Notebookcheck lists a higher Xiaomi Pad 9 average than Xiaomi Pad 8 in each of four shared benchmark tests. The size of the difference varies by test, and the reported ranges overlap in three of the four comparisons. Notebookcheck’s Pad 9 results and Pad 8 results provide the figures below.
Four higher averages point in one direction across these tests; the size of the gaps still varies.
The four tests shared by the Pad 9 and Pad 8
| Test and version | Xiaomi Pad 9 average and range | Xiaomi Pad 8 average and range |
| Wild Life Extreme Stress Test (1.1.14.3) | 25.9% (24.9–29.3%) | 25.2% (23.9–29.2%) |
| Wild Life Stress Test Stability (0.0.0.0) | 93.5% (90–104.6%) | 85.2% (82.3–96.9%) |
| Solar Bay Stress Test Stability (1.0.17.4) | 26.7% (25.8–28.9%) | 23.8% (23.6–24.2%) |
| Steel Nomad Light Stress Test Stability (1.0.6.2) | 13.2% (12.9–13.8%) | 12.8% (12.3–13.7%) |
Notebookcheck identifies the Pad 9 configuration in its benchmark entry as a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor, Adreno 825 GPU and 256 GB of UFS 4.1 storage.
How large are the differences?
Calculated from the displayed averages, the Pad 9’s results are higher by about 2.8% in Wild Life Extreme, 9.7% in Wild Life Stability, 12.2% in Solar Bay Stability and 3.1% in Steel Nomad Light Stability. These are relative differences between the listed averages, in that order.
The ranges overlap for Wild Life Extreme, Wild Life Stability and Steel Nomad Light. For Solar Bay Stability, the Pad 9’s listed range of 25.8–28.9% sits above the Pad 8’s 23.6–24.2% range.
Notebookcheck also lists a Pad 8 result for Solar Bay Extreme Stress Test Stability (1.0.3.6): 5.82% (5.75–5.91%). This is a Pad 8-only result in the listed entries.
