Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra

[ 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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra (87/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 87.0 Very Good
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 87.0 Very Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 91.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 10340 mAh 11600 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes (38% in 30 min)
Max charge power 30 W 45 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time 1:35 hr
Gaming 08:36 hr
Standby 217 hr
Watching video 11:26 hr
Web browsing 07:39 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
CPU 965229 838002
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 22106
GPU 1313129 1024333
Graphics score 3978 2422
Graphics test 29 FPS 18 FPS
Memory 458312 398068
Multi-core score 15895 9105
Section 1 87 FPS 47 FPS
Section 2 60 FPS 45 FPS
Section 3 53 FPS 38 FPS
Single-core score 4153 2799
Stability 79% 87%
Total score 3396957 2873296
UX 660296 612893
Data manipulation 14039
Photo editing 40750
Video editing 7385
Web score 12340
Writing score 27541

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
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, 66, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 71 LTE B1(2100), B2(1900), B3(1800), B4(AWS), B5(850), B7(2600), B8(900), B12(700), B13(700), B17(700), B20(800), B25(1900), B26(850), B28(700), B32(1500), B66(AWS-3)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.4
DisplayPort Yes Yes
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- 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
2G network GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
Multi SIM mode Standby

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Area 607 cm2(94 inches2) 680 cm2(105.5 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Silver, Gray
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) 326.3 mm (12.85 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) Average (2.78/5)
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 5.1 mm (0.2 inches)
Waterproof No IP68
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 692 g (24.41 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 208.5 mm (8.21 inches)
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 4:3 16:10
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1600 nits
PPI 264 ppi 239 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 1848 x 2960 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.2% 90.8%
Size 13 inches 14.6 inches
Type OLED Dynamic AMOLED
Contrast ∞ Infinity
PWM 480 Hz
RGB color space 99.8%
Response time 2 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
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 LED
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4128 x 3096
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth 1) Standard: 13 MP2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 13 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 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 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Channels 4 4
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
Memory card max size Up to 2048 GB
Memory clock 5333 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Announced October 2025 September 2025
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 662 g
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $1199
Release date October 2025 September 2025
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
SAR (body) 0.8 W/kg

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720- 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4- 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 1612 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4610 MHz 3630 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 890
GPU shading units 1536
L3 cache 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
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) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Sensor CMOS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
OS updates 5 years 0 years
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 16
OS size 28.1 GB
ROM One UI 8.5

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 4.0

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