Sony Xperia XZ1 vs Asus Zenfone 9 Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia XZ1

Sony Xperia XZ1

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Asus Zenfone 9

Asus Zenfone 9

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Sony Xperia XZ1 or Asus Zenfone 9 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia XZ1 Asus Zenfone 9
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Release date 2017, August 2022, July 28
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148 x 73.4 x 7.4 mm | 5.83 x 5.83 x 2.89 in 146.5 x 68.1 x 9.1 mm | 5.77 x 5.77 x 2.68 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 169 g | 5.96 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Warm Silver, Venus Pink, Moonlit Blue Black, Blue, Red, Silver
Battery 2700 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4300 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable
Approximate price 260 EUR 800 EUR
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.2" in 5.9" in
Screen area 74.5 cm2 84.0 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 68.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 2400 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 446 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Other specs - HDR10
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
- 120Hz
-HDR10+
-1100 nits (peak)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 19 MP, Single 50 MP, Dual
Camera specs -19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', 1.22µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF -50 MP, f/1.9, 23.8mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF, gimbal OIS
-12 MP, f/2.2, 14.4mm, 113° (ultrawide), 1/2.93", 1.4µm, AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@480fps; gyro-EIS, HDR
Front camera, selfie 13 MP, Single 12 MP, Single
Specifications 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3'' 12 MP, f/2.5, 27.5mm (standard), 1/2.93", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF
Video 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 12, ZenUI
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Octa-core (1x3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510)
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 730
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 16GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 9 Total 1083852
GeekBench 6 Single Core 398
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1262
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1355
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 562
GeekBench 5 Single Core 372 1289
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1474 4243
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1880
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6179
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7775

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - F8341, F8342 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G8341, G8342, G8342
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat20 2000/150 Mbps, 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS. Up to dual-band: GLONASS (1), BDS (2), GALILEO (2), QZSS (2), NavIC (1)
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host USB Type-C, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, LDAC

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 32-bit/384kHz audio

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- Fast charging 30W
-USB Power Delivery 3.0
-Reverse charging
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as Sony Xperia XZ1 Dual F8342 with dual-SIM card slots

- Also known as Asus Zenfone 9z

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