OnePlus Pad 3 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A9

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

OnePlus Pad 3 Pro leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
OnePlus

OnePlus Pad 3 Pro

93/100
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Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9

44/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Gaming 95.0 Excellent WINNER 12.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 44.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 30.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Bypass charging No —
Capacity 13380 mAh 5100 mAh
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 60 min)
Max charge power 67 W 15 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time — 2:30 hr
Gaming — 05:24 hr
Standby — 143 hr
Watching video — 13:21 hr
Web browsing — 09:04 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
CPU 1097882 214958
Compute Score (GPU) 27874 1294
GPU 1439025 35695
Memory 509895 119172
Multi-core score 11181 1943
Single-core score 3574 729
Total score 3960840 508554
UX 914038 138729
Data manipulation — 7328
Graphics score — 130
Graphics test — 1 FPS
Photo editing — 15786
Video editing — 5137
Web score — 8547
Writing score — 11901

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
5G support No No
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
DisplayPort Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
NFC* No No
Type of SIM card No Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 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/be) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
eSIM support* No Yes
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G network — UMTS B1(2100), B2(1900), B4(AWS), B5(850), B8(900)
4G network — 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)
GPS — GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
LTE Cat* — 13
Number of SIM* — 1

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Area 608 cm2(94.2 inches2) 263 cm2(40.8 inches2)
Colors Gray, Green Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner No No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 289.7 mm (11.41 inches) 211 mm (8.31 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Thickness 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 672 g (23.7 oz) 333 g (11.75 oz)
Width 209.8 mm (8.26 inches) 124.7 mm (4.91 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Aspect ratio 7:5 5:3
Display features - DCI-P3 —
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Max rated brightness 700 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits —
PPI 315 ppi 179 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Resolution 2400 x 3392 pixels 800 x 1340 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 81.9%
Size 13.2 inches 8.7 inches
Touch sampling rate 540 Hz —
Type IPS LCD TFT LCD
Contrast — 1389:1
PWM — Not detected
RGB color space — 81.2%
Response time — 44 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/2.2 —
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode -
Flash LED No
Image resolution 4128 x 3096 8 MP
Lenses 1) Standard: 13 MP 1) Standard: 8 MP
Matrix 13 megapixels 8 megapixels
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital
Slow motion — No

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory clock 5300 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 4 GB
Storage size 256 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Announced June 2026 October 2023
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Not included
Category Flagship Budget
Release date June 2026 October 2023
Sensors - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass - Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass
Launch price (MSRP) — $159
SAR (body) — 0.51 W/kg
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab A11

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 MediaTek Helio G99
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~128 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1000 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 64
Graphics Adreno 830 Mali-G57 MP2
L3 cache 12 MB —
Lithography process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4320 MHz 2200 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 8 megapixels 2 megapixels
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Operating system Android 16 Android 13
ROM OxygenOS 16 One UI 5.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No Yes
Speakers 8.0 Stereo
Dolby Atmos — Yes

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus Pad 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-09-20(ZION) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-10-30(Trung) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-09(Ji-Su 8090) — AnTuTu

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