Xiaomi Pad Mini vs Galaxy Tab S9 FE
83
out of 100
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56
out of 100
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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 2 years 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
- 3.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2845K versus 741K)
- Higher display refresh rate โ 165 Hz
- 62% higher pixel density (403 vs 249 PPI)
- Shows 25% longer battery life (31:14 vs 25:00 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Much smaller footprint: 36% more compact case (42 vs 65.4 square inches)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Has a 2.1 inches larger screen size
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- 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 | TFT LCD |
| Size | 8.8 inches | 10.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1880 x 3008 pixels | 1440 x 2304 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 249 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 750 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 82.9% | 81.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 96.7% |
| PWM | Not detected | 84400 Hz |
| Response time | 24 ms | 27 ms |
| Contrast | 1195:1 | 1052:1 |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
10.9โณ (16:10 ratio) = 53.4 in2
Pad Mini
8.8โณ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
~53% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 205.13 mm (8.08 inches) | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) |
| Width | 132.03 mm (5.2 inches) | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.46 mm (0.25 inches) | 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) |
| Weight | 326 g (11.5 oz) | 523 g (18.45 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Purple | Silver, Gray, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 271 cm2 (42 inches2) | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (28th and 109th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (21st and 84th place)
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus | Samsung Exynos 1380 |
| Max clock | 3730 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 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 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 890 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Mali-G68 MP5 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 160 |
| GPU clock | 1612 MHz | 949 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS | ~303.7 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 3076 |
| Single-core score | 2990 | 1014 |
| Multi-core score | 9086 | 2910 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 835859 | 306773 |
| GPU | 997763 | 92101 |
| Memory | 385910 | 125803 |
| UX | 626018 | 216534 |
| Total score | 2845550 | 741211 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 76% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2156 | 295 |
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 | 10094 |
| Video editing | 6789 | 6776 |
| Photo editing | 34216 | 25266 |
| Data manipulation | 17755 | 10377 |
| Writing score | 23961 | 14346 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad Mini
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-01-20 (Butter) | AnTuTu | 2845550 |
| ๐ 2025-11-12 (Butter) | AnTuTu | 2814063 |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-07-15 -> AzuNoBel | AnTuTu | 741211 |
| ๐ 2026-03-27 (DanielDuca12) | AnTuTu | 696034 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | One UI 6.1 |
| OS size | 20 GB | 29 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 7500 mAh | 8000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (57% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:21 hr | 08:42 hr |
| Watching video | 14:30 hr | 12:33 hr |
| Gaming | 06:18 hr | 05:38 hr |
| Standby | 202 hr | 145 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (โ 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 | - | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08F | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (โ 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 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 |
| DisplayPort | Yes | No |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 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 | October 2023 |
| Release date | September 2025 | October 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $449 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.59 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | - | 345 g |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 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 Xiaomi Pad Mini is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 5