Huawei MediaPad M5 8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2018	Jul 26, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$800

Design

Dimensions
8.37 x 4.91 x 0.29 inches 212.6 x 124.8 x 7.3 mm	10.01 x 6.53 x 0.23 inches 254.3 x 165.8 x 5.9 mm
Weight
11.15 oz / 316.0 g	17.57 oz / 498.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Colors
Gold, Gray	Beige, Graphite

Display

Size
8.4-inch, 77.17% screen-to-body	11.0-inch, 83.20% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 359 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
Untested	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.36GHz Cortex-X3 2x2.8GH​z Cortex-A715 2x2.8​GHz Cortex-A710 3x2.0​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 740
Memory
4GB/128GB 4GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	8GB/128GB (UFS) 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	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
5100 mAh	8400 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging
Charge speed
	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
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2	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 Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Front
8 MP	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
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 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

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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	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 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB

LTE support

Data Speed	LTE