Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE

[ 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 S9 FE (56/100), 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 S9 FE
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE

56/100
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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 S9 FE
Gaming 99.0 Excellent WINNER 20.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
Battery cycles 1000 cycles —
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Capacity 10340 mAh 8000 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 38 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Max charge power 30 W 45 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Wireless charging No No
Full charging time — 1:30 hr
Gaming — 05:38 hr
Standby — 145 hr
Watching video — 12:33 hr
Web browsing — 08:42 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
CPU 965229 306773
Compute Score (GPU) 75273 3076
GPU 1313129 92101
Graphics score 3978 295
Graphics test 29 FPS 2 FPS
Memory 458312 125803
Multi-core score 15895 2910
Section 1 87 FPS —
Section 2 60 FPS —
Section 3 53 FPS —
Single-core score 4153 1014
Stability 79% 97%
Total score 3396957 741211
UX 660296 216534
Data manipulation — 10377
Photo editing — 25266
Video editing — 6776
Web score — 10094
Writing score — 14346

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
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), B13 (700), B17 (700), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28 (700), B32 (1500), B38 (2600), B40 (2300), B41 (2500), B66 (AWS-3)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
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 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 S9 FE
Area 607 cm2(94 inches2) 422 cm2(65.4 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver Silver, Gray, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 281.6 mm (11.09 inches) 254.3 mm (10.01 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Average (2.7/5) —
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 6.5 mm (0.26 inches)
Waterproof No IP68
Weight 579 g (20.42 oz) 523 g (18.45 oz)
Width 215.5 mm (8.48 inches) 165.8 mm (6.53 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
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 750 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits —
PPI 264 ppi 249 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Resolution 2064 x 2752 pixels 1440 x 2304 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 86.2% 81.7%
Size 13 inches 10.9 inches
Type OLED TFT LCD
Contrast — 1052:1
PWM — 84400 Hz
RGB color space — 96.7%
Response time — 27 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
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/2.0
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) —
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 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 S9 FE
Announced October 2025 October 2023
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Mid-range
Keyboard weight 662 g 345 g
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $449
Release date October 2025 October 2023
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
SAR (body) — 0.59 W/kg
Successor — -Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
Architecture - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz: - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
CPU cores 10 (4 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Chipset Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1380
FLOPS ~4147.2 GFLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 949 MHz
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Mali-G68 MP5
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4610 MHz 2400 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes
GPU shading units — 160
L3 cache — 4 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-27(DanielDuca12) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-15->AzuNoBel — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 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 S9 FE
OS updates 5 years —
Operating system iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
OS size — 29 GB
ROM — One UI 6.1

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 Stereo

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