Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)

[ 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 S9 FE+ (Plus) (59/100), 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 S9 FE+ (Plus)
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)

59/100
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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 S9 FE+ (Plus)
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 20.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Bypass charging No —
Capacity 8160 mAh 10090 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 — 1:50 hr
Gaming — 09:43 hr
Standby — 178 hr
Watching video — 16:16 hr
Web browsing — 10:19 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
CPU 1791896 304267
Compute Score (GPU) 75091 3075
GPU 1221223 91303
Graphics score 4104 295
Graphics test 30 FPS 2 FPS
Memory 446888 135522
Multi-core score 15913 2859
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Single-core score 4193 1001
Stability 71% 98%
Total score 4122404 765195
UX 662397 234103
Data manipulation — 9193
Photo editing — 25124
Video editing — 6758
Web score — 9549
Writing score — 14276

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
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 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (AWS), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28 (700), B32 (1500), B38 (2600), B40 (2300), B41 (2500), B66 (AWS-3)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 4.0 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
LTE Cat* — 18

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Area 443 cm2(68.7 inches2) 529 cm2(82.1 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Silver, Gray, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) 285.4 mm (11.24 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) 6.5 mm (0.26 inches)
Waterproof No IP68
Weight 444 g (15.66 oz) 627 g (22.12 oz)
Width 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) 185.4 mm (7.3 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 3:2 16:10
Contrast ∞ Infinity 1096:1
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits —
PPI 267 ppi 243 ppi
PWM 240 Hz 61100 Hz
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Resolution 1668 x 2420 pixels 1600 x 2560 pixels
Response time 1 ms 28 ms
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 81.3% 84.2%
Size 11 inches 12.4 inches
Type OLED TFT LCD
RGB color space — 97.6%

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
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 -
Flash Quad LED No
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 8 MP
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth 1) Standard: 8 MP2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 8 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) —
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB
Memory clock — 2133 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Announced October 2025 October 2023
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $599
Release date October 2025 October 2023
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Keyboard weight — 345 g
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1380
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 949 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Mali-G68 MP5
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4610 MHz 2400 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes
GPU shading units — 160
L3 cache — 4 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-15(Julian Ludwig) — GeekBench GPU

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Sensor — CMOS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (Plus)
OS size 56 GB 29 GB
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 13 (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 S9 FE+ (Plus)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 Stereo

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