Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 02, 2021	Jul 26, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$1200

Design

Dimensions
7.27 x 11.28 x 0.26 inches 184.7 x 286.5 x 6.7 mm	12.85 x 8.21 x 0.22 inches 326.4 x 208.6 x 5.5 mm
Weight
21.48 oz / 609.0 g	25.82 oz / 732.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Biometrics
	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Multimedia control
Colors
Matte Gray, Green, Silver	Beige, Graphite

Display

Size
12.6-inch, 87.01% screen-to-body	14.6-inch, 90.77% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 60Hz, HDR	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 240 PPI	2960x1848px, 16:10 ratio, 239 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
HDR support, Ambient light sensor	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
2.1 (Average)	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Kirin 9000E (5 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 3130 MHz Cortex-A77	Octa-core 1x3.36GHz Cortex-X3 2x2.8GH​z Cortex-A715 2x2.8​GHz Cortex-A710 3x2.0​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-G78 MP22	Adreno 740
Memory
8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB	12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
HarmonyOS	Android (13)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2071
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	5531
3D Mark High
Untested	3905
3D Mark Low
Untested	2997

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Battery

Type
10050 mAh	11200 mAh
Charging
Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 40.0W Wireless: 27.0W	Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 0min

Browsing

9h 54min

Video

7h 22min

Gaming

9h 10min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8	13 MP
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2	8 MP (Ultra-wide)
Third camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD HDR, Time-lapse video	Yes
Front
8 MP Video capture: 1080p	12 MP (Dual-Camera)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.2	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	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, USB 3.1	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
	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	Wireless screen share

Cellular

5G Bands
	5G Ready
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

Links

Full specifications
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 Specs	Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra Specs
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Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 Review	Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra Review