Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro vs Honor Pad 20
Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 11.2-inch Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite) that was released on September 25, 2025, against the Honor Pad 20, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 8 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 8 Pro
- 3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3153K versus 1042K)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- 18% higher pixel density (344 vs 292 PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 12% more compact case (67.6 vs 77 square inches)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor Pad 20
- Has a 0.9 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 10100 vs 9200 mAh
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 | 1872 x 3000 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 344 ppi | 292 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 700 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 | 99.8% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | - |
| Response time | 28 ms | - |
| Contrast | 2087:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
Pad 20
12.1β³ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
Pad 8 Pro
11.2β³ (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 | 5.75 mm (0.23 inches) | 6.3 mm (0.25 inches) |
| Weight | 485 g (17.11 oz) | 525 g (18.52 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Green | Gray, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Area | 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2) | 497 cm2 (77 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.74/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) Β· 208 drops | - |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (21st and 63rd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (16th and 46th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 2630 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 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 | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 720 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 512 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 975 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 24482 | 4098 |
| Single-core score | 3028 | 1154 |
| Multi-core score | 9557 | 3110 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 950473 | 369492 |
| GPU | 1169909 | 210450 |
| Memory | 360775 | 181398 |
| UX | 671896 | 281337 |
| Total score | 3153053 | 1042677 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2476 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 44 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 49 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 37 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 11483 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 20463 | - |
| Video editing | 8142 | - |
| Photo editing | 35214 | - |
| Data manipulation | 16669 | - |
| Writing score | 20187 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-13 (Zei) | GeekBench CPU | 3028 / 9557 |
| π 2026-08-13 (Zei) | AnTuTu | 3206291 |
| π 2026-08-08 (Fadhilah sinaga) | AnTuTu | 3095623 |
| π 2026-07-19 -> B1Zet | AnTuTu | 3172442 |
| π 2026-05-21 (DimaSN16) | AnTuTu | 3048170 |
Honor Pad 20
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS size | 50 GB | - |
| OS updates | 5 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 9200 mAh | 10100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (52% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 1:17 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 08:46 hr | - |
| Watching video | 12:31 hr | - |
| Gaming | 07:23 hr | - |
| Standby | 175 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6144 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 3264 x 2448 |
| 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 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 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 | September 2025 | May 2026 |
| Release date | September 2025 | May 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $499 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Yes, 45 W |
*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 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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