Honor Pad 9 vs Honor MagicPad 3
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Compared 2 smartphones : Honor Pad 9 Manufactured in December, 2023, with display 12.1 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, vs Honor MagicPad 3, Manufactured in July, 2025with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Key Differences
Reasons to choose Honor Pad 9
- Lighter design: 555g vs 595g
- Supports Dolby Atmos
Reasons to choose Honor MagicPad 3
- Larger display: 13.3in
- Higher pixel density: 289ppi
- Higher refresh rate: 165Hz
- Higher battery capacity: 12450mAh vs 8300mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version: 5.4 vs 5.1
- Supports newer USB: 3.2 vs 2
- Supports DisplayPort
Versions
| Memory Options | - 8/128 GB - 8/256 GB - 12/256 GB - 12/512 GB |
- 8/256 GB - 12/256 GB - 16/512 GB - 16/1024 GB |
Review
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Camera
Main & front camera tests
Performance
App & system performance
Games
3D gaming performance
Battery
Battery life, charging speed & type
Connectivity
Connectivity features
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Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonDisplay
| Type | TFT LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 12.1 in | 13.3 in |
| Resolution | 1600x2560 pixels | 2136x3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| Pixel density | 249 ppi | 289 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max brightness | 500 nits | n/a |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.7 % | 89 % |
| Features | n/a | DCI-P3 |
| sRGB gamut | 99.8 % | n/a |
| PWM (Flicker) | 29480 Hz | n/a |
| Response time | 27 ms | n/a |
| Contrast | 1533:1 | n/a |
Design & Build
| Height | 278.27 mm (10.96 in) | 293.9 mm (11.57 in) |
| Width | 180.11 mm (7.09 in) | 201.4 mm (7.93 in) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 in) | 5.8 mm (0.23 in) |
| Weight | 555 g (19.58 oz) | 595 g (20.99 oz) |
| Area | 501 cm² (77.66 in²) | 592 cm² (91.76 in²) |
| Water resistance | No | No |
| Back panel | Metal | Metal |
| Frame | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | - White - Gray - Blue |
- White - Gold - Gray |
| Fingerprint sensor | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| Max Frequency | 2200 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU Cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55) - 4/2.2 (Cortex-A78) |
- 2/2.27 (Cortex-A520) - 2/2.96 (Cortex-A720) - 3/3.15 (Cortex-A720) - 1/3.3 (Cortex-X4) |
| Process | Samsung | TSMC |
| Transistor Size | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Neural Processor | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 710 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU Cores | 256 | 1536 |
| GPU Frequency | 676 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | 346.1 GFLOPS | 2774 GFLOPS |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 941 | 2176 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 2785 | 6707 |
| Geekbench Compute (GPU) | 1640 | n/a |
| CPU | 177815 | 391366 |
| GPU | 47525 | 765579 |
| Memory | 151348 | 372850 |
| UX | 132954 | 290742 |
| NanoReview Score | 509642 | n/a |
Memory
| RAM Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | n/a | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | n/a | 4 |
| Storage Capacity | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory Card | MicroSD | No |
Software
| OS | Android 13 (Upgradeable to Android 14) | Android 15 |
| OS Size | 32 GB | n/a |
| UI Skin | Magic OS 8 | MagicOS 9 |
Battery
| Volume | 8300 mAh | 12450 mAh |
| Max Charging Power | 35 W | 66 W |
| Battery Type | Li-Po | Silicon Carbon (Si/C) |
| Removable | No | No |
| Wireless Charging | No | No |
| Reverse Charging | No | Yes |
| Fast Charging | Yes (50% in 40 min) | Yes |
| Full Charge Time | 2:05 h | n/a |
| Web Browsing | 07:22 h | n/a |
| Video Playback | 06:55 h | n/a |
| Games | 05:34 h | n/a |
| Standby Mode | 157 h | n/a |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Photo resolution | 4160x3120 pixels | 4160x3120 pixels |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K Recording | No | No |
| 4K Recording | Yes (Up to 30 fps) | Yes (Up to 30 fps) |
| 1080p Recording | Yes (Up to 30 fps) | Yes (Up to 30 fps) |
| Lenses count | Standard: 13 MP | Standard: 13 MP Macro: 2 MP |
| Features | Bokeh effect |
| Matrix | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | C616WPU | n/a |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Front camera
| Matrix | 8 MP | 9 MP |
| Matrix | 3264x2448 pixels | n/a |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | C617HWK | n/a |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 fps | 2160p (4K) at 30 fps |
| TOF 3D sensor | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi version | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB Storage Mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB Storage Mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared Port | No | No |
| SIM Count* | 1 | n/a |
| SIM Type | Nano | No |
| eSIM Support * | No | No |
| Hybrid Slot | No | n/a |
| 5G Support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| 3.5 mm Jack | No | No |
| FM Radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | n/a |
Other
| Class | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | December, 2023 yr | July, 2025 yr |
| Release Date | December, 2023 yr | July, 2025 yr |
| Sensors | - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor |
- Proximity Sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor |
| Charger Included | Yes 35 W | Yes, 66 W |
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Attention!
Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Honor MagicPad 3 the clear winner in this comparison.
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