Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) (91/100)

Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) leads overall with a score of 91/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 (71/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025)

91/100
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9

71/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 71.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 72.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Bypass charging No —
Capacity 8160 mAh 8400 mAh
Fast charging Yes (42% in 30 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 — 1:30 hr
Gaming — 06:18 hr
Standby — 133 hr
Watching video — 12:06 hr
Web browsing — 07:39 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
CPU 1791896 623980
Compute Score (GPU) 75091 9692
GPU 1221223 451553
Graphics score 4104 1156
Graphics test 30 FPS 9 FPS
Memory 446888 275042
Multi-core score 15913 5838
Section 1 88 FPS 24 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 22 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 18 FPS
Single-core score 4193 2093
Stability 71% 97%
Total score 4122404 1771415
UX 662397 420840

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
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, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66, 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 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Area 443 cm2(68.7 inches2) 422 cm2(65.4 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Gray, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) 254.3 mm (10.01 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) 5.9 mm (0.23 inches)
Waterproof No IP68
Weight 444 g (15.66 oz) 498 g (17.57 oz)
Width 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) 165.8 mm (6.53 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 3:2 16:10
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
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 267 ppi 274 ppi
PWM 240 Hz 240 Hz
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1668 x 2420 pixels 1600 x 2560 pixels
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 81.3% 83.2%
Size 11 inches 11 inches
Type OLED Dynamic AMOLED
RGB color space — 98.3%

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
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 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 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Channels 4 4
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 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 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Announced October 2025 July 2023
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $799
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
Keyboard weight — 423 g

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
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 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2024-10-17(Zez) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-12-07(Lello755066) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-10-12(niko) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-03->Lello75 — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-04-30(Vulpes) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-06-11(Mohammad Abu Sayeed) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
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 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
OS size 56 GB 40 GB
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM — One UI 6.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 11" (6th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 4.0

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