Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro vs Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
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70
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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 Lenovo Idea Tab Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8300 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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro
- Comes with 1800 mAh larger battery capacity: 12000 vs 10200 mAh
- Delivers 41% higher peak brightness (548 against 389 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Reverse charging feature
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
- 63% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1604K versus 986K)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Fingerprint scanner
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 33W)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 2.2
- 10% higher pixel density (273 vs 249 PPI)
- 13% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1405 and 1239 points
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 | LTPS LCD |
| Size | 12.1 inches | 12.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1840 x 2944 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 249 ppi | 273 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | - | 400 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% | 84.8% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 96.6% | 98.4% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 28 ms | 29 ms |
| Contrast | 1764:1 | β Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Idea Tab Pro
12.7β³ (16:10 ratio) = 72.5 in2
Redmi Pad 2 Pro
12.1β³ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 279.8 mm (11.02 inches) | 291.8 mm (11.49 inches) |
| Width | 181.7 mm (7.15 inches) | 189.1 mm (7.44 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) |
| Weight | 610 g (21.52 oz) | 620 g (21.87 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Purple | Gray, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 508 cm2 (78.8 inches2) | 552 cm2 (85.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | Average (2.74/5) | Excellent (4.04/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) Β· 208 drops | Bad (E) Β· 14 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (80th and 66th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (61st and 49th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
| Max clock | 2700 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 780 |
| Graphics | Adreno 810 | Mali-G615 MP5 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 895 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~458.2 GFLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4784 | 7982 |
| Single-core score | 1239 | 1405 |
| Multi-core score | 3286 | 4438 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 380886 | 531924 |
| GPU | 190421 | 401550 |
| Memory | 139368 | 290446 |
| UX | 276207 | 380890 |
| Total score | 986882 | 1604810 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [64 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 77% |
| Graphics test | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 881 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3688 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-04-03 (Deepa) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 4784 |
| π 2026-04-03 (Deepa) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1239 / 3286 |
| π 2026-04-03 (Deepa) | AnTuTu 11 | 986882 |
Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-06 (JOSUK3) | AnTuTu 11 | 1598851 |
| π 2026-01-19 (JRioux) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 7982 |
| π 2026-01-19 (JRioux) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1405 / 4438 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 2048 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 14 |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
| OS size | 34 GB | 46 GB |
| OS updates | 0 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 12000 mAh | 10200 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 (30% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 50 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:20 hr | 2:20 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:13 hr | 13:21 hr |
| Watching video | 11:17 hr | 18:05 hr |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | 08:22 hr |
| Standby | 233 hr | 157 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | No | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| 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 | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| 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 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 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 |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Type of SIM card | No | No |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | No | 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 | September 2025 | March 2025 |
| Release date | September 2025 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $379 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass |
- Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 33 W | Yes, 45 W |
Further details
Notes on Idea Tab Pro:
- The 128 GB model uses UFS 3.1, while the 256 GB version has UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro. But if the software and sound are more of a priority β go for the Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 Pro.
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