Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 02, 2021	Jul 26, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$800

Design

Dimensions
7.27 x 11.28 x 0.26 inches 184.7 x 286.5 x 6.7 mm	10.01 x 6.53 x 0.23 inches 254.3 x 165.8 x 5.9 mm
Weight
21.48 oz / 609.0 g	17.57 oz / 498.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP68
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Multimedia control
Colors
Matte Gray, Green, Silver	Beige, Graphite

Display

Size
12.6-inch, 87.01% screen-to-body	11.0-inch, 83.20% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 60Hz, HDR	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 240 PPI	2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 274 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
HDR support, Ambient light sensor	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor

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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	8GB/128GB (UFS) 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
HarmonyOS	Android (14, 13)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2128
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	5657
3D Mark High
Untested	3853
3D Mark Low
Untested	3033

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Battery

Type
10050 mAh	8400 mAh, Li - Polymer
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

Untested

Browsing

8h 6min

Video

6h 25min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8	13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD HDR, Time-lapse video	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Front
8 MP Video capture: 1080p	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

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, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS	GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	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
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (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	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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