Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Honor Pad X9

[ 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 Honor Pad X9 (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

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

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

94/100
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Honor Pad X9
Honor

Honor Pad X9

46/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 15.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 46.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 26.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 10340 mAh 7250 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes (34% in 30 min)
Max charge power 30 W 22.5 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Bypass charging — No
Full charging time — 2:04 hr
Gaming — 07:03 hr
Standby — 155 hr
Watching video — 11:02 hr
Web browsing — 08:56 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
CPU 965229 191663
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 570
GPU 1313129 29731
Graphics score 3978 —
Graphics test 29 FPS —
Memory 458312 110054
Multi-core score 15895 1551
Section 1 87 FPS —
Section 2 60 FPS —
Section 3 53 FPS —
Single-core score 4153 477
Stability 79% —
Total score 3396957 461236
UX 660296 129788
Data manipulation — 7170
Photo editing — 15530
Video editing — 4586
Web score — 8739
Writing score — 8896

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
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 —
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.1
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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 2
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display - Dual Band- 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
eSIM support* Yes No

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Area 607 cm2(94 inches2) 447 cm2(69.3 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Gray
Fingerprint scanner No No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) 267.3 mm (10.52 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 6.9 mm (0.27 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 499 g (17.6 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 167.4 mm (6.59 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 4:3 5:3
Display features - DCI-P3 —
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits —
PPI 264 ppi 203 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 1200 x 2000 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.2% 84.1%
Size 13 inches 11.5 inches
Type OLED TFT LCD

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS No
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.2
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support -
Flash Quad LED No
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 2592 x 1944
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth 1) Standard: 5 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 5 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Channels 4 2
Memory card No No
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 4 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Memory clock — 2133 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Announced October 2025 July 2023
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Budget
Keyboard weight 662 g —
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $230
Release date October 2025 July 2023
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Accelerometer

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A53- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A73
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~322.6 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 1260 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Adreno 610
Lithography process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4610 MHz 2800 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686
GPU shading units — 128

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 5 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 13
ROM — MagicOS 7.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9
Dolby Atmos Yes No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 6.0

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