Huawei nova 9 vs Samsung Galaxy S21 5G Comparison and Differences

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Huawei nova 9

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Huawei nova 9 or Samsung Galaxy S21 5G Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei nova 9 Samsung Galaxy S21 5G
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Release date 2021, September 23 2021, January 14
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160 x 73.7 x 7.8 mm | 6.3 x 6.3 x 2.9 in 151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm | 5.97 x 5.97 x 2.8 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 169 g | 5.96 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame
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Colors Starry Blue, Black, Green, Violet Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink
Battery 4300 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable 4000 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable
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Screen

Technology OLED Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 1B 16M
Screen size 6.57" in 6.2" in
Screen area 106.0 cm2 94.1 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 89.9% 87.2%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1080 x 2400 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 392 PPI 421 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Other specs - 120Hz
-HDR10
- Always-on display
-120Hz
-HDR10+
-1300 nits (peak)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 50 MP, Quad 12 MP, Triple
Camera specs -50 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), PDAF
-8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
-2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
-2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
-12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
-64 MP, f/2.0, 29mm (telephoto), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom
-12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55" 1.4µm, Super Steady video
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, gyro-EIS 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 116
DxOMark Photo 123
DxOMark Video 93
Front camera, selfie 32 MP, Single 10 MP, Single
Specifications 32 MP, f/2.0, (wide) 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24'', 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF
Functions HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 98
DxOMark Photo 100
DxOMark Video 95

Performance

Operating system - OS HarmonyOS 2.0 (China), EMUI 12 (Europe), no Google Play Services Android 11, One UI 3.1
Chipset - Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 4G (6 nm) - Exynos 2100 (5 nm)
- Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm) - USA/China
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Kryo 670 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 670) - Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - International
-Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680 - USA/China
GPU Adreno 642L Mali-G78 MP14 - International
Adreno 660 - USA/China
External memory No No
Internal memory 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 715197
Antutu 10 CPU 205401
Antutu 10 GPU 214138
Antutu 10 Mem 131954
Antutu 10 UX 205401
Antutu 9 Total 522365 755368
Antutu 8 Total 601547
GeekBench 5 Single Core 785 945
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2813 3061

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 18, 19, 26, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/a/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS. Up to tri-band: GLONASS (3), BDS (3), GALILEO (2), QZSS (2), NavIC Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.74 W/kg (head) 1.08 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.46 W/kg (head) 1.51 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio (Snapdragon only)
Headphone jack No No
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Tuned by AKG

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast charging 66W, 60% in 18 min, 100% in 38 min
-Reverse charging

- Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support)
-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 25W
-USB Power Delivery 3.0
-Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W
-Reverse wireless charging 4.5W
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: SM-G991B, SM-G991B/DS (International); SM-G991U (USA); SM-G991U1 (USA unlocked); SM-G991W (Canada); SM-G991N (Korea); SM-G9910 (China)

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