Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (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 S8+ (Plus) (63/100), 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 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" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 35.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 58.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Capacity 10340 mAh 10090 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes (50% in 45 min)
Max charge power 30 W 45 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time — 1:35 hr
Gaming — 06:18 hr
Standby — 131 hr
Watching video — 10:27 hr
Web browsing — 06:41 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
CPU 965229 494123
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 8953
GPU 1313129 219109
Graphics score 3978 2221
Graphics test 29 FPS 13 FPS
Memory 458312 187196
Multi-core score 15895 3773
Section 1 87 FPS —
Section 2 60 FPS —
Section 3 53 FPS —
Single-core score 4153 1678
Stability 79% 72%
Total score 3396957 1288476
UX 660296 388048
Data manipulation — 11074
Photo editing — 29611
Video editing — 7469
Web score — 13706
Writing score — 12916

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (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 (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 Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
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- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 4.0 3.2
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes No
2G network — GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
LTE Cat* — 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Area 607 cm2(94 inches2) 527 cm2(81.7 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Silver, Gold, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) 285 mm (11.22 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 5.7 mm (0.22 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 185 mm (7.28 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 4:3 16:10
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits —
PPI 264 ppi 266 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 1752 x 2800 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 86.2% 84.6%
Size 13 inches 12.4 inches
Type OLED Super AMOLED
Contrast — ∞ Infinity
PWM — 245 Hz
RGB color space — 92.1%
Response time — 1 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.0
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 13 MP
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth 1) Standard: 13 MP2) Ultrawide: 6 MP
Matrix 12 megapixels 13 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron —
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) —
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital
Focal length — 26 mm
Sensor size — 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Channels 4 4
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB
Memory clock — 3200 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Announced October 2025 February 2022
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 662 g 338 g
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $899
Release date October 2025 April 2022
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab S11

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 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 10 (4 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 818 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Adreno 730
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4610 MHz 3000 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
GPU shading units — 1024
L3 cache — 6 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
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) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
OS size — 31 GB
ROM — One UI 6.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ (Plus)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 4.0

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