Honor Pad X9 vs Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
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Compared 2 smartphones : Honor Pad X9 Manufactured in July, 2023, with display 11.5 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs Huawei MatePad Air (2025), Manufactured in August, 2025with chipsetHiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Key Differences
Reasons to choose Honor Pad X9
- Lighter design: 499g vs 555g
Reasons to choose Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
- Larger display: 12in
- Higher pixel density: 279ppi
- Higher refresh rate: 144Hz
- Higher battery capacity: 10100mAh vs 7250mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version: 5.2 vs 5.1
- Supports newer USB: 3.1 vs 2
- Supports DisplayPort
- Includes charger
Versions
| Memory Options | n/a | - 8/256 GB - 12/256 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 | 11.5 in | 12 in |
| Resolution | 1200x2000 pixels | 2800x1840 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 5:3 | 3:2 |
| Pixel density | 203 ppi | 279 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max brightness | 450 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.1 % | 86.8 % |
| Features | n/a | DCI-P3 |
Design & Build
| Height | 267.3 mm (10.52 in) | 270 mm (10.63 in) |
| Width | 167.4 mm (6.59 in) | 183 mm (7.2 in) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 in) | 5.9 mm (0.23 in) |
| Weight | 499 g (17.6 oz) | 555 g (19.58 oz) |
| Area | 447 cm² (69.29 in²) | 494 cm² (76.57 in²) |
| Water resistance | No | No |
| Back panel | Metal | Metal |
| Frame | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray | - White - Gray - Green - Pink |
| Fingerprint sensor | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 | HiSilicon Kirin 8020 |
| Max Frequency | 2800 MHz | 2285 MHz |
| CPU Cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4/1.9 (Cortex-A53) - 4/2.8 (Cortex-A73) |
- 4/1.3 () - 3/2.05 () |
| Process | TSMC | SMIC |
| Transistor Size | 6 nm | 7 nm |
| Neural Processor | Hexagon 686 | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Adreno 610 | Maleoon 920 |
| GPU Cores | 128 | 1024 |
| GPU Frequency | 1260 MHz | 840 MHz |
| FLOPS | 322.6 GFLOPS | 1720.3 GFLOPS |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 477 | 1332 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 1551 | 3979 |
| Geekbench Compute (GPU) | 570 | n/a |
| CPU | 110393 | 427889 |
| GPU | 40144 | 550104 |
| Memory | 92324 | 202772 |
| UX | 80831 | 130640 |
| NanoReview Score | 323692 | n/a |
Memory
| RAM Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory Frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage Capacity | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory Card | No | No |
Software
| OS | Android 13 | HarmonyOS 5.0 |
| UI Skin | MagicOS 7.1 | n/a |
Battery
| Volume | 7250 mAh | 10100 mAh |
| Max Charging Power | 225 W | 66 W |
| Battery Type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Removable | No | No |
| Wireless Charging | No | No |
| Reverse Charging | No | No |
| Fast Charging | Yes (34% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full Charge Time | 2:04 h | 1:25 h |
| Web Browsing | 08:56 h | n/a |
| Video Playback | 11:02 h | n/a |
| Games | 07:03 h | n/a |
| Standby Mode | 155 h | n/a |
Main camera
| Matrix | 5 MP | 50 MP |
| Photo resolution | 2592x1944 pixels | n/a |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K Recording | No | No |
| 4K Recording | No | Yes (Up to 30 fps) |
| 1080p Recording | Yes (Up to 30 fps) | Yes (Up to 30 fps) |
| Slow Motion | No | n/a |
| Lenses count | Standard: 5 MP | Standard: 50 MP Ultra-wide: 8 MP |
| Features | Bokeh effect |
| Matrix | 5 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Matrix | n/a | 8 MP |
| Aperture | n/a | f/2.2 |
| Stabilization | n/a | Digital |
Front camera
| Matrix | 5 MP | 8 MP |
| Matrix | 2592x1944 pixels | 4608x3456 pixels |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | n/a | CMOS |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 fps | 1080p (Full HD) 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB Storage Mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB Storage Mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo |
n/a |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared Port | No | No |
| SIM Count* | 1 | n/a |
| SIM Type | Nano | No |
| eSIM Support * | No | n/a |
| Hybrid Slot | No | n/a |
| 5G Support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 3.5 mm Jack | No | No |
| FM Radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Other
| Class | Budget | Mid-range |
| Announced | July, 2023 yr | August, 2025 yr |
| Release Date | July, 2023 yr | August, 2025 yr |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor |
| Charger Included | No | 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 Huawei MatePad Air (2025) the clear winner in this comparison.
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