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Xiaomi Pad Mini vs Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro

83 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad Mini
VS
74 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
Pad Mini
Pad 7 Pro

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 8.8-inch Xiaomi Pad Mini (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus) that was released on September 24, 2025, against the Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 11 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (2)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad Mini
  • 51% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2845K versus 1880K)
  • Shows 20% longer battery life (31:14 vs 26:03 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • 17% higher pixel density (403 vs 344 PPI)
  • Much smaller footprint: 38% more compact case (42 vs 67.6 square inches)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 60% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2990 and 1873 points
  • Weighs 174 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
  • Has a 2.4 inches larger screen size
  • Comes with 1350 mAh larger battery capacity: 8850 vs 7500 mAh
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (769 against 678 nits)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Pad Mini 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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
36.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
55.1
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad Mini
vs
Pad 7 Pro

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 8.8 inches 11.2 inches
Resolution 1880 x 3008 pixels 2136 x 3200 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 3:2
PPI 403 ppi 344 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 700 nits 800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 82.9% 85.7%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.3%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 24 ms 27 ms
Contrast 1195:1 1338:1
Screen space comparison
Pad 7 Pro
11.2β€³ (3:2 ratio) = 57.9 in2
Pad Mini
8.8β€³ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
~66% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pad Mini
678 nits
Pad 7 Pro +13%
769 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 205.13 mm (8.08 inches) 251.22 mm (9.89 inches)
Width 132.03 mm (5.2 inches) 173.42 mm (6.83 inches)
Thickness 6.46 mm (0.25 inches) 6.18 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 326 g (11.5 oz) 500 g (17.64 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Purple Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 271 cm2 (42 inches2) 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Pad Mini
82.9%
Pad 7 Pro +3%
85.7%
Tablet Ranking (28th and 51st place)
Android Tablet Ranking (21st and 37th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Pad Mini and Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 3730 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
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		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 890 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1612 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Pad Mini and Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Pad Mini +60%
2990
Pad 7 Pro
1873
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Pad Mini +84%
9086
Pad 7 Pro
4947
Compute Score (GPU)
Pad Mini
n/a
Pad 7 Pro
10004
Compute Score (GPU) - 10004
Single-core score 2990 1873
Multi-core score 9086 4947
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pad Mini +51%
2845550
Pad 7 Pro
1880949
CPU 835859 588596
GPU 997763 516242
Memory 385910 308105
UX 626018 468006
Total score 2845550 1880949
Samples [2 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Pad Mini +105%
2156
Pad 7 Pro
1053
Stability 76% 95%
Graphics test 16 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2156 1053
3DMark Solar Bay
Pad Mini +96%
9951
Pad 7 Pro
5082
Graphics test 38 FPS 19 FPS
Section 1 40 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 34 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 9951 5082
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Pad Mini +16%
17962
Pad 7 Pro
15471
Web score 17430 15027
Video editing 6789 7550
Photo editing 34216 27701
Data manipulation 17755 14274
Writing score 23961 18652
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Pad Mini
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-20 (Butter)AnTuTu2845550
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-12 (Butter)AnTuTu2814063
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Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-28 (Sigmos12345)AnTuTu1798346
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Noli)AnTuTu1797350
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-09 (Eytuzi)AnTuTu1792363
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (BeddXII)AnTuTu1928866
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-28 (Niko)AnTuTu1903303
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5333 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 20 GB 32 GB

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 8850 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 67 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 (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:00 hr 1:13 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:21 hr 08:06 hr
Watching video 14:30 hr 09:41 hr
Gaming 06:18 hr 06:01 hr
Standby 202 hr 176 hr
General battery life
Pad Mini +20%
31:14 hr
Pad 7 Pro
26:03 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 13 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 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 13 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 13 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Sensor Omnivision OV13B10 -
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV08F Omnivision OV32D
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/3.6" (β‰ˆ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 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 Stereo 4.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pad Mini
88 dB
Pad 7 Pro +2%
89.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 October 2024
Release date September 2025 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $429 $459
Successor - - Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 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 Mini is definitely a better buy.

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So, which tablet would you choose?
35 (87.5%)
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Total votes: 40

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I like the way how it's explained and see the difference between two devices and also it helps me to diced which tablet should I buy.
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