Huawei Mate 9 vs Huawei P9 lite Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 9

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Huawei Mate 9 or Huawei P9 lite Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 9 Huawei P9 lite
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Release date 2016, November 2016, April
Dimensions (HxWxD) 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm | 6.18 x 6.18 x 3.11 in 146.8 x 72.6 x 7.5 mm | 5.78 x 5.78 x 2.86 in
Weight 190 g | 6.7 oz 147 g | 5.19 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum frame, back Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Agate Red, Topaz Blue, Space Gray, Moonlight Silver, Champagne Gold, Mocha Brown, Ceramic White, Black, Obsidian Black Black, White, Gold
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable
Approximate price 400 EUR 210 EUR
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.9" in 5.2" in
Screen area 96.0 cm2 74.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 77.5% 69.9%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 373 PPI 424 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/2.2, 27mm (wide), 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-20 MP B/W, f/2.2, 27mm (wide), 2x lossless zoom, OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-13 MP, f/2.0, 1/3'', 1.12µm, AF
Functions Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2'', 1.4µm, AF 8 MP, f/2.0
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); EMUI 5 Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 4.1
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm) - HiSilicon Kirin 650 (16 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G71 MP8 Mali-T830MP2
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB, 2/3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 393
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1278
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1053
GeekBench 5 Single Core 373 168
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1465 798
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1870 796
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5972 3360
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8618 2441
GeekBench 4 Battery 1450

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (MHA-L29 model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - MHA-L29
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - MHA-L29, MHA-L09 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA - MHA-L29
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - MHA-L29 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - MHA-L09
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (L31, L21 only)
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.1, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 1.38 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass , Infrared port - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging
Versions
- Also known as Huawei G9 Lite, Honor 8 Smart (India)

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