The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 measures 278.7 x 191.58 mm with a thickness of 6.26 mm and a weight of 590 g, giving it a relatively slim profile for a tablet of its size. The device does not include a stylus or a detachable keyboard in the box, though it does support a backlit keyboard accessory. With 8192 pen pressure levels available, stylus input is technically supported, but tilt sensitivity is absent. The tablet carries no water resistance rating, so it offers no certified protection against moisture exposure.
The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 features a 12.4″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 3048 x 2032 px at 295 ppi, a 144Hz refresh rate, and a touch sampling rate of 360Hz for responsive input. Typical brightness is rated at 700 nits with a contrast ratio of 1400:1, and the display supports both HDR10 and Dolby Vision, though HDR10+ is not supported. The panel is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 but does not feature an anti-reflection coating or sapphire glass. The screen is not an e-paper type, and no anti-reflection layer is present.
The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 system-on-chip, built on a 4 nm process with an 8-thread CPU configuration running at up to 3.36 GHz turbo speed across a big.LITTLE core layout of 1 x 3.2, 4 x 2.8, and 3 x 2 GHz, and it records a Geekbench 6 single-core score of 2027. The chip includes an integrated Adreno 740 GPU clocked at 970 MHz with 768 shading units and 3 execution units, supporting DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenVG 1.2, and OpenCL 2, capable of driving one display. The tablet comes with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM at 4200 MHz and a maximum memory bandwidth of 64 GB/s, paired with 1024 GB of internal storage and an L2 cache of 1 MB plus an L3 cache of 8 MB; there is no external memory slot. Additional hardware features include ARM TrustZone security, integrated LTE on the SoC, 64-bit support, and a thermal design power of 6.3 W, and the device ships with Android 14.
The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 features a dual rear camera system with a 50 MP and 2 MP configuration, using CMOS sensors with pixel sizes of 0.64 and 1.75 µm and apertures of f/1.8 and f/2.4 respectively, capable of recording video at up to 4K (2160p) at 60 fps. The main camera supports touch autofocus, continuous autofocus during video recording, burst mode, HDR, and a range of manual controls including ISO, focus, exposure, and white balance, though optical zoom, optical image stabilization, slow-motion recording, timelapse, HDR10 recording, and Dolby Vision recording are not available. A single LED flash is present on the rear, while the front camera offers 32 MP resolution at f/2.2 and includes a video light, but lacks a front-facing flash. Neither standard nor 360-degree panorama shooting is supported, and the sensors do not use back-illuminated technology.
The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 includes stereo speakers and supports LDAC for high-quality Bluetooth audio transmission, but does not support any aptX variants, including aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, or aptX Lossless. There is no 3.5 mm headphone jack, so wired audio connections via that standard are not possible, and the device also lacks a built-in radio tuner.
The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 is equipped with a 10000 mAh rechargeable battery that supports fast charging, and a battery level indicator is present to keep the user informed of remaining charge. Wireless charging is not supported, and the battery is not user-removable.
The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) alongside Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 4, and supports Bluetooth 5.3 with NFC, while cellular connectivity and GPS are absent, as are Ethernet, HDMI output, an infrared sensor, and a barometer. Wired connectivity is handled through a USB Type-C port at USB 3.2 speeds, with download and upload speeds of 10000 and 3000 Mbits/s respectively, and the device supports 120W wired fast charging. Sensors on board include a gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass, though 3D facial recognition, an iris scanner, and Galileo positioning are not supported. On the software side, the tablet offers a broad set of features including split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, dark mode, dynamic and manual theme customization, widgets, a media picker, full-page screenshots, notification controls, customizable notifications, an extra dim mode, battery health check, offline voice recognition, voice commands, sharing intents, on-device machine learning, and mobile device position tracking. Privacy options cover location settings, camera and microphone access controls, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking blocking, Mail Privacy Protection, and Wi-Fi password sharing are not included. The system supports multiple user accounts and allows games to be played while downloading, but does not support app offloading, focus modes, Quick Start, direct OS vendor updates, or a built-in projector.
The Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 uses DDR5 memory and supports multithreading, allowing the processor to handle multiple threads simultaneously for more efficient task execution.