Android tablets have moved well beyond ”good enough,” and AnTuTu’s May 2026 Android tablet rankings make that painfully clear for anyone still picturing them as oversized media slabs. The Vivo Pad 6 Pro leads the pack with an average score of 4,132,697 points, while Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 powers most of the top entries.
The race at the top is tight. The iQOO Pad 6 Pro follows with 4,081,031 points, and Lenovo’s Legion Y700 5th Gen lands third at 4,073,338 points. That kind of spread says less about a runaway winner and more about how aggressively tablet makers are tuning the same silicon for performance-heavy devices.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 fills the top of the chart
The headline is simple: Qualcomm is everywhere near the top. The Oppo Pad 5 Pro, OnePlus Pad 3 Pro, and Honor MagicPad 3 Pro 13.3 all show up in the upper tier, turning the ranking into an unofficial Snapdragon showcase. That kind of dominance is exactly what chip vendors want from benchmark season, even if real-world tablet use still depends on software, thermals, and display quality.
Here are the key numbers from the top of the list:
- Vivo Pad 6 Pro – 4,132,697
- iQOO Pad 6 Pro – 4,081,031
- Lenovo Legion Y700 5th Gen – 4,073,338
- Redmi K Pad 2 – 3,716,562
Redmi K Pad 2 keeps MediaTek in the conversation
The most interesting spoiler is the Redmi K Pad 2, which is the only top-ten tablet running MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500. Its average score of 3,716,562 still keeps it comfortably in the frame, which is a reminder that Qualcomm’s clean sweep is strong but not absolute. For MediaTek, that’s enough to avoid being written off; for Qualcomm, it’s a polite warning that the gap is not a moat.
Lower down, the list mixes in older Snapdragon tablets and even the H3C MegaBook with Intel’s Core Ultra 5 228V. That broader spread matters because it shows how tablet performance tiers are converging while the top end gets more crowded. Benchmarks never tell the full story, but they do make one thing obvious: right now, the fastest Android tablets are mostly wearing Qualcomm badges.
What to watch in the next round of tablet launches
The narrow gaps among the leading Snapdragon tablets suggest the next battleground is less about raw chip bragging rights and more about who can sustain performance without turning the chassis into a toaster. If MediaTek wants a bigger slice of premium tablets, it will need more than one strong showing near the top. Otherwise, May’s chart will age into the usual benchmark story: Qualcomm won the spreadsheet, and everyone else gets to explain the thermals.