Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (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 A9+ (Plus) (50/100), 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 A9+ (Plus)
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)

50/100
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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 A9+ (Plus)
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 16.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 33.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Capacity 10340 mAh 7040 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Max charge power 30 W 15 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time — 2:58 hr
Gaming — 05:44 hr
Standby — 155 hr
Watching video — 11:07 hr
Web browsing — 08:57 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
CPU 965229 245267
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 1405
GPU 1313129 57538
Graphics score 3978 —
Graphics test 29 FPS —
Memory 458312 108723
Multi-core score 15895 2072
Section 1 87 FPS —
Section 2 60 FPS —
Section 3 53 FPS —
Single-core score 4153 908
Stability 79% —
Total score 3396957 582451
UX 660296 170923
Data manipulation — 8881
Photo editing — 22564
Video editing — 4298
Web score — 10572
Writing score — 13360

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (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(2100), B2(1900), B3(1800), B4(AWS), B5(850), B7(2600), B8(900), B12(700), B17(700), B20(800), B28(700), B66(AWS-3)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.1
DisplayPort Yes No
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
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 4.0 2
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display - Dual Band- 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
LTE Cat* — 18

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Area 607 cm2(94 inches2) 434 cm2(67.2 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner No No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) 257.1 mm (10.12 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) Average (2.81/5)
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 6.9 mm (0.27 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 480 g (16.93 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 168.7 mm (6.64 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 4:3 8:5
Display features - DCI-P3 —
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits —
PPI 264 ppi 206 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 1200 x 1920 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.2% 80.9%
Size 13 inches 11 inches
Type OLED TFT LCD
Contrast — 1409:1
PWM — Not detected
RGB color space — 94.2%
Response time — 42 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS No
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/1.8 —
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support -
Flash Quad LED No
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 8 MP
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth 1) Standard: 8 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 8 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 4 GB
Storage size 256 GB 64 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB
Memory clock — 2133 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Announced October 2025 October 2023
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Mid-range
Keyboard weight 662 g —
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $219
Release date October 2025 October 2023
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ (Plus)

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 840 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Adreno 619
Lithography process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4610 MHz 2200 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686
GPU shading units — 256

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-01(Z A N N ZANN) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-14(Mrbig) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-01(leafy13322) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Abolfazl) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31(Samsung galaxy tab A9+) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-15(Julian Ludwig) — GeekBench GPU

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 5 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Sensor — CMOS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 13
OS size — 22.9 GB
ROM — One UI 5.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Plus)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No Yes
Speakers 4.0 4.0

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