Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro
80
out of 100
VS
91
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max (with HiSilicon Kirin 9030S) that was released on April 20, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1748 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4252 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- The phone is 8 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
- 57% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2538K versus 1617K)
- 2.8x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3992 and 1417 points
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A19 Pro
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.2 mm narrower
- Weighs 24.5 grams less
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1308 x 2880 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.82:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 459 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 5000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Kunlun Glass 2 | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.5% | 90.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Screen space comparison
Pura 90 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.82:9 ratio) = 17.9 in2
iPhone 17 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164 mm (6.46 inches) | 150 mm (5.91 inches) |
| Width | 77.1 mm (3.04 inches) | 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 230.5 g (8.13 oz) | 206 g (7.27 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gold, Green, Orange, Purple | Silver, Blue, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.04/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 9030S | Apple A19 Pro |
| Max clock | 2700 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.62 GHz: Taishan v124 Little - 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: Taishan v124 Mid - 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Taishan v124 Big |
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Maleoon 935F | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 933 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1433.1 GFLOPS | ~2488.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4347 | 44342 |
| Single-core score | 1417 | 3992 |
| Multi-core score | 4202 | 10688 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 599837 | 753740 |
| GPU | 301831 | 926158 |
| Memory | 370488 | 217137 |
| UX | 345772 | 641716 |
| Total score | 1617928 | 2538751 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [6 tests] |
Recent User Tests
Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-16 (Anatoli) | AnTuTu | 2304042 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (Vin) | GeekBench CPU | 3890 / 10107 |
| 📘 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan) | AnTuTu | 2301246 |
| 📘 2026-04-10 (Resul) | AnTuTu | 2538751 |
| 📘 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR) | AnTuTu | 2106484 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | HarmonyOS 6.1 | iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 4252 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (80 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 16 min) | Yes (70% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 1:18 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 09:51 hr |
| Watching video | - | 19:54 hr |
| Gaming | - | 06:49 hr |
| Standby | - | 117 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#110th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 4x | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 40 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 4.0 | f/1.78 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | SmartSens SCC80XS | Sony IMX903 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 89 mm | 100 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX973 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 40 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV40A | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 170 |
| Zoom | - | 141 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 13 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX914 |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - 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 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | April 2026 | September 2025 |
| Release date | May 2026 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $910 | $1099 |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro:
- The eSIM-only model has a larger battery than the Nano SIM + eSIM version – 4,252 mAh vs. 3,988 mAh.
- Only the Chinese version offers dual Nano SIM slots and it also has a weaker 15-watt wireless charging system.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone 17 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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