Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Honor Pad X9a

[ 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 X9a (53/100), 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 X9a
Honor

Honor Pad X9a

53/100
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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 X9a
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 14.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 27.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9a
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 10340 mAh 8300 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes
Max charge power 30 W 35 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Bypass charging — No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9a
CPU 965229 185758
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 387
GPU 1313129 30082
Graphics score 3978 —
Graphics test 29 FPS —
Memory 458312 162956
Multi-core score 15895 1463
Section 1 87 FPS —
Section 2 60 FPS —
Section 3 53 FPS —
Single-core score 4153 470
Stability 79% —
Total score 3396957 515968
UX 660296 137172
Data manipulation — 7431
Photo editing — 16321
Video editing — 4584
Web score — 11364
Writing score — 10637

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9a
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 —
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
NFC* No No
Number of SIM* 1 —
Type of SIM card Nano No
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 X9a
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) Good (3.05/5)
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 6.77 mm (0.27 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 475 g (16.75 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 167.4 mm (6.59 inches)
Drop resistance — Bad (E) · 10 drops

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9a
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 254 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 1504 x 2508 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 X9a
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/2.0
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 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 8 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital
Sensor size — 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch)

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9a
Channels 4 2
Memory card No No
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 6 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 X9a
Announced October 2025 March 2025
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Budget
Keyboard weight 662 g —
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $185
Release date October 2025 March 2025
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 X9a
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 X9a
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-11(SkyBlack) — CPU Throttle

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9a
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 X9a
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 15
ROM — MagicOS 9

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor Pad X9a
Dolby Atmos Yes No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 4.0

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