ZTE RedMagic Astra 2 vs Galaxy Tab S11
85
out of 100
VS
86
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 9.06-inch ZTE RedMagic Astra 2 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 ) that was released on June 30, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus and came out 10 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 ZTE RedMagic Astra 2
- Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
- 55% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4246K versus 2745K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (75W versus 45W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1100 against 944 nits)
- Much smaller footprint: 34% more compact case (43.1 vs 65.1 square inches)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11
- Has a 1.94 inches larger screen size
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 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 | OLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 9.06 inches | 11 inches |
| Resolution | 1504 x 2400 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 313 ppi | 274 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 185 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1100 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 1000 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.6% | 83.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.5% |
| PWM | - | 480 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S11
11″ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
RedMagic Astra 2
9.06″ (16:10 ratio) = 36.9 in2
~47% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 207.1 mm (8.15 inches) | 253.8 mm (9.99 inches) |
| Width | 134.2 mm (5.28 inches) | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) | 5.5 mm (0.22 inches) |
| Weight | 363 g (12.8 oz) | 469 g (16.54 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP54 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver | Silver, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
| Area | 278 cm2 (43 inches2) | 420 cm2 (65 inches2) |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.86/5) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (26th and 23rd place)
Android Tablet Ranking (21st and 18th place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus |
| Max clock | 4610 MHz | 3630 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | MediaTek NPU 890 |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1612 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27292 | 21988 |
| Single-core score | 3741 | 2742 |
| Multi-core score | 11502 | 8933 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1201490 | 871712 |
| GPU | 1567954 | 976476 |
| Memory | 512745 | 335022 |
| UX | 963871 | 562350 |
| Total score | 4246060 | 2745560 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 73% |
| Graphics test | - | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2385 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 41 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 47 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 42 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 35 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 10813 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 14704 |
| Video editing | - | 7384 |
| Photo editing | - | 41221 |
| Data manipulation | - | 13970 |
| Writing score | - | 27706 |
Recent User Tests
ZTE RedMagic Astra 2
No benchmark results yet
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (JJ) | AnTuTu 12 | 1116490 |
| 📘 2026-06-11 (Omsin) | AnTuTu 11 | 2745560 |
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 5333 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 2048 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | REDMAGIC OS 11.5 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS updates | 2 years | 0 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 8300 mAh | 8400 mAh |
| Max charge power | 75 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (41% in 15 min) | Yes (50% in 40 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:54 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 05:53 hr | - |
| Watching video | 09:27 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:56 hr | - |
| Standby | 138 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4128 x 3096 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 9 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | - | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/5.7" (≈ 0.18 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | - | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | - | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2026 | September 2025 |
| Release date | June 2026 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $799 |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11. But if the performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more of a priority – go for the ZTE RedMagic Astra 2.
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