Xiaomi Pad Mini vs Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro
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 Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite and came out 1 month 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 Mini
- Shows 12% longer battery life (31:14 vs 27:53 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)
- Weighs 159 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro
- Has a 2.4 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 1700 mAh larger battery capacity: 9200 vs 7500 mAh
- Fingerprint scanner
- 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3153K versus 2845K)
- Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (798 against 671 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
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 | 11.2 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 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.8% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 24 ms | 28 ms |
| Contrast | 1195:1 | 2087:1 |
Screen space comparison
Pad 8 Pro
11.2″ (3:2 ratio) = 57.9 in2
Pad Mini
8.8″ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
~66% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
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) | 5.75 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 326 g (11.5 oz) | 485 g (17.11 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Purple | Gray, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 271 cm2 (42 inches2) | 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.74/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 208 drops |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (30th and 24th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (23rd and 18th place)
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus | Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite |
| Max clock | 3730 MHz | 4320 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 890 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1612 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 24482 |
| Single-core score | 2990 | 3028 |
| Multi-core score | 9086 | 9557 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 835859 | 950473 |
| GPU | 997763 | 1169909 |
| Memory | 385910 | 360775 |
| UX | 626018 | 671896 |
| Total score | 2845550 | 3153053 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 76% | - |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2156 | 2476 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 38 FPS | 44 FPS |
| Section 1 | 40 FPS | 49 FPS |
| Section 2 | 39 FPS | 44 FPS |
| Section 3 | 34 FPS | 37 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9951 | 11483 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17430 | 20463 |
| Video editing | 6789 | 8142 |
| Photo editing | 34216 | 35214 |
| Data manipulation | 17755 | 16669 |
| Writing score | 23961 | 20187 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad Mini
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-01-20 (Butter) | AnTuTu 11 | 2845550 |
| 📘 2025-11-12 (Butter) | AnTuTu 11 | 2814063 |
Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-18 (Ровный Вась на районе) | AnTuTu 12 | 3372673 |
| 📘 2026-09-14 (Jopher Gayeta) | AnTuTu 12 | 3170305 |
| 📘 2026-08-13 (Zei) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3028 / 9557 |
| 📘 2026-08-13 (Zei) | AnTuTu 11 | 3206291 |
| 📘 2026-08-08 (Fadhilah sinaga) | AnTuTu 11 | 3095623 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 20 GB | 50 GB |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7500 mAh | 9200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 67 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (57% in 30 min) | Yes (52% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 1:17 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:21 hr | 08:46 hr |
| Watching video | 14:30 hr | 12:31 hr |
| Gaming | 06:18 hr | 07:23 hr |
| Standby | 202 hr | 175 hr |
General battery life
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 |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 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" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 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 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | September 2025 | September 2025 |
| Release date | September 2025 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $499 |
| 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 |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
These tablets have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro. It has a better camera, gaming, and software.
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