Xiaomi Redmi 9 vs Google Pixel 7a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	May 10, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$499 | €509

Design

Dimensions
6.43 x 3.03 x 0.36 inches 163.32 x 77.01 x 9.1 mm	6.00 x 2.87 x 0.35 inches (~0.41 inches with camera bump) 152.4 x 72.9 x 9 mm (~10.50 mm with camera bump)
Weight
6.98 oz / 198.0 g	6.81 oz / 193.0 g
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Carbon gray, Sunset purple, Ocean green	Charcoal, Snow, Sea, and Coral

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 83.27% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 80.86% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 90Hz, HDR
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 395 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 431 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass
Features
Oleophobic coating

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1277 (Average)
Bright Min
1.5 (Good)	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio G80 (12 nm)	Google Tensor G2 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A75 and Arm Cortex-A55	Octa-core 2x2.85GHz Cortex-X1 2x2.35G​Hz Cortex-A78 4x1.80​GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali G52 MC2	Mali-G710 MP7
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB (eMMC 5.1) 4GB/64GB	8GB/128GB (UFS 3.1)
Storage expansion
microSDXC	not expandable
OS
Android	Android (15, 14, 13)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1437
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3461
3D Mark High
Untested	1631
3D Mark Low
Untested	1095

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Battery

Type
5020 mAh	4385 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 18.0W	Wired: 18.0W Wireless: 7.5W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

9h 15min

Gaming

7h 3min

Battery Life Estimate

6h 4min

Browsing

15h 27min

Video

9h 7min

Gaming

5h 27min

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Camera

Rear
Quad camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2	64 MP Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.73" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p
Front
8 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	13 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

133

Overall

140

Photo

127

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
Yes Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Infrared	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n28, n30, n38, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n260, n261, 5G Ready
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 25, 28, 32, 66
TDD Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 64GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

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