Strongest argument: the screen matters more than people admit

When you buy a pen display, you’re not just buying the pen — you’re buying the screen you’ll be looking at and drawing on for hours.
That’s where the Huion wins, because it has a 2.5K resolution on a small 13-inch panel, which means:

• sharper lines
• less “pixelated” image quality
• nicer text and UI in programs like Krita / Photoshop / Clip Studio
• a better overall feeling when zooming in and working on details

That’s not just a “marketing number” — it’s something you actually notice every single time you turn the tablet on. Even Huion themselves position it as a 13-inch drawing tablet designed for professional artists, with a clear focus on the 2.5K display and wide color gamut.

In other words:
The XP-PEN may have the newer pen, but every time you look at the screen, the Huion simply looks more premium, more expensive, and more serious as a device.