The Xiaomi Poco Pad 5G has a footprint of 181.9 x 280 mm with a 7.5 mm thickness and a volume of 381.99 cm³, weighing in at 568 g. The tablet carries a water-resistant build, offering a degree of protection against moisture. It does not include a stylus, a detachable keyboard, or a backlit keyboard.
The Xiaomi Poco Pad 5G features a 12.1″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 px and a pixel density of 249 ppi. The display runs at a 120Hz refresh rate, contributing to smoother on-screen motion. It does not use branded damage-resistant glass, sapphire glass, or an e-paper panel, and lacks support for HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision.
The Poco Pad 5G is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2, a 4nm chipset with an octa-core CPU running at up to 2.4GHz across two clusters (4 x 2.4 GHz and 4 x 1.95 GHz) with a TDP of 5W, supported by 8GB of RAM at 3200 MHz across two memory channels with a maximum bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s and a maximum expandable memory of 16GB. The SoC integrates an Adreno 710 GPU clocked at 940 MHz, supporting OpenGL 3.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2, and DirectX 12, alongside integrated LTE. The chipset employs big.LITTLE and HMP scheduling and includes TrustZone security, while the tablet ships with 256GB of internal storage that can be further expanded via an external memory slot. Running Android 14 on a 64-bit architecture, it recorded Geekbench 6 scores of 1015 (single-core) and 2970 (multi-core).
The Poco Pad 5G includes an 8MP rear camera with a CMOS sensor, an f/2 aperture, and a single LED flash, capable of recording video at 1080p and 30fps. It supports touch autofocus, continuous autofocus during video recording, built-in HDR mode, and a video light, while manual controls cover ISO, white balance, focus, and exposure. Optical zoom is not available, and the sensor lacks back-side illumination and optical image stabilization; slow-motion recording, timelapse, panorama, burst mode, manual shutter speed, HDR10 recording, Dolby Vision recording, and 3D capture are also absent. On the front, an 8MP camera with an f/2 aperture handles selfies, though it does not have a dedicated LED flash.
The Poco Pad 5G is equipped with stereo speakers and retains a 3.5mm headphone jack, providing wired audio connectivity alongside its built-in speakers. It does not include a radio, and none of the advanced Bluetooth audio codecs — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC — are supported.
The Poco Pad 5G houses a 10000 mAh rechargeable battery with fast charging support and a battery level indicator. The battery is non-removable, and wireless charging is not available.
The Poco Pad 5G supports Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 6 alongside Bluetooth 5.2, a cellular module with 5G support, and a single SIM slot, with download and upload speeds reaching 2900 Mbits/s and 1500 Mbits/s respectively. It connects via USB Type-C (USB 2.0) and includes GPS with Galileo support, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a compass, though it lacks NFC, HDMI output, a barometer, an infrared sensor, and Ethernet connectivity. On the software side, the tablet offers a range of usability and privacy features including split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, a media picker, customizable notifications, and the ability to play games while downloading. Privacy options cover location controls, camera and microphone access management, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking blocking, Mail Privacy Protection, and Wi-Fi password sharing are not available. Additional capabilities include on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, device tracking, a child lock, a battery health check, and multi-user support, while Quick Start, focus modes, app offloading, 3D facial recognition, an iris scanner, a fingerprint scanner, and a built-in projector are absent.
The Poco Pad 5G uses DDR5 memory and supports multithreading, allowing the processor to handle multiple threads simultaneously.
