Honor Pad 9 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Jul 26, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	8GB/128GB - $800

Design

Dimensions
10.95 x 7.09 x 0.28 inches 278.2 x 180.1 x 7 mm	10.01 x 6.53 x 0.23 inches 254.3 x 165.8 x 5.9 mm
Weight
19.58 oz / 555.0 g	17.57 oz / 498.0 g
Materials
	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP68
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Colors
Gray, Blue, White	Beige, Graphite

Display

Size
12.1-inch, 84.76% screen-to-body	11.0-inch, 83.20% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 120Hz, 500 nits	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 249 PPI	2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 274 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SM6450 (4 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC (4 nm)
Processor
4x2.2GHz Cortex-A78 4x1.8G​Hz Cortex-A55	Octa-core 1x3.36GHz Cortex-X3 2x2.8GH​z Cortex-A715 2x2.8​GHz Cortex-A710 3x2.0​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Adreno 710	Adreno 740
Memory
8GB/128GB	8GB/128GB (UFS) 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (13)	Android (14, 13)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
942	2128
GeekBench 6 Multi
2731	5657
3D Mark High
610	3853
3D Mark Low
605	3033

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Battery

Type
8300 mAh	8400 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charge speed
Wired: 35.0W	Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

4h 33min

Browsing

9h 40min

Video

6h 18min

Gaming

8h 18min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

8h 6min

Video

6h 25min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0	13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
	LED
Video recording
Yes	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Front
8 MP	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1	5.3
WLAN
Yes Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
	GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
LTE Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
TDD Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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