Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Huawei MatePad 12 X

[ 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 Huawei MatePad 12 X (72/100), 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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Huawei MatePad 12 X
Huawei

Huawei MatePad 12 X

72/100
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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) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 72.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 10340 mAh 10100 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes
Max charge power 30 W 66 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time — 1:35 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
CPU 965229 —
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 —
GPU 1313129 —
Graphics score 3978 —
Graphics test 29 FPS —
Memory 458312 —
Multi-core score 15895 3987
Section 1 87 FPS —
Section 2 60 FPS —
Section 3 53 FPS —
Single-core score 4153 1229
Stability 79% —
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
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, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 71 —
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS —
Hybrid slot 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 USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 4.0 3.1
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 —

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Area 607 cm2(94 inches2) 494 cm2(76.5 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver White, Green
Fingerprint scanner No No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) 270 mm (10.63 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 5.9 mm (0.23 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 555 g (19.58 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 183 mm (7.2 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (30-144 Hz)
Aspect ratio 4:3 3:2
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits —
PPI 264 ppi 279 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 2800 x 1840 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.2% 86.8%
Size 13 inches 12 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD
Contrast — 1122:1
PWM — Not detected
RGB color space — 99.6%
Response time — 21 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode
Flash Quad LED LED
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4160 x 3120
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth 1) Standard: 13 MP2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 13 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) —
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Channels 4 2
Memory card No No
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Memory clock — 2133 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Announced October 2025 September 2024
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 66 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 662 g —
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $549
Release date October 2025 October 2024
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Hall-effect sensor- Gyroscope- Ambient light sensor
Successor — -Huawei MatePad 12 X (2025)

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: —
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) —
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin T90A
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS —
GPU clock 1620 MHz —
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core HiSilicon Maleoon 910
Lithography process 3 nanometers —
Manufacturing TSMC —
Max clock 4610 MHz 2490 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 8 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) Huawei MatePad 12 X
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) HarmonyOS 4.2
OS size — 30 GB

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Huawei MatePad 12 X
Dolby Atmos Yes No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 6.0

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