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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 81.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2018-10-26 | 2019-04-15 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 5.81 x 2.78 x 0.29 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 5.47 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 430 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 SDM712 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 360, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 616 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 3.52 | 11.66 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3070mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.04 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Mi 9 SE is a bit better than Huawei Mate 20 X, with an 81.4 score against 75.6. Xiaomi Mi 9 SE is a just a little bit thinner and extremely lighter device than Huawei Mate 20 X, even though both of them were released only a couple months apart. These phones have the same Android 9.0 Pie operating system, so both should provide you the same OS features.
The Xiaomi Mi 9 SE counts with a better screen than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a little greater display density and a bit higher resolution of 1080 x 2340px. Huawei Mate 20 X has a bit better performance than Xiaomi Mi 9 SE. Both have the same number of cores and the same RAM amount.
The Xiaomi Mi 9 SE and Huawei Mate 20 X feature very similar storage capacity to store more apps and games, they have equal 128 GB internal storage capacity. The Huawei Mate 20 X has a superior battery life than Xiaomi Mi 9 SE, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity instead of 3070mAh. Xiaomi Mi 9 SE captures much clearer photographs and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, although it has a tinier camera sensor providing a worse image quality, they both have the same camera aperture, the same 30 fps video frame rates and the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
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