Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 72.1 | 83.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 5.1 Lollipop, 5.0 Lollipop | -- |
| 2015-07-01 | 2019-03-06 |
| 7.19 x 3.66 x 0.27 inches | 6.20 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 8.04 ounces | 6.10 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black, Blue and Purple |
| Metal and Metal | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.8 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| TFT | AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 935 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53e and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-T628 MP4 GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 12.1 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4360mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3300mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 6.24 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0, EDR | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Mi 9 is much better than Huawei P8max, with a global score of 83.2 against 72.1. The Xiaomi Mi 9 body is newer and incredibly lighter, but a little bit thicker than the Huawei P8max. The Xiaomi Mi 9 counts with a little better performance than Huawei P8max, and although they both have 8 cores, the Xiaomi Mi 9 also has 3 GB more RAM.
Xiaomi Mi 9 has a sharper display than Huawei P8max, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and a little bit higher amount of pixels in each screen inch. Xiaomi Mi 9 captures much better photographs and videos than Huawei P8max, because it has a bigger aperture to capture better low-light photography, a camera in the back with a lot higher resolution and a way higher video resolution.
Xiaomi Mi 9 has a slightly bigger storage capacity to store more apps and games than Huawei P8max, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with more internal memory. Huawei P8max counts with improved battery performance than Xiaomi Mi 9, because it has a 4360mAh battery size.
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