Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) vs Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) (94/100)

Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018)
Apple

Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018)

48/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)

94/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Gaming 20.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 48.0 Poor 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 27.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 8827 mAh 10340 mAh
Fast charging No Yes (50% in 38 min)
Full charging time 4:20 hr —
Gaming 06:15 hr —
Max charge power 12 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Standby 223 hr —
Watching video 12:14 hr —
Web browsing 09:02 hr —
Wireless charging No No
Battery cycles — 1000 cycles

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
CPU 202669 965229
GPU 63274 1313129
Memory 84317 458312
Multi-core score 1218 15895
Single-core score 872 4153
Total score 516981 3396957
UX 166721 660296
Compute Score (GPU) — 75273
Graphics score — 3978
Graphics test — 29 FPS
Section 1 — 87 FPS
Section 2 — 60 FPS
Section 3 — 53 FPS
Stability — 79%

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 4.2 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
LTE Cat* 12 —
NFC* No No
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type No USB Type-C
USB version 2 4.0
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
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
3G network — UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz
4G network — LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 71

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Area 407 cm2(63 inches2) 607 cm2(94 inches2)
Colors Silver, Gold, Gray Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 240 mm (9.45 inches) 281.6 mm (11.09 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Thickness 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) 5.1 mm (0.2 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 469 g (16.54 oz) 579 g (20.42 oz)
Width 169.5 mm (6.67 inches) 215.5 mm (8.48 inches)
Repairability — Average (2.7/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (10-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 4:3 4:3
Contrast 869:1 —
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
PPI 264 ppi 264 ppi
PWM Not detected —
RGB color space 97.5% —
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels 2064 x 2752 pixels
Response time 26 ms —
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 71.6% 86.2%
Size 9.7 inches 13 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Display features — - DCI-P3
Max rated brightness in HDR — 1600 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording No Up to 60FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.8
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash No Quad LED
Focal length 31 mm —
Image resolution 8 MP 4032 x 3024
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth
Matrix 8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Slow motion No 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 1333 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X
RAM size 2 GB 12 GB
Storage size 32 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Announced March 2018 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 10 W Not included
Category Mid-range Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $1299
Release date March 2018 October 2025
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg —
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor
Keyboard weight — 662 g

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Architecture - 2 cores at 1.05 GHz: Zephyr- 2 cores at 2.34 GHz: Hurricane - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz:
CPU cores 4 (2 + 2) 10 (4 + 6)
Chipset Apple A10 Fusion Apple M5 (iPad)
FLOPS ~249.6 GFLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS
GPU clock 650 MHz 1620 MHz
GPU shading units 192 —
Graphics PowerVR GT7600 Apple GPU 10-core
L3 cache 4 MB —
Lithography process 16 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2340 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) No Apple Neural Engine

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 1.2 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 720p at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Operating system iPadOS 11.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 17.7) iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
OS updates — 5 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack Yes No
Speakers Stereo 4.0

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) — AnTuTu

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