Xiaomi Redmi Pad Pro vs Galaxy Tab S9
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Here we compared two tablets: the 12.1-inch Xiaomi Redmi Pad Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on April 10, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 8 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 Pro
- Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 1600 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 8400 mAh
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (648 against 574 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
- 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1771K versus 671K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Dynamic AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- Much smaller footprint: 17% more compact case (65.4 vs 78.9 square inches)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 33W)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- 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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 12.1 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 249 ppi | 274 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.4% | 83.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 94% | 98.3% |
| PWM | Not detected | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 20 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | 1283:1 | β Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Redmi Pad Pro
12.1β³ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
Galaxy Tab S9
11β³ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 280 mm (11.02 inches) | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) |
| Width | 181.85 mm (7.16 inches) | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.52 mm (0.3 inches) | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 571 g (20.14 oz) | 498 g (17.57 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP52 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Green | Gray, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-display |
| Area | 509 cm2 (78.9 inches2) | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (99th and 62nd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (74th and 45th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 3360 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 710 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 940 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2299 | 9692 |
| Single-core score | 1020 | 2093 |
| Multi-core score | 2975 | 5838 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 284982 | 623980 |
| GPU | - | 451553 |
| Memory | 136497 | 275042 |
| UX | 249543 | 420840 |
| Total score | 671022 | 1771415 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 252 | 1156 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 94% |
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 24 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 22 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5635 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 89% |
| Graphics test | - | 23 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3917 |
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 | 671022 |
| π 2025-02-11 (OwO) | GeekBench GPU | 2299 |
| π 2025-02-11 (OwO) | GeekBench CPU | 1020 / 2975 |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-11 (Mohammad Abu Sayeed) | AnTuTu | 1749561 |
| π 2026-04-30 (Vulpes) | CPU Throttle | 87% |
| π 2026-04-30 (Vulpes) | AnTuTu | 1777999 |
| π 2026-03-03 -> Lello75 | GeekBench CPU | 2093 / 5838 |
| π 2025-10-12 (niko) | AnTuTu | 1771415 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 4200 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 6.1 |
| OS size | 28 GB | 40 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 10000 mAh | 8400 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (28% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 40 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:10 hr | 07:39 hr |
| Watching video | 11:19 hr | 12:06 hr |
| Gaming | 05:30 hr | 06:18 hr |
| Standby | 149 hr | 133 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4128 x 3096 |
| 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/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| 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 | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | 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 | 2160p (4K) 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
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 | Flagship |
| Announced | April 2024 | July 2023 |
| Release date | April 2024 | August 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $259 | $799 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | - | 423 g |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 is definitely a better buy.
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