Xiaomi Poco Pad M1 vs iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
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Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 12.1-inch Xiaomi Poco Pad M1 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4) that was released on November 26, 2025, against the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 9 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 Poco Pad M1
- Higher display refresh rate β 120 Hz
- Comes with 4302 mAh larger battery capacity: 12000 vs 7698 mAh
- Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (572 against 464 nits)
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
- 61% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1701K versus 1054K)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- Much smaller footprint: 12% more compact case (69.1 vs 78.7 square inches)
- 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2589 and 1237 points
- Weighs 133 grams less
- 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 | 12.1 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1640 x 2360 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 249 ppi | 264 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | - | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 650 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.5% | 80.8% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 97% | 96.2% |
| PWM | Not detected | 21120 Hz |
| Response time | 30 ms | 38 ms |
| Contrast | 1676:1 | 531:1 |
Screen space comparison
Poco Pad M1
12.1β³ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
11β³ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 279.8 mm (11.02 inches) | 248.6 mm (9.79 inches) |
| Width | 181.65 mm (7.15 inches) | 179.5 mm (7.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) | 7 mm (0.28 inches) |
| Weight | 610 g (21.52 oz) | 477 g (16.83 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | Silver, Blue, Pink, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 508 cm2 (78.8 inches2) | 446 cm2 (69.2 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.74/5) | Average (2.78/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) Β· 208 drops | - |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (70th and 56th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#52nd place)
iPad Ranking (#16th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2700 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720) - 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 810 | Apple GPU 5-core |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 895 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~458.2 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4785 | 19767 |
| Single-core score | 1237 | 2589 |
| Multi-core score | 3281 | 6111 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 415572 | 498926 |
| GPU | 192123 | 466010 |
| Memory | 160447 | 202429 |
| UX | 286059 | 534152 |
| Total score | 1054201 | 1701517 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [6 tests] |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco Pad M1
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-05 (Joanderson) | AnTuTu | 1035342 |
| π 2026-04-09 (Clyjow) | AnTuTu | 1054201 |
Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-23 (Anr1ll) | AnTuTu | 1729497 |
| π 2026-07-20 (Giga) | GeekBench CPU | 2702 / 6394 |
| π 2026-06-17 (Luq) | AnTuTu | 1701517 |
| π 2026-04-26 (ThΓ nh) | AnTuTu | 1744337 |
| π 2026-04-19 (Faeri) | AnTuTu | 1628541 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | iPadOS 18.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
| OS size | - | 23 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 12000 mAh | 7698 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 77 min) | Yes (34% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:45 hr | 1:58 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 06:06 hr |
| Watching video | - | 07:41 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:31 hr |
| Standby | - | 220 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | No | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (β 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 17 mm | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/5.0" (β 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | No | 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | eSIM |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | November 2025 | March 2025 |
| Release date | November 2025 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $349 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 33 W | Yes, 30 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025). But if the display, battery life, and sound are more of a priority β go for the Xiaomi Poco Pad M1.
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