Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S8

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) (91/100)

Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) leads overall with a score of 91/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)

91/100
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 57.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Bypass charging No —
Capacity 8160 mAh 8000 mAh
Fast charging Yes (42% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 40 min)
Max charge power 30 W 45 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time — 1:20 hr
Gaming — 06:13 hr
Standby — 144 hr
Watching video — 11:46 hr
Web browsing — 09:07 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
CPU 1791896 487311
Compute Score (GPU) 75091 7007
GPU 1221223 217104
Graphics score 4104 2215
Graphics test 30 FPS 13 FPS
Memory 446888 180940
Multi-core score 15913 3656
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Single-core score 4193 1696
Stability 71% 79%
Total score 4122404 1259701
UX 662397 374346
Data manipulation — 10976
Photo editing — 27827
Video editing — 7311
Web score — 13237
Writing score — 15631

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
3G network UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz UMTS B1(2100), B2(1900), B4(AWS), B5(850), B8(900)
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, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66, 71 LTE B1 (2100MHz), B2 (1900MHz), B3 (1800MHz), B4 (AWS), B5 (850MHz), B7 (2600MHz), B8 (900MHz), B12 (700MHz), B13 (700MHz), B17 (700MHz), B20 (800MHz), B25 (1900MHz), B26 (850MHz), B28 (700MHz), B32(1500MHz), B38 (2600MHz), B40 (2300MHz), B41 (2500MHz), B66 (AWS-3)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
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 USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 4.0 3.2
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
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes No
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
LTE Cat* — 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Area 443 cm2(68.7 inches2) 420 cm2(65 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Silver, Gold, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) 253.8 mm (9.99 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) 6.3 mm (0.25 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 444 g (15.66 oz) 503 g (17.74 oz)
Width 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) 165.3 mm (6.51 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 3:2 16:10
Contrast ∞ Infinity 918:1
Display features - DCI-P3 —
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 550 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits —
PPI 267 ppi 274 ppi
PWM 240 Hz 62870 Hz
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1668 x 2420 pixels 1600 x 2560 pixels
Response time 1 ms 29 ms
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 81.3% 83.6%
Size 11 inches 11 inches
Type OLED LTPS LCD
RGB color space — 91.7%

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.0
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode
Flash Quad LED LED
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 13 MP
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth 1) Standard: 13 MP2) Ultrawide: 6 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 13 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) —
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital
Focal length — 26 mm
Sensor size — 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Channels 4 4
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB
Memory clock — 3200 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Announced October 2025 February 2022
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $699
Release date October 2025 March 2022
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Keyboard weight — 274 g
SAR (body) — 0.87 W/kg
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab S9

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 818 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Adreno 730
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4610 MHz 3000 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
GPU shading units — 1024
L3 cache — 6 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-02-07(river1337) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
OS size 56 GB 27.1 GB
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM — One UI 6.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 4.0

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