Xiaomi Redmi Pad Pro vs Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
59
out of 100
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70
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 12.1-inch Xiaomi Redmi Pad Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on April 10, 2024, against the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8300 and came out 11 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 Redmi Pad Pro
- Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
- Delivers 68% higher peak brightness (648 against 385 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Weighs 49 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
- 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1604K versus 671K)
- Shows 36% longer battery life (32:09 vs 23:43 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- 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 | 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 (30-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 400 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.4% | 84.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 94% | 98.4% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 20 ms | 29 ms |
| Contrast | 1283:1 | β Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Idea Tab Pro
12.7β³ (16:10 ratio) = 72.5 in2
Redmi Pad Pro
12.1β³ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 280 mm (11.02 inches) | 291.8 mm (11.49 inches) |
| Width | 181.85 mm (7.16 inches) | 189.1 mm (7.44 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.52 mm (0.3 inches) | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) |
| Weight | 571 g (20.14 oz) | 620 g (21.87 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP52 | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Green | Gray, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-button |
| Area | 509 cm2 (78.9 inches2) | 552 cm2 (85.5 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Excellent (4.04/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Bad (E) Β· 14 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (99th and 64th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (74th and 47th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 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 | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 780 |
| Graphics | Adreno 710 | Mali-G615 MP5 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 940 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2299 | 7982 |
| Single-core score | 1020 | 1405 |
| Multi-core score | 2975 | 4438 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 284982 | 531924 |
| GPU | - | 401550 |
| Memory | 136497 | 290446 |
| UX | 249543 | 380890 |
| Total score | 671022 | 1604810 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [64 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 252 | 881 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3688 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13114 | - |
| Video editing | 7079 | - |
| Photo editing | 22606 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10865 | - |
| Writing score | 13799 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Pad Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-11 (Minh Kha) | AnTuTu 11 | 671022 |
| π 2025-02-11 (OwO) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 2299 |
| π 2025-02-11 (OwO) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1020 / 2975 |
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 1536 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 28 GB | 46 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 10000 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 | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (28% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 50 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 2:20 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:10 hr | 13:21 hr |
| Watching video | 11:19 hr | 18:05 hr |
| Gaming | 05:30 hr | 08:22 hr |
| Standby | 149 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 | 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 30FPS |
| 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/2.4 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (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 | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 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 6E (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 | 5.3 |
| 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 |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | No | No |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | 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 | April 2024 | March 2025 |
| Release date | April 2024 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $259 | $379 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | 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
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 14