Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)

[ 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 S9+ (Plus) (74/100), 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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Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)

74/100
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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) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 74.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 74.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Capacity 10340 mAh 10090 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes (50% in 40 min)
Max charge power 30 W 45 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time — 2:04 hr
Gaming — 08:55 hr
Standby — 163 hr
Watching video — 16:47 hr
Web browsing — 10:15 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
CPU 965229 605896
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 9760
GPU 1313129 452910
Graphics score 3978 1153
Graphics test 29 FPS 9 FPS
Memory 458312 229430
Multi-core score 15895 5600
Section 1 87 FPS 24 FPS
Section 2 60 FPS 22 FPS
Section 3 53 FPS 18 FPS
Single-core score 4153 2102
Stability 79% 98%
Total score 3396957 1750937
UX 660296 462701

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
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 (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 Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
LTE Cat* — 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
Area 607 cm2(94 inches2) 529 cm2(82.1 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Gray, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) 285.4 mm (11.24 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 5.7 mm (0.22 inches)
Waterproof No IP68
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 581 g (20.49 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 185.4 mm (7.3 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
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 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits —
PPI 264 ppi 266 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 1752 x 2800 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 86.2% 84.2%
Size 13 inches 12.4 inches
Type OLED Dynamic AMOLED
Contrast — ∞ Infinity
PWM — 120 Hz
RGB color space — 98.5%
Response time — 2 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
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 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 —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) —
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital
Focal length — 26 mm

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
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 1024 GB
Memory clock — 4200 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
Announced October 2025 July 2023
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 662 g 380 g
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $999
Release date October 2025 August 2023
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
SAR (body) — 1.35 W/kg
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab S11

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 680 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Adreno 740
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4610 MHz 3360 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
GPU shading units — 1536
L3 cache — 8 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
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 S9+ (Plus)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
OS size — 40 GB
ROM — One UI 6.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ (Plus)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 4.0

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