Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) vs OnePlus Pad 3 Pro

[ VERDICT ] Winner: OnePlus Pad 3 Pro (93/100)

OnePlus Pad 3 Pro leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) (60/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021)
Apple

Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021)

60/100
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[ WINNER ]
OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
OnePlus

OnePlus Pad 3 Pro

93/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Gaming 43.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 60.0 Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 58.0 Below Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Capacity 8557 mAh 13380 mAh
Fast charging Yes (24% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 2:45 hr —
Max charge power 30 W 67 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Wireless charging No No
Bypass charging — No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
CPU 272419 1097882
GPU 317618 1439025
Graphics score 2552 —
Graphics test 10 FPS —
Memory 149125 509895
Multi-core score 4214 11181
Section 1 12 FPS —
Section 2 10 FPS —
Section 3 7 FPS —
Single-core score 1792 3574
Stability 85% —
Total score 1087108 3960840
UX 347946 914038
Compute Score (GPU) — 27874

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
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, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71 —
5G support No No
Bluetooth version 4.2 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS —
Hybrid slot No 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 No USB Type-C
USB version 2 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* Yes No
Bluetooth features — LE

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Area 436 cm2(67.6 inches2) 608 cm2(94.2 inches2)
Colors Silver, Gray Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 250.6 mm (9.87 inches) 289.7 mm (11.41 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Thickness 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) 5.9 mm (0.23 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 487 g (17.18 oz) 672 g (23.7 oz)
Width 174.1 mm (6.85 inches) 209.8 mm (8.26 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Aspect ratio 4:3 7:5
Contrast 1014:1 —
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 500 nits 700 nits
PPI 265 ppi 315 ppi
PWM 40000 Hz —
RGB color space 97.9% —
Refresh rate 60 Hz 144 Hz
Resolution 1620 x 2160 pixels 2400 x 3392 pixels
Response time 27 ms —
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 73.8% 87.5%
Size 10.2 inches 13.2 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Max rated brightness in HDR — 1000 nits
Touch sampling rate — 540 Hz

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - - Bokeh mode- Pro mode
Flash No LED
Focal length 31 mm —
Image resolution 8 MP 4128 x 3096
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP 1) Standard: 13 MP
Matrix 8 megapixels 13 megapixels
Pixel size 1.12 micron —
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) —
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 3 GB 12 GB
Storage size 64 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Announced September 2021 June 2026
Bundled charger Yes, 20 W Yes, 67 W
Category Mid-range Flagship
Keyboard weight 293 g —
Launch price (MSRP) $329 —
Release date September 2021 June 2026
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass
Successor -Apple iPad 11" (11th Gen, 2025) —

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder- 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 6 (2 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Apple A13 Bionic Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~629.8 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1230 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 256 1536
Graphics Apple GPU 4-core Adreno 830
Lithography process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2650 MHz 4320 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 8 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Sensor — CMOS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Operating system iPadOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 16
ROM — OxygenOS 16

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 10.2" (9th Gen, 2021) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Dolby Atmos Yes —
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack Yes No
Speakers Stereo 8.0

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