963052 | 2764210 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 92% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2413 | 2695 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | 39 FPS |
| Section 1 | 37 FPS | 52 FPS |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | 38 FPS |
| Section 3 | 31 FPS | 28 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9022 | 10356 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17566 | - |
| Video editing | 6957 | - |
| Photo editing | 27481 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15048 | - |
| Writing score | 19142 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-28 (Satoru_Goatjo) | AnTuTu 11 | 2842416 |
| π 2026-04-09 (Albert) | CPU Throttle | 92% |
| π 2026-02-05 (Albert?) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21512 |
| π 2026-02-05 (Albert?) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2746 / 8431 |
| π 2026-02-05 (Albert?) | AnTuTu 11 | 2963052 |
Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025)
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | iPadOS 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
| OS size | 31 GB | 23 GB |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 10610 mAh | 10340 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (50% in 70 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 2:30 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 14:06 hr | 09:17 hr |
| Watching video | 21:34 hr | 13:08 hr |
| Gaming | 09:10 hr | 07:13 hr |
| Standby | 169 hr | 170 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | No |
| 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 |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32D | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.61 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | eSIM |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 6.0 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2025 | March 2025 |
| Release date | June 2025 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $460 | $799 |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 20 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5. But if the camera, performance, gaming, and software are more of a priority β go for the Apple iPad Air 13" (2th Gen, 2025).
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