Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S8

[ 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 S8 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4)

94/100
· $1299
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8

63/100
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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 S8
Battery Life 88.0 Very Good —
Display 99.0 Excellent —
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 57.0 Below Average
Portability 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming — 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.20 in) — Thinnest Apple Product 6.3 mm (0.25 inches)
Weight 579 g (1.28 lbs) 503 g (17.74 oz)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
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 — 16:10
Contrast — 918:1
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
Max rated brightness — 550 nits
PPI — 274 ppi
PWM — 62870 Hz
RGB color space — 91.7%
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 1600 x 2560 pixels
Response time — 29 ms
Screen protection — Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio — 83.6%
Size — 11 inches
Type — LTPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Chipset Apple M4 (9-core / 10-core CPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Gpu 10-core GPU with Mesh Shading & Dynamic Caching 217104
Ram 8 GB / 16 GB Unified Memory —
Architecture — - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
CPU cores — 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
FLOPS — ~1675.3 GFLOPS
GPU clock — 818 MHz
GPU shading units — 1024
Graphics — Adreno 730
L3 cache — 6 MB
Lithography process — 4 nanometers
Manufacturing — Samsung
Max clock — 3000 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Battery type — Li-Ion
Capacity — 8000 mAh
Fast charging — Yes (50% in 40 min)
Full charging time — 1:20 hr
Gaming — 06:13 hr
Max charge power — 45 W
Replaceable — No
Reverse charging — No
Standby — 144 hr
Watching video — 11:46 hr
Web browsing — 09:07 hr
Wireless charging — No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
CPU — 487311
Compute Score (GPU) — 7007
Data manipulation — 10976
GPU 10-core GPU with Mesh Shading & Dynamic Caching 217104
Graphics score — 2215
Graphics test — 13 FPS
Memory — 180940
Multi-core score — 3656
Photo editing — 27827
Single-core score — 1696
Stability — 79%
Total score — 1259701
UX — 374346
Video editing — 7311
Web score — 13237
Writing score — 15631

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G network — UMTS B1(2100), B2(1900), B4(AWS), B5(850), B8(900)
4G network — LTE B1 (2100MHz), B2 (1900MHz), B3 (1800MHz), B4 (AWS), B5 (850MHz), B7 (2600MHz), B8 (900MHz), B12 (700MHz), B13 (700MHz), B17 (700MHz), B20 (800MHz), B25 (1900MHz), B26 (850MHz), B28 (700MHz), B32(1500MHz), B38 (2600MHz), B40 (2300MHz), B41 (2500MHz), B66 (AWS-3)
5G support — Yes
Bluetooth features — LE
Bluetooth version — 5.2
DisplayPort — Yes
GPS — GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
Hybrid slot — No
Infrared port — No
LTE Cat* — 20
NFC* — No
Number of SIM* — 1
Type of SIM card — Nano
USB features — - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type — USB Type-C
USB version — 3.2
Wi-Fi features — - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi standard — Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* — No

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Area — 420 cm2(65 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Gold, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner — Yes, in-button
Frame material — Metal
Height — 253.8 mm (9.99 inches)
Rear material — Metal
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.20 in) — Thinnest Apple Product 6.3 mm (0.25 inches)
Waterproof — No
Weight 579 g (1.28 lbs) 503 g (17.74 oz)
Width — 165.3 mm (6.51 inches)

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
1080p video recording — Up to 60FPS
4K video recording — Up to 30FPS
8K video recording — No
Aperture — f/2.0
Autofocus — Phase autofocus
Camera features — - Bokeh mode
Flash — LED
Focal length — 26 mm
Image resolution — 13 MP
Lenses — 1) Standard: 13 MP2) Ultrawide: 6 MP
Matrix — 13 megapixels
Sensor size — 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Stabilization — Digital
Zoom — Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Channels — 4
Memory card — MicroSD
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB
Memory clock — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5
RAM size — 8 GB
Storage size — 128 GB
Storage type — UFS 3.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Announced — February 2022
Bundled charger — Not included
Category — Flagship
Keyboard weight — 274 g
Launch price (MSRP) — $699
Release date — March 2022
SAR (body) — 0.87 W/kg
Sensors — - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab S9

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-02-07(river1337) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) — No
Megapixels — 12 megapixels
Video resolution — 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
OS size — 27.1 GB
Operating system — Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM — One UI 6.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Dolby Atmos — Yes
FM radio — No
Headphone audio jack — No
Speakers — 4.0

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