The full AnTuTu Pad ranking, every tablet, one scale

It's a single number that comes out of running a tablet through a set of stress tests — some push the processor, some push the graphics chip, some hammer the storage, and some just check how smooth the software feels while doing normal things. Add those four results together and you get the "Total Score" you see in the table. Bigger number, more raw horsepower under the hood.

Not always, and this trips people up a lot. AnTuTu only measures performance — it says nothing about the display quality, speaker setup, battery life, stylus support, or how long the manufacturer will keep pushing software updates. A tablet can top this chart and still be a worse daily driver than something ten spots lower if that one has a better screen and you mainly use it for reading or note-taking.

Because two tablets can land on nearly the same total score for completely different reasons. One might be GPU-heavy and great for gaming but average at multitasking, while another has a weaker GPU but excellent memory speed, so apps open instantly. If you mainly play games, weight the GPU column higher. If you're a multitasker who keeps ten apps open, look at MEM and UX first.

Same model, different RAM and storage configuration — you'll notice this in the RAM column right under the device name. A 6GB/128GB unit and a 12GB/256GB unit of the exact same tablet can score quite differently, mostly because of memory bandwidth and how much headroom the software has to work with.

AnTuTu publishes averages collected from real users running the benchmark app on their own devices, not a single lab sample. That's actually more honest than a manufacturer's marketing screenshot, which is usually the best run out of many attempts on a specially cooled unit.

Totally normal. Room temperature, how many apps were running in the background, battery level, and even how long the tablet had been idle before the test can shift a score by 5–15%. If your result is close but not identical, your tablet is behaving exactly as expected.

The benchmark doesn't care what the tablet was designed for, so yes, they land on the same table. But context matters when you're reading it — a gaming slate like the Legion Pad or Red Magic Pad is built with active cooling specifically to sustain high scores, while a thinner productivity tablet might throttle after a few minutes of heavy load even if its peak number looks similar.

The score already reflects the chip's real performance, so you don't need to play favorites by brand. That said, Snapdragon 8 Elite and Dimensity 9000-series chips dominate the top of this list for a reason — they're simply the newest silicon. Older Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/3 tablets can still be excellent value if the price is right.

The top tablets use flagship chipsets built on the newest manufacturing process, paired with fast UFS storage and LPDDR5X RAM. The tablets near the bottom are usually budget models running entry-level chips with slower eMMC storage — that combination alone can account for a 10x-plus difference in total score.

Only if raw performance is genuinely your top priority — heavy gaming, video editing, or running demanding apps. For most people, a tablet in the top 15–20 already has more power than daily use will ever touch. Put the savings toward a better display or a stylus instead.

AnTuTu refreshes its official ranking monthly as new tablets launch and more benchmark runs come in for existing ones. We pull directly from their published data, so when they update, this table reflects the same numbers.

Generally yes, but with diminishing returns. Going from 4GB to 8GB makes a noticeable difference because the MEM sub-score responds to bandwidth and headroom. Going from 12GB to 16GB on the same chipset usually adds very little to the total score — you're mostly paying for multitasking comfort at that point, not benchmark numbers.

AnTuTu scores Android and iOS devices on separate scales because the two platforms use different graphics APIs (Vulkan vs Metal) and different core architectures, so the numbers aren't directly comparable. This table covers the Android "Pad" category specifically — iPads get their own ranking on AnTuTu's iOS chart.

Anywhere from 500K to 1M total is a comfortable, snappy experience for browsing, streaming, note-taking and light gaming. Below 400K, you'll start noticing lag once you open several apps at once. Above 1.5M, you're in flagship territory built for heavy gaming and pro-level multitasking.

Yes — this is real and worth knowing before you buy. As storage fills up, thermal paste ages, and software updates add overhead, benchmark scores on the same physical unit can drift down a bit over a year or two. It's usually a small dip, not a dramatic one, and good cooling design slows it down.

It can, in small ways. Newer Android versions sometimes ship with better scheduler optimizations that squeeze slightly more out of the same hardware, while a heavier custom skin with lots of background services can shave a little off. The hardware still does most of the talking.

Yes, it's a legitimate, widely used benchmarking app available on the Play Store and AnTuTu's own site. Running it briefly stresses your hardware, similar to a demanding game, so your tablet may get warm during the test — that's expected and not a sign of a problem.

Tablets have more internal volume for bigger vapor chambers and fans, which lets the same chipset sustain higher clock speeds for longer without throttling. That's why a gaming pad running the same Snapdragon 8 Elite as a phone can occasionally out-score the phone version.

The GPU sub-score is a short, intense synthetic test, while real gameplay runs for much longer and depends on how well the tablet manages heat over time. A high GPU score tells you the ceiling is high; how long the tablet can hold that ceiling during a real 45-minute gaming session is a separate question benchmark numbers don't fully answer.

A little, but not as much as gamers should. For note-taking, document editing, and video calls, almost anything in the middle of this table handles the job fine. Battery life, keyboard support, and app compatibility matter more for that use case than chasing an extra 200K points.

RAM size and RAM speed are two different things. An 8GB tablet using faster LPDDR5X can post a higher MEM score than a 12GB tablet stuck on older LPDDR4X, because the test measures throughput and access speed, not just how much memory is available.

It follows AnTuTu's official global ranking, sourced directly from their live ranking page. Availability of specific models can still vary by country, so it's worth double-checking that a tablet you like from this list is actually sold where you are before getting attached to it.

Start with your budget, filter the brands you trust or that have good local support, then look at the total score band that fits your use case rather than chasing rank #1. Cross-check the CPU/GPU split against what you'll actually do with it — heavy on GPU for gaming, heavy on MEM/UX for multitasking — and you'll land on a tablet that suits you, not just one that wins a chart.