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Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 8.7 vs iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021)

46 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 8.7
VS
62 out of 100
Apple iPad mini 8.3
Redmi Pad SE 8.7
iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021)

Here we compared two tablets: the 8.7-inch Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 8.7 (with MediaTek Helio G85) that was released on July 29, 2024, against the Apple iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021), which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 2 years and 11 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 SE 8.7
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Comes with 1473 mAh larger battery capacity: 6650 vs 5177 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
  • Shows 29% longer battery life (28:44 vs 22:16 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
  • Delivers 9% higher peak brightness (478 against 439 nits)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021)
  • 4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1412K versus 349K)
  • 83% higher pixel density (327 vs 179 PPI)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A15 Bionic
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • 5.2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2148 and 412 points
  • Weighs 80 grams less
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 8.7 and Apple iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021) 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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4 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
61.5
(Average)
Value Index
71.1
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Redmi Pad SE 8.7
vs
iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021)

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 8.7 inches 8.3 inches
Resolution 800 x 1340 pixels 1488 x 2266 pixels
Aspect ratio 5:3 3:2
PPI 179 ppi 327 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 600 nits 500 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 81.2% 77.8%
Display features - - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 82.8% 99.6%
PWM Not detected 178600 Hz
Response time 43 ms 32 ms
Contrast 1349:1 1133:1
Screen space comparison
Redmi Pad SE 8.7
8.7″ (5:3 ratio) = 33.4 in2
iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021)
8.3″ (3:2 ratio) = 31.8 in2
~5% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 211.58 mm (8.33 inches) 195.4 mm (7.69 inches)
Width 125.48 mm (4.94 inches) 134.8 mm (5.31 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 6.3 mm (0.25 inches)
Weight 373 g (13.16 oz) 293 g (10.34 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue, Green Gray, Pink, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Area 265 cm2 (41.2 inches2) 263 cm2 (40.8 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (135th and 93rd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (#105th place)
iPad Ranking (#24th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 8.7 and Apple iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021)
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Helio G85 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 2000 MHz 2930 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75		 - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 12 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G52 MC2 Apple GPU 5-core
GPU shading units 48 640
GPU clock 1000 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~96 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE 8.7 and Apple iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 543 -
Single-core score 412 2148
Multi-core score 1427 5541
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 130650 419310
GPU 27382 378571
Memory 92029 144604
UX 99003 470170
Total score 349064 1412655
Samples [32 tests] [31 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 82%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
Section 1 - 18 FPS
Section 2 - 14 FPS
Section 3 - 10 FPS
Graphics score - 3696
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 82%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 2752
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7946 -
Video editing 5009 -
Photo editing 15748 -
Data manipulation 6404 -
Writing score 8612 -
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 NVMe
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 2048 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 14 iPadOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 -
OS size 14 GB -

Battery

Capacity 6650 mAh 5177 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 40 min)
Full charging time - 1:30 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:41 hr 07:46 hr
Watching video 14:15 hr 09:54 hr
Gaming 05:55 hr 04:53 hr
Standby 164 hr 136 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Quad LED
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 - 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 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 5 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.3 5
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Budget Mid-range
Announced July 2024 September 2021
Release date August 2024 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $95 $499
Successor - - Apple iPad mini 8.3" (7th Gen, 2024)
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Accelerometer
- Compass		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 18 W Yes, 20 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Pad SE 8.7:
    - The 4G version differs from the Wi-Fi model by having GPS and weighing 2 grams more.
Notes on iPad mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021):
    - Supports Apple Pencil 2.
*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 mini 8.3" (6th Gen, 2021) is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
9 (75%)
3 (25%)
Total votes: 12

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