Honor 9 vs Xiaomi 12 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 12, 2017	Dec 28, 2021

Design

Dimensions
5.80 x 2.79 x 0.29 inches 147.3 x 70.9 x 7.45 mm	6.01 x 2.75 x 0.32 inches 152.7 x 69.9 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.47 oz (155.0 g)	6.35 oz (180.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue	Black, Green, Blue, Pink

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 70.03% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 89.30% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1100 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 428 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 419 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2400 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.00GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​0GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 730
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	8GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh, Li - Polymer	4500 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 67.0W Wireless: 50.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 27 mm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 27 mm	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Telephoto, Macro) Focal Length: 50 mm
Flash
Dual LED	Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (960 fps) EIS
Front
8 MP Video capture: 1080p	32 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, n79, SA, NSA
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

Memory	6GB/128GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

Links

Full specifications
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