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Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 vs Xiaomi Poco Pad

56 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2
VS
64 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco Pad
Redmi Pad 2
Poco Pad

Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 11-inch Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 (with MediaTek Helio G100 Ultra) that was released on June 5, 2025, against the Xiaomi Poco Pad, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and came out 1 year and 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory
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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
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Much smaller footprint: 17% more compact case (65.6 vs 78.9 square inches)
  • 10% higher pixel density (274 vs 249 PPI)
  • Weighs 61 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco Pad
  • Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (778K versus 570K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 9000 mAh
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
  • 42% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1032 and 725 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 and Poco Pad 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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4 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
113.0
(Excellent)
Value Index
73.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 11 inches 12.1 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels 1600 x 2560 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
PPI 274 ppi 249 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 600 nits 600 nits
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 83% 83.4%
Display features - - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 92.5% -
PWM 14999 Hz -
Response time 29 ms -
Contrast 1421:1 -
Screen space comparison
Poco Pad
12.1″ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
Redmi Pad 2
11″ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi Pad 2
526 nits
Poco Pad
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 254.58 mm (10.02 inches) 280 mm (11.02 inches)
Width 166.04 mm (6.54 inches) 181.85 mm (7.16 inches)
Thickness 7.36 mm (0.29 inches) 7.52 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 510 g (17.99 oz) 571 g (20.14 oz)
Waterproof No -
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Green, Purple Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner No No
Area 423 cm2 (65.5 inches2) 509 cm2 (78.9 inches2)
Repairability Average (2.74/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 156 drops -
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Redmi Pad 2
83%
Poco Pad
83.4%
Tablet Ranking (106th and 87th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (81st and 66th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 and Xiaomi Poco Pad
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Helio G100 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Max clock 2200 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76		 - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G57 MP2 Adreno 710
GPU shading units 64 256
GPU clock 1000 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~128 GFLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 and Xiaomi Poco Pad
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Redmi Pad 2
725
Poco Pad +42%
1032
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi Pad 2
1980
Poco Pad +50%
2976
Compute Score (GPU)
Redmi Pad 2
1260
Poco Pad +84%
2314
Compute Score (GPU) 1260 2314
Single-core score 725 1032
Multi-core score 1980 2976
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi Pad 2
570469
Poco Pad +36%
778166
CPU 219481 297225
GPU 48406 73188
Memory 146071 152467
UX 156511 255286
Total score 570469 778166
Samples [74 tests] [2 tests]
PCMark 3.0
Redmi Pad 2
9754
Poco Pad +33%
12964
Web score 10522 13631
Video editing 5262 6946
Photo editing 17642 24734
Data manipulation 7941 11507
Writing score 11407 13590
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-03 (Zyraku)AnTuTu 12649124
📘 2026-09-24 (Max)AnTuTu 12645861
📘 2026-09-12 (Maksik)AnTuTu 12634343
📘 2026-04-24 (Mentos_uzbek)Battery lifeSOT 11:48 / 41:40
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Xiaomi Poco Pad
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-29 (SRG)Geekbench 6 CPU1025 / 2768
📘 2026-03-28 (SRG)AnTuTu 11770063
📘 2026-01-15 (Jeff)AnTuTu 11778166
📘 2025-04-20 (Vxmpiri)Geekbench 6 GPU2314
📘 2025-04-20 (Vxmpiri)Geekbench 6 CPU1032 / 2976
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 4 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
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 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 24 GB -
OS updates 0 years -

Battery

Capacity 9000 mAh 10000 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (17% in 30 min) Yes (29% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:59 hr 2:00 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:38 hr -
Watching video 09:17 hr -
Gaming 06:30 hr -
Standby 233 hr -
General battery life
Redmi Pad 2
31:12 hr
Poco Pad
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 -
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash No LED
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 - - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.8
Sensor GalaxyCore GC08A3 -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 5 megapixels 8 megapixels
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 17 mm -
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/a/ac)
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 5.2
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 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 4.0 4.0
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Redmi Pad 2
86.3 dB
Poco Pad
n/a

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced June 2025 May 2024
Release date June 2025 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $329
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
Bundled charger Yes, 15 W Yes, 33 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Pad 2:
    - Gyroscope, GPS and compass are only available on the 4G model.
Notes on Poco Pad:
    - The 5G model has water resistance, a 128 GB memory option, and GPS. The Wi-Fi model has none of these features.
*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 Poco Pad is definitely a better buy.

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So, which tablet would you choose?
14 (21.9%)
50 (78.1%)
Total votes: 64

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