Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) (94/100)

Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus) (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4)

94/100
· $1299
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Battery Life 88.0 Very Good —
Display 99.0 Excellent —
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 58.0 Below Average
Portability 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming — 35.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.20 in) — Thinnest Apple Product 5.7 mm (0.22 inches)
Weight 579 g (1.28 lbs) 567 g (20 oz)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Display Type Tandem OLED Ultra Retina XDR (2752 x 2064) —
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1000 nits SDR/HDR (1600 nits peak) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Contrast — ∞ Infinity
Display features — - DCI-P3
HDR support — Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness — 600 nits
PPI — 266 ppi
PWM — 245 Hz
RGB color space — 92.1%
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 1752 x 2800 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Screen protection — Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio — 84.6%
Size — 12.4 inches
Type — Super AMOLED

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Chipset Apple M4 (9-core / 10-core CPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Gpu 10-core GPU with Mesh Shading & Dynamic Caching 219109
Ram 8 GB / 16 GB Unified Memory —
Architecture — - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
CPU cores — 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
FLOPS — ~1675.3 GFLOPS
GPU clock — 818 MHz
GPU shading units — 1024
Graphics — Adreno 730
L3 cache — 6 MB
Lithography process — 4 nanometers
Manufacturing — Samsung
Max clock — 3000 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Battery type — Li-Ion
Capacity — 10090 mAh
Fast charging — Yes (50% in 45 min)
Full charging time — 1:35 hr
Gaming — 06:18 hr
Max charge power — 45 W
Replaceable — No
Reverse charging — No
Standby — 131 hr
Watching video — 10:27 hr
Web browsing — 06:41 hr
Wireless charging — No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
CPU — 494123
Compute Score (GPU) — 8953
Data manipulation — 11074
GPU 10-core GPU with Mesh Shading & Dynamic Caching 219109
Graphics score — 2221
Graphics test — 13 FPS
Memory — 187196
Multi-core score — 3773
Photo editing — 29611
Single-core score — 1678
Stability — 72%
Total score — 1288476
UX — 388048
Video editing — 7469
Web score — 13706
Writing score — 12916

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G network — UMTS B1(2100), B2(1900), B4(AWS), B5(850), B8(900)
4G network — 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
Bluetooth features — LE
Bluetooth version — 5.2
DisplayPort — Yes
GPS — GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
Hybrid slot — No
Infrared port — No
LTE Cat* — 20
NFC* — No
Number of SIM* — 1
Type of SIM card — Nano
USB features — - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type — USB Type-C
USB version — 3.2
Wi-Fi features — - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi standard — Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* — No

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Area — 527 cm2(81.7 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Gold, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner — Yes, in-display
Frame material — Metal
Height — 285 mm (11.22 inches)
Rear material — Metal
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.20 in) — Thinnest Apple Product 5.7 mm (0.22 inches)
Waterproof — No
Weight 579 g (1.28 lbs) 567 g (20 oz)
Width — 185 mm (7.28 inches)

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
1080p video recording — Up to 60FPS
4K video recording — Up to 30FPS
8K video recording — No
Aperture — f/2.0
Autofocus — Phase autofocus
Camera features — - Bokeh mode
Flash — LED
Focal length — 26 mm
Image resolution — 13 MP
Lenses — 1) Standard: 13 MP2) Ultrawide: 6 MP
Matrix — 13 megapixels
Sensor size — 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Stabilization — Digital
Zoom — Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Channels — 4
Memory card — MicroSD
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB
Memory clock — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5
RAM size — 8 GB
Storage size — 128 GB
Storage type — UFS 3.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Announced — February 2022
Bundled charger — Not included
Category — Flagship
Keyboard weight — 338 g
Launch price (MSRP) — $899
Release date — April 2022
Sensors — - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab S11

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) — No
Megapixels — 12 megapixels
Video resolution — 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
OS size — 31 GB
Operating system — Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM — One UI 6.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13 (M4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
FM radio — No
Headphone audio jack — No
Speakers — 4.0

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