Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Honor MagicPad 2 12.3

[ 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 MagicPad 2 12.3 (69/100), 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 MagicPad 2 12.3
Honor

Honor MagicPad 2 12.3

69/100
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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 MagicPad 2 12.3
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 48.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 69.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 69.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 10340 mAh 10050 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes (35% in 30 min)
Max charge power 30 W 66 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time — 1:46 hr
Gaming — 05:56 hr
Standby — 124 hr
Watching video — 09:22 hr
Web browsing — 05:53 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
CPU 965229 565484
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 —
GPU 1313129 488270
Graphics score 3978 1089
Graphics test 29 FPS 8 FPS
Memory 458312 318468
Multi-core score 15895 5461
Section 1 87 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 60 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 53 FPS 17 FPS
Single-core score 4153 2004
Stability 79% 91%
Total score 3396957 1795377
UX 660296 423155
Data manipulation — 13941
Photo editing — 29384
Video editing — 8040
Web score — 17800
Writing score — 19204

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
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 5.3
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS —
Hybrid slot 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 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes —

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Area 607 cm2(94 inches2) 495 cm2(76.9 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner No No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) 274.5 mm (10.81 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 5.8 mm (0.23 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 555 g (19.58 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 180.5 mm (7.11 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Aspect ratio 4:3 3:2
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 650 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1600 nits
PPI 264 ppi 290 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 1920 x 3000 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.2% 90.9%
Size 13 inches 12.3 inches
Type OLED OLED
Contrast — ∞ Infinity
PWM — 90 Hz
RGB color space — 98.4%
Response time — 5 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
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 LED
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4160 x 3120
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth 1) Standard: 13 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 13 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 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Channels 4 2
Memory card No No
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Memory clock — 2133 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Announced October 2025 July 2024
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 66 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 662 g —
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $599
Release date October 2025 October 2024
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Proximity sensor- Accelerometer
Successor — -Honor MagicPad 3

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 1100 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Adreno 735
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4610 MHz 3000 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
GPU shading units — 768
L3 cache — 8 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
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 MagicPad 2 12.3
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 9 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 MagicPad 2 12.3
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
OS size — 29 GB
ROM — MagicOS 10

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Honor MagicPad 2 12.3
Dolby Atmos Yes No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 8.0

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