Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 vs Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro

86 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5
VS
74 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro

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 Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 8 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

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5
  • Has a 1.3 inches larger screen size
  • Shows 36% longer battery life (35:23 vs 26:03 hours)
  • 58% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2963K versus 1880K)
  • Comes with 1760 mAh larger battery capacity: 10610 vs 8850 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (865 against 769 nits)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Reverse charging feature
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • 47% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2746 and 1873 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
  • Much smaller footprint: 19% more compact case (67.6 vs 83.1 square inches)
  • 12% higher pixel density (344 vs 308 PPI)
  • Weighs 76 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 and Pad 7 Pro 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 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
90.7
(Very good)
Value Index
55.1
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 12.5 inches 11.2 inches
Resolution 2136 x 3200 pixels 2136 x 3200 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
PPI 308 ppi 344 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.8% 85.7%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.9% 99.3%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 30 ms 27 ms
Contrast 3415:1 1338:1
Screen space comparison
Pad 7S Pro 12.5
12.5β€³ (3:2 ratio) = 72.1 in2
Pad 7 Pro
11.2β€³ (3:2 ratio) = 57.9 in2
~24% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
865 nits
769 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 279.1 mm (10.99 inches) 251.22 mm (9.89 inches)
Width 192 mm (7.56 inches) 173.42 mm (6.83 inches)
Thickness 5.8 mm (0.23 inches) 6.18 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 576 g (20.32 oz) 500 g (17.64 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Purple Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Area 536 cm2 (83.1 inches2) 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
86.8%
85.7%
Tablet Ranking (17th and 50th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (13th and 36th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 and Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
SoC
Chipset Xiaomi Xring O1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 3400 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
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
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G925 Immortalis MP16 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 2048 768
GPU clock 1392 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~5701.6 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5 and Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2746
1873
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8431
4947
Compute Score (GPU)
21512
10004
Compute Score (GPU) 21512 10004
Single-core score 2746 1873
Multi-core score 8431 4947
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2963052
1880949
CPU 937172 588596
GPU 996086 516242
Memory 409648 308105
UX 620146 468006
Total score 2963052 1880949
Samples [2 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2413
1053
Stability 92% 95%
Graphics test 18 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2413 1053
3DMark Solar Bay
9022
5082
Graphics test 34 FPS 19 FPS
Section 1 37 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 35 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 31 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 9022 5082
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15735
15471
Web score 17566 15027
Video editing 6957 7550
Photo editing 27481 27701
Data manipulation 15048 14274
Writing score 19142 18652

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-28 (Satoru_Goatjo)AnTuTu 112842416
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Albert)CPU Throttle92%
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-05 (Albert?)Geekbench 6 GPU21512
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-05 (Albert?)Geekbench 6 CPU2746 / 8431
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-05 (Albert?)AnTuTu 112963052
Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-28 (Sigmos12345)AnTuTu 111798346
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Noli)AnTuTu 111797350
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-09 (Eytuzi)AnTuTu 111792363
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (BeddXII)AnTuTu 111928866
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-28 (Niko)AnTuTu 111903303

Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 15
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 2.0
OS size 31 GB 32 GB

Battery

Capacity 10610 mAh 8850 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 1:13 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 14:06 hr 08:06 hr
Watching video 21:34 hr 09:41 hr
Gaming 09:10 hr 06:01 hr
Standby 169 hr 176 hr
General battery life
35:23 hr
26:03 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8160 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED 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
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV32D Omnivision OV32D
Sensor size 1/3.6" (β‰ˆ 0.28 inch) 1/3.6" (β‰ˆ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.61 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.4
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
NFC* No No
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Type of SIM card No No
eSIM support* No No
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers 6.0 4.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pad 7 Pro +1%
89.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2025 October 2024
Release date June 2025 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $460 $459
Successor - - Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 67 W
Further details
Notes on Pad 7 Pro:
    - 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 7S Pro 12.5 is definitely a better buy.

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