Xiaomi Poco Pad vs Xiaomi Pad 7
Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 12.1-inch Xiaomi Poco Pad (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on May 23, 2024, against the Xiaomi Pad 7, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and came out 6 months 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 Poco Pad
- Has a 0.9 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1150 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 8850 mAh
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Reverse charging feature
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 7
- 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1697K versus 778K)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- 38% higher pixel density (344 vs 249 PPI)
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Much smaller footprint: 14% more compact case (67.6 vs 78.9 square inches)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 33W)
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 | 11.2 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 2136 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| PPI | 249 ppi | 344 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.4% | 85.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 97.3% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 23 ms |
| Contrast | - | 952:1 |
Screen space comparison
Poco Pad
12.1β³ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
Pad 7
11.2β³ (3:2 ratio) = 57.9 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 280 mm (11.02 inches) | 251.22 mm (9.89 inches) |
| Width | 181.85 mm (7.16 inches) | 173.42 mm (6.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.52 mm (0.3 inches) | 6.18 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 571 g (20.14 oz) | 500 g (17.64 oz) |
| Waterproof | - | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | Black, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Area | 509 cm2 (78.9 inches2) | 436 cm2 (67.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.74/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) Β· 208 drops |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (97th and 71st place)
Android Tablet Ranking (74th and 54th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 3 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 710 | Adreno 732 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 940 MHz | 950 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS | ~1459.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2314 | 8926 |
| Single-core score | 1032 | 1843 |
| Multi-core score | 2976 | 4978 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 297225 | 552288 |
| GPU | 73188 | 419835 |
| Memory | 152467 | 290516 |
| UX | 255286 | 434805 |
| Total score | 778166 | 1697444 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [18 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 98% |
| Graphics test | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 967 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13631 | - |
| Video editing | 6946 | - |
| Photo editing | 24734 | - |
| Data manipulation | 11507 | - |
| Writing score | 13590 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco Pad
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-29 (SRG) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1025 / 2768 |
| π 2026-03-28 (SRG) | AnTuTu 11 | 770063 |
| π 2026-01-15 (Jeff) | AnTuTu 11 | 778166 |
| π 2025-04-20 (Vxmpiri) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 2314 |
| π 2025-04-20 (Vxmpiri) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1032 / 2976 |
Xiaomi Pad 7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 9571 |
| π 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1884 / 5226 |
| π 2026-07-05 (Aditay) | AnTuTu 11 | 1672445 |
| π 2026-07-04 (Samarth Kawade) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1918 / 5161 |
| π 2026-07-04 (Samarth Kawade) | AnTuTu 11 | 1776424 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | Android 15 |
| ROM | HyperOS 1.0 | HyperOS 2.0 |
| OS size | - | 32 GB |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 10000 mAh | 8850 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (29% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 1:20 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 10:46 hr |
| Watching video | - | 15:40 hr |
| Gaming | - | 07:07 hr |
| Standby | - | 128 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4160 x 3120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | No | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV13B10 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Aperture | - | f/2.3 |
| Sensor | CMOS | Omnivision OV08D10 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/a/ac) | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | No |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | - |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2024 | October 2024 |
| Release date | May 2024 | October 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $299 |
| Successor | - | - Xiaomi Pad 8 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 33 W | Yes, 45 W |
Further details
Notes on Poco Pad:
- The 5G model has water resistance, a 128 GB memory option, and GPS. The Wi-Fi model has none of these features.
Notes on Pad 7:
- 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 7 is definitely a better buy.
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