Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025	Sep 04, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
$349	12GB/128GB - $799

Design

Dimensions
9.79 x 7.07 x 0.28 inches 248.6 x 179.5 x 7 mm	9.99 x 6.51 x 0.22 inches 253.7 x 165.3 x 5.58 mm
Weight
16.97 oz / 481.0 g	16.97 oz / 481.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Colors
Silver, Blue, Pink, Yellow	Grey

Display

Size
10.9-inch, 80.44% screen-to-body	11.0-inch, 83.20% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1600 nits
Resolution
2360x1640px, 264 PPI	2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 274 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
529 (Poor)	1490 (Good)
Bright Min
2 (Good)	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm)	MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ MT6991 (3 nm)
Processor
	Octa-core 1x3.62GHz Cortex-X925 3x3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A720
GPU
Apple GPU 4-core	Immortalis-G925 MC12
Memory
6GB/128GB	12GB/128GB (UFS) 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
	microSDXC up to 2048 GB
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	Android (16)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
2464	2776
GeekBench 6 Multi
5837	8811
3D Mark High
2538	6313
3D Mark Low
2284	4244

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Battery

Type
7698 mAh	8400 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

4h 36min

Browsing

10h 17min

Video

6h 20min

Gaming

7h 42min

Battery Life Estimate

5h 9min

Browsing

9h 56min

Video

6h 55min

Gaming

11h 26min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP Aperture size: F1.8	13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
	LED
Video recording
Yes	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Front
12 MP	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.3
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
LTE Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
TDD Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
eSIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

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