Huawei Mate 20 Pro vs Huawei Nova 9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 16, 2018	Oct 21, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
	€499

Design

Dimensions
6.21 x 2.85 x 0.34 inches 157.8 x 72.3 x 8.6 mm	6.30 x 2.90 x 0.31 inches 160 x 73.7 x 7.8 mm
Weight
6.67 oz (189.0 g)	6.17 oz (175.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5)
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
3D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Emerald green, Twilight	Starry Blue, Black, Green, Violet

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 87.78% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 89.89% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED, HDR	OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
3120x1440px, 19.5:9 ratio, 538 PPI	2340x1080px, 19:5 ratio, 392 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)	Snapdragon 778G SM7325 (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2600 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Octa-core 2400 MHz Kryo670
GPU
Mali-G76 MP10	Adreno 642L
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 8GB/256GB	8GB/128GB (UFS) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
4200 mAh, Li - Ion	4300 mAh
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging	Fast charging Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 66.0W

Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Quad camera
Main camera
40 MP (Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1 μm	50 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 23 mm
Second camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, Laser and PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 80 mm Sensor size: 1/4"	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
20 MP (Ultra-wide, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm Sensor size: 1/2.7"	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (960 fps) Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (240 fps) HDR, EIS
Front
24 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	32 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	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,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
HDMI
Yes
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Oct 17, 2018 FCC ID value: QISLYA-LX9
Measured SAR
Head: 0.58 W/kg Body: 0.81 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.53 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.77 W/kg Phablet: 3.17 W/kg

Alternative variants

256 GB storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

Links

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