Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max vs Honor Magic 9 Pro Max

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 Honor Magic 9 Pro Max, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and came out 5 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 9 Pro Max
  • 3.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (5524K versus 1617K)
  • Comes with 2800 mAh larger battery capacity: 8800 vs 6000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.3)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 8 wireless networks
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
  • 2.5x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3590 and 1417 points

Review

Evaluation of Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max and Honor Magic 9 Pro Max crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
41.0
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Value Index
54.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1308 x 2880 pixels 1320 x 2868 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.82:9 19.5:9
PPI 459 ppi 464 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 10000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Kunlun Glass 2 NanoCrystal Shield
Screen-to-body ratio 91.5% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 164 mm (6.46 inches) 161.6 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 77.1 mm (3.04 inches) 77 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 230.5 g (8.13 oz) 233 g (8.22 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gold, Green, Orange, Purple Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max and Honor Magic 9 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
Max clock 2700 MHz 5010 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 3 + 3)
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
- 3 cores at 3.74 GHz:
- 3 cores at 4.03 GHz:
- 2 cores at 5.01 GHz:
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 2 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 935F Adreno 850
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 933 MHz 1450 MHz
FLOPS ~1433.1 GFLOPS ~4454.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max and Honor Magic 9 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
31269
Compute Score (GPU) 4347 31269
Single-core score 1417 3590
Multi-core score 4202 9929
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1617928
5524187
CPU 599837 1452764
GPU 301831 2081549
Memory 370488 736389
UX 345772 1253485
Total score 1617928 5524187
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system HarmonyOS 6.1 Android 17
ROM - MagicOS 11
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 8800 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 16 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:35 hr -

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Zoom Optical, 4x Optical, 3.5x
Flash LED 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 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 40 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.4 - 4.0 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor SmartSens SCC80XS -
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size - 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.6
Focal length 89 mm 85 mm
Sensor size - 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size - 0.56 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 40 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 13 mm 12 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV40A -
Sensor size 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 55 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 -
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size - 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size - 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
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 8 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be/bn)
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 6.3
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, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
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 No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2026 September 2026
Release date May 2026 October 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $910 $970
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
*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 Honor Magic 9 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.

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