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Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro vs iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)

66 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro
VS
72 out of 100
Apple iPad 11
Redmi Pad 2 Pro
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)

Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 12.1-inch Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4) that was released on September 24, 2025, against the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025), which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 6 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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 4302 mAh larger battery capacity: 12000 vs 7698 mAh
  • Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
  • Shows 17% longer battery life (32:02 vs 27:25 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
  • Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (543 against 464 nits)
  • 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)
  • 72% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1701K versus 986K)
  • 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 1239 points
  • Weighs 133 grams less
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro and Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
6 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
73.4
(Good)
Value Index
120.8
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Redmi Pad 2 Pro
vs
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)

Display

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 (60-120 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
Display tests
RGB color space 96.6% 96.2%
PWM Not detected 21120 Hz
Response time 28 ms 38 ms
Contrast 1764:1 531:1
Screen space comparison
Redmi Pad 2 Pro
12.1β€³ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
11β€³ (3:2 ratio) = 55.8 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 279.8 mm (11.02 inches) 248.6 mm (9.79 inches)
Width 181.7 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 Silver, Gray, Purple 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 (80th and 58th place)
iPad Ranking (#16th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro and Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
SoC
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
GPU
Graphics Adreno 810 Apple GPU 4-core
GPU shading units 256 640
GPU clock 895 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~458.2 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro and Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4784 19767
Single-core score 1239 2589
Multi-core score 3286 6111
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 380886 498926
GPU 190421 466010
Memory 139368 202429
UX 276207 534152
Total score 986882 1701517
Samples Less than 3 [6 tests]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Deepa)Geekbench 6 GPU4784
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Deepa)Geekbench 6 CPU1239 / 3286
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Deepa)AnTuTu 11986882
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Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (Anr1ll)AnTuTu 111729497
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-20 (Giga)Geekbench 6 CPU2702 / 6394
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (Luq)AnTuTu 111701517
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (ThΓ nh)AnTuTu 111744337
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Faeri)AnTuTu 111628541
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 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 34 GB 23 GB
OS updates 0 years 0 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
Fast charging Yes (30% in 30 min) Yes (34% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:20 hr 1:58 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:13 hr 06:06 hr
Watching video 11:17 hr 07:41 hr
Gaming 07:52 hr 05:31 hr
Standby 233 hr 220 hr
General battery life
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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
Standard lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.8
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 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‰ˆ 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
Network
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 September 2025 March 2025
Release date September 2025 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
41 (55.4%)
33 (44.6%)
Total votes: 74

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