Xiaomi Pad Mini vs iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
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Here we compared two tablets: the 8.8-inch Xiaomi Pad Mini (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus) that was released on September 24, 2025, against the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 6 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 Mini
- Higher display refresh rate β 165 Hz
- 67% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2845K versus 1701K)
- 53% higher pixel density (403 vs 264 PPI)
- Shows 14% longer battery life (31:14 vs 27:25 hours)
- Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (671 against 464 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 30W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Much smaller footprint: 39% more compact case (42 vs 69.1 square inches)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
- Has a 2.2 inches larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- 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 | 8.8 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1880 x 3008 pixels | 1640 x 2360 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 82.9% | 80.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 96.2% |
| PWM | Not detected | 21120 Hz |
| Response time | 24 ms | 38 ms |
| Contrast | 1195:1 | 531:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
11β³ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
Pad Mini
8.8β³ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
~60% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 205.13 mm (8.08 inches) | 248.6 mm (9.79 inches) |
| Width | 132.03 mm (5.2 inches) | 179.5 mm (7.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.46 mm (0.25 inches) | 7 mm (0.28 inches) |
| Weight | 326 g (11.5 oz) | 477 g (16.83 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Purple | Silver, Blue, Pink, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 271 cm2 (42 inches2) | 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.78/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (30th and 58th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#23rd place)
iPad Ranking (#16th place)
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3730 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 890 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Apple GPU 4-core |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1612 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 19767 |
| Single-core score | 2990 | 2589 |
| Multi-core score | 9086 | 6111 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 835859 | 498926 |
| GPU | 997763 | 466010 |
| Memory | 385910 | 202429 |
| UX | 626018 | 534152 |
| Total score | 2845550 | 1701517 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 76% | - |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2156 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 38 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 40 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 39 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 34 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 9951 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17430 | - |
| Video editing | 6789 | - |
| Photo editing | 34216 | - |
| Data manipulation | 17755 | - |
| Writing score | 23961 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad Mini
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-01-20 (Butter) | AnTuTu 11 | 2845550 |
| π 2025-11-12 (Butter) | AnTuTu 11 | 2814063 |
Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-23 (Anr1ll) | AnTuTu 11 | 1729497 |
| π 2026-07-20 (Giga) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2702 / 6394 |
| π 2026-06-17 (Luq) | AnTuTu 11 | 1701517 |
| π 2026-04-26 (ThΓ nh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1744337 |
| π 2026-04-19 (Faeri) | AnTuTu 11 | 1628541 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5333 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 18.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
| OS size | 20 GB | 23 GB |
| OS updates | - | 0 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7500 mAh | 7698 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (57% in 30 min) | Yes (34% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 1:58 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:21 hr | 06:06 hr |
| Watching video | 14:30 hr | 07:41 hr |
| Gaming | 06:18 hr | 05:31 hr |
| Standby | 202 hr | 220 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 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 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| 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 | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08F | CMOS |
| 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 | 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 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 |
| 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 | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | September 2025 | March 2025 |
| Release date | September 2025 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $349 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Yes, 30 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 Mini is definitely a better buy.
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