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Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE vs Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2

48 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE
VS
56 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2
Redmi Pad SE
Redmi Pad 2

Here we compared two tablets: the 11-inch Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 680) that was released on August 15, 2023, against the Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G100 Ultra and came out 1 year and 10 months after. 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
  • 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (570K versus 411K)
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 9000 vs 8000 mAh
  • Delivers 32% higher peak brightness (526 against 398 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • 32% higher pixel density (274 vs 207 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus eMMC 5.1
  • 76% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 725 and 412 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE and Pad 2 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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4 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
67.7
(Good)
Value Index
113.0
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Redmi Pad SE
vs
Redmi Pad 2

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 11 inches 11 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels 1600 x 2560 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
PPI 207 ppi 274 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 400 nits 600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 82.2% 83%
Display features - DCI-P3 -
Display tests
RGB color space 93.1% 92.5%
PWM Not detected 14999 Hz
Response time 37 ms 29 ms
Contrast 1689:1 1421:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi Pad SE
398 nits
Redmi Pad 2 +32%
526 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 255.53 mm (10.06 inches) 254.58 mm (10.02 inches)
Width 167.08 mm (6.58 inches) 166.04 mm (6.54 inches)
Thickness 7.36 mm (0.29 inches) 7.36 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 478 g (16.86 oz) 510 g (17.99 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Green, Purple Gray, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner No No
Area 427 cm2 (66.2 inches2) 423 cm2 (65.5 inches2)
Repairability - Average (2.74/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) Β· 156 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Redmi Pad SE
82.2%
Redmi Pad 2 +1%
83%
Tablet Ranking (131st and 106th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (103rd and 81st place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE and Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 MediaTek Helio G100 Ultra
Max clock 2400 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 610 Mali-G57 MP2
GPU shading units 128 64
GPU clock 1114 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~285.2 GFLOPS ~128 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE and Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Redmi Pad SE
412
Redmi Pad 2 +76%
725
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi Pad SE
1423
Redmi Pad 2 +39%
1980
Compute Score (GPU)
Redmi Pad SE
348
Redmi Pad 2 +262%
1260
Compute Score (GPU) 348 1260
Single-core score 412 725
Multi-core score 1423 1980
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi Pad SE
411020
Redmi Pad 2 +39%
570469
CPU 173875 219481
GPU 27779 48406
Memory 99996 146071
UX 109370 156511
Total score 411020 570469
Samples [2 tests] [74 tests]
PCMark 3.0
Redmi Pad SE
7045
Redmi Pad 2 +38%
9754
Web score 7122 10522
Video editing 3683 5262
Photo editing 12514 17642
Data manipulation 5947 7941
Writing score 9135 11407
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-31 (Bobikbo17)AnTuTu 11411020
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-09 (Roman)AnTuTu 11408473
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Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Max)AnTuTu 12645861
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Maksik)AnTuTu 12634343
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-24 (Mentos_uzbek)Battery lifeSOT 11:48 / 41:40
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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 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 2048 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 Android 15
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 2.0
OS size 22 GB 24 GB
OS updates - 0 years

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 9000 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No -
Fast charging Yes (24% in 30 min) Yes (17% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:45 hr 2:59 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:41 hr 08:38 hr
Watching video 12:28 hr 09:17 hr
Gaming 06:20 hr 06:30 hr
Standby 183 hr 233 hr
General battery life
Redmi Pad SE
29:44 hr
Redmi Pad 2 +5%
31:12 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution - 3264 x 2448
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion No No
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP
1) Standard: 8 MP
Camera features - -
Standard lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Sensor - GalaxyCore GC08A3
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 5 megapixels 5 megapixels
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 17 mm
Sensor - CMOS
Sensor size 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital No
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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 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, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* - 2
Type of SIM card No Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* - No
Hybrid slot - No
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers 4.0 4.0
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Redmi Pad SE +2%
88.3 dB
Redmi Pad 2
86.3 dB

Other

Category Budget Mid-range
Announced August 2023 June 2025
Release date September 2023 June 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $229
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Accelerometer		 - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
Bundled charger Yes, 18 W Yes, 15 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Pad 2:
    - Gyroscope, GPS and compass are only available on the 4G model.
*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 Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
64 (20.4%)
249 (79.6%)
Total votes: 313

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