Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) (94/100)

Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus) (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (94 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 33)
[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4)

94/100
· $1299
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Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)

50/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Battery Life 88.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Display 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 33.0 Poor
Portability 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming — 16.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.20 in) — Thinnest Apple Product 6.9 mm (0.27 inches)
Weight 579 g (1.28 lbs) 480 g (16.93 oz)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Display Type Tandem OLED Ultra Retina XDR (2752 x 2064) —
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1000 nits SDR/HDR (1600 nits peak) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Aspect ratio — 8:5
Contrast — 1409:1
HDR support — No
Max rated brightness — 500 nits
PPI — 206 ppi
PWM — Not detected
RGB color space — 94.2%
Refresh rate — 90 Hz
Resolution — 1200 x 1920 pixels
Response time — 42 ms
Screen protection — Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio — 80.9%
Size — 11 inches
Type — TFT LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Chipset Apple M4 (9-core / 10-core CPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
Gpu 10-core GPU with Mesh Shading & Dynamic Caching 57538
Ram 8 GB / 16 GB Unified Memory —
Architecture — - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)
CPU cores — 8 (2 + 6)
FLOPS — ~430.1 GFLOPS
GPU clock — 840 MHz
GPU shading units — 256
Graphics — Adreno 619
Lithography process — 6 nanometers
Manufacturing — TSMC
Max clock — 2200 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 686

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Battery cycles — 1200 cycles
Battery type — Li-Ion
Capacity — 7040 mAh
Fast charging — Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time — 2:58 hr
Gaming — 05:44 hr
Max charge power — 15 W
Replaceable — No
Reverse charging — No
Standby — 155 hr
Watching video — 11:07 hr
Web browsing — 08:57 hr
Wireless charging — No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
CPU — 245267
Compute Score (GPU) — 1405
Data manipulation — 8881
GPU 10-core GPU with Mesh Shading & Dynamic Caching 57538
Memory — 108723
Multi-core score — 2072
Photo editing — 22564
Single-core score — 908
Total score — 582451
UX — 170923
Video editing — 4298
Web score — 10572
Writing score — 13360

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G network — UMTS B1(2100), B2(1900), B4(AWS), B5(850), B8(900)
4G network — LTE B1(2100), B2(1900), B3(1800), B4(AWS), B5(850), B7(2600), B8(900), B12(700), B17(700), B20(800), B28(700), B66(AWS-3)
5G support — Yes
Bluetooth features — LE
Bluetooth version — 5.1
DisplayPort — No
GPS — GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Hybrid slot — No
Infrared port — No
LTE Cat* — 18
NFC* — No
Number of SIM* — 1
Type of SIM card — Nano
USB features — - Charging- USB-Storage mode
USB type — USB Type-C
USB version — 2
Wi-Fi features — - Dual Band- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi standard — Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
eSIM support* — Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Area — 434 cm2(67.2 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner — No
Frame material — Metal
Height — 257.1 mm (10.12 inches)
Rear material — Metal
Repairability — Average (2.81/5)
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.20 in) — Thinnest Apple Product 6.9 mm (0.27 inches)
Waterproof — No
Weight 579 g (1.28 lbs) 480 g (16.93 oz)
Width — 168.7 mm (6.64 inches)

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
1080p video recording — Up to 30FPS
4K video recording — No
8K video recording — No
Autofocus — Phase autofocus
Camera features — -
Flash — No
Image resolution — 8 MP
Lenses — 1) Standard: 8 MP
Matrix — 8 megapixels
Slow motion — No
Stabilization — Digital
Zoom — Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Channels — 2
Memory card — MicroSD
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB
Memory clock — 2133 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X
RAM size — 4 GB
Storage size — 64 GB
Storage type — UFS 2.2

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Announced — October 2023
Bundled charger — Not included
Category — Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) — $219
Release date — October 2023
Sensors — - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ (Plus)

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-05-01(Z A N N ZANN) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-14(Mrbig) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-01(leafy13322) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Abolfazl) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31(Samsung galaxy tab A9+) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-15(Julian Ludwig) — GeekBench GPU

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) — No
Megapixels — 5 megapixels
Sensor — CMOS
Video resolution — 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
OS size — 22.9 GB
OS updates — 5 years
Operating system — Android 13
ROM — One UI 5.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
FM radio — No
Headphone audio jack — Yes
Speakers — 4.0

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