Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) 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 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018)
Apple

Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018)

48/100
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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 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Gaming 20.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 48.0 Poor 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 27.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 8827 mAh 13380 mAh
Fast charging No Yes
Full charging time 4:20 hr —
Gaming 06:15 hr —
Max charge power 12 W 67 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Standby 223 hr —
Watching video 12:14 hr —
Web browsing 09:02 hr —
Wireless charging No No
Bypass charging — No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
CPU 202669 1097882
GPU 63274 1439025
Memory 84317 509895
Multi-core score 1218 11181
Single-core score 872 3574
Total score 516981 3960840
UX 166721 914038
Compute Score (GPU) — 27874

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
5G support No No
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 4.2 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS —
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
LTE Cat* 12 —
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 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

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Area 407 cm2(63 inches2) 608 cm2(94.2 inches2)
Colors Silver, Gold, Gray Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 240 mm (9.45 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 469 g (16.54 oz) 672 g (23.7 oz)
Width 169.5 mm (6.67 inches) 209.8 mm (8.26 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Aspect ratio 4:3 7:5
Contrast 869:1 —
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 500 nits 700 nits
PPI 264 ppi 315 ppi
PWM Not detected —
RGB color space 97.5% —
Refresh rate 60 Hz 144 Hz
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels 2400 x 3392 pixels
Response time 26 ms —
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 71.6% 87.5%
Size 9.7 inches 13.2 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Display features — - DCI-P3
Max rated brightness in HDR — 1000 nits
Touch sampling rate — 540 Hz

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) 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 No 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 No —
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 1333 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X
RAM size 2 GB 12 GB
Storage size 32 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Announced March 2018 June 2026
Bundled charger Yes, 10 W Yes, 67 W
Category Mid-range Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $329 —
Release date March 2018 June 2026
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg —
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Architecture - 2 cores at 1.05 GHz: Zephyr- 2 cores at 2.34 GHz: Hurricane - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 4 (2 + 2) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Apple A10 Fusion Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~249.6 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 650 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 192 1536
Graphics PowerVR GT7600 Adreno 830
L3 cache 4 MB 12 MB
Lithography process 16 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2340 MHz 4320 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) No Hexagon

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 1.2 megapixels 8 megapixels
Video resolution 720p at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Sensor — CMOS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Operating system iPadOS 11.3 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 17.7) Android 16
ROM — OxygenOS 16

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad 9.7” (6th Gen, 2018) OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Dolby Atmos Yes —
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack Yes No
Speakers Stereo 8.0

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