Honor has confirmed that its next high-end tablet, the MagicPad 3 Pro, will be powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor. The company shared the news following Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii, and plans to launch the tablet in China in October alongside the Magic 8 series flagships.
The MagicPad 3 Pro is positioned as a more capable alternative to the MagicPad 3 released in July. The earlier model used the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and earned praise for performance but showed limits in sustained workloads. Qualcomm says the Gen 5 platform brings a 20% CPU uplift, a 23% GPU boost, and a 37% faster Hexagon NPU compared with the previous generation, which should help with multitasking, generative AI-based on-device workloads, and gaming.
The teaser also confirms the design of the MagicPad 3 Pro, which looks identical to the standard model. That includes the squarcle camera island with two lenses, a flash, and branding, along with the same button placement, Honor logo in the middle of the back panel, and an overall flat design. It will likely keep the aluminum build of its predecessor.
The MagicPad 3 already offers a large 13.3-inch display for a tablet, and reports suggest the upcoming Pro model will retain the same size. The standard version features a 3.2K (3200 x 2136 pixels) LCD panel with up to a 165Hz refresh rate.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 supports native frame rate interpolation and upscaling for games, and OnePlus has already confirmed it will make use of these features. With the high-resolution, high-refresh display of the MagicPad 3 Pro, it will be interesting to see if Honor leverages the chip’s AI capabilities to further enhance the gaming experience.
Pricing of the MagicPad 3 Pro has not been announced, but the Pro’s higher-end hardware points to a premium above the MagicPad 3’s roughly $599 starting price, possibly closer to $800. After its Chinese debut, wider availability is expected in the months ahead.
If Honor delivers on these specifications, the MagicPad 3 Pro could give Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra and Apple’s latest iPad Pro a strong new Android competitor in raw processing power.
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