Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 vs iPad Pro 13" (8th 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 Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple M5 (iPad) and came out 4 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 7S Pro 12.5
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- 17% higher pixel density (308 vs 264 PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 12% more compact case (83.1 vs 94.1 square inches)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- 15% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3396K versus 2963K)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- 51% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4153 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 | OLED |
| Size | 12.5 inches | 13 inches |
| Resolution | 2136 x 3200 pixels | 2064 x 2752 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 308 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.8% | 86.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 97.9% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 30 ms | - |
| Contrast | 3415:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
iPad Pro 13" (8th 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) | 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) |
| Width | 192 mm (7.56 inches) | 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.8 mm (0.23 inches) | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) |
| Weight | 576 g (20.32 oz) | 579 g (20.42 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Purple | Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Area | 536 cm2 (83.1 inches2) | 607 cm2 (94 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.7/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (18th and 1st place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#14th place)
iPad Ranking (#1st place)
Performance
| Chipset | Xiaomi Xring O1 | Apple M5 (iPad) |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2) | 10 (4 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 2.95 GHz: - 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP16 | Apple GPU 10-core |
| GPU shading units | 2048 | - |
| GPU clock | 1392 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5701.6 GFLOPS | ~4147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 21512 | 75273 |
| Single-core score | 2746 | 4153 |
| Multi-core score | 8431 | 15895 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 937172 | 965229 |
| GPU | 996086 | 1313129 |
| Memory | 409648 | 458312 |
| UX | 620146 | 660296 |
| Total score | 2963052 | 3396957 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 92% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2413 | 3978 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | 66 FPS |
| Section 1 | 37 FPS | 87 FPS |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | 60 FPS |
| Section 3 | 31 FPS | 53 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9022 | 17246 |
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 | 2842416 |
| π 2026-04-09 (Albert) | CPU Throttle | 92% |
| π 2026-02-05 (Albert?) | GeekBench GPU | 21512 |
| π 2026-02-05 (Albert?) | GeekBench CPU | 2746 / 8431 |
| π 2026-02-05 (Albert?) | AnTuTu | 2963052 |
Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-09 (patrick) | AnTuTu | 3511739 |
| π 2026-08-12 (LBWNB) | AnTuTu | 3396957 |
| π 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | GeekBench GPU | 76009 |
| π 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | GeekBench CPU | 4153 / 15895 |
| π 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | AnTuTu | 3159489 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
| OS size | 31 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 10610 mAh | 10340 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (50% in 38 min) |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 14:06 hr | - |
| Watching video | 21:34 hr | - |
| Gaming | 09:10 hr | - |
| Standby | 169 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad 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 |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| 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/2.0 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32D | - |
| 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 7 (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 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 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 |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2025 | October 2025 |
| Release date | June 2025 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $460 | $1299 |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Face recognition sensor |
| Keyboard weight | - | 662 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
*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 Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.
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