Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite vs Mi 9
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.39-inch Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 710) that was released on September 16, 2019, against the Xiaomi Mi 9, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and came out 7 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 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
- Shows 34% longer battery life (23:06 vs 17:14 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
- Comes with 730 mAh larger battery capacity: 4030 vs 3300 mAh
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- The phone is 7 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Mi 9
- 88% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (786K versus 417K)
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 20W
- 2.3x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1000 and 431 points
- More energy-efficient CPU β Snapdragon 855
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 | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.39 inches | 6.39 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 430 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 85.3% |
| Display features | - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 95.8% | 95.4% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 245 Hz |
| Response time | 3.4 ms | 4.2 ms |
| Contrast | β Infinity | β Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 156.8 mm (6.17 inches) | 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) |
| Width | 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 179 g (6.31 oz) | 173 g (6.1 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | Black, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
| Max clock | 2200 MHz | 2840 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.7 GHz: Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 | Hexagon 690 |
| Graphics | Adreno 616 | Adreno 640 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 504 MHz | 585 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~258 GFLOPS | ~898.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 880 | 3553 |
| Single-core score | 431 | 1000 |
| Multi-core score | 1320 | 2929 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 159583 | 327134 |
| GPU | 38436 | 129608 |
| Memory | 80418 | 142341 |
| UX | 139002 | 187760 |
| Total score | 417439 | 786843 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [5 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 99% | 86% |
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | 228 | 877 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 6383 | 7583 |
| Video editing | 5633 | 6701 |
| Photo editing | 13187 | 25498 |
| Data manipulation | 5855 | 7804 |
| Writing score | 7602 | 13260 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-02-17 (Evgenie3311) | AnTuTu 11 | 417439 |
| π 2024-04-22 (gbirkin) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 880 |
| π 2024-04-22 (gbirkin) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 431 / 1320 |
Xiaomi Mi 9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-02 (Pon) | AnTuTu 12 | 1038764 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Stanley) | AnTuTu 12 | 969794 |
| π 2026-09-12 (Stanley) | AnTuTu 11 | 847934 |
| π 2026-02-22 (A13) | AnTuTu 11 | 804161 |
| π 2026-02-22 (A13) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 996 / 3039 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 256 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 | MIUI 12.5 |
| OS size | 13 GB | 13.5 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4030 mAh | 3300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 27 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (20 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, Quick Charge 3.0 (50% in 35 min) | Yes, Quick Charge 4 (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:55 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:34 hr | 06:08 hr |
| Watching video | 11:52 hr | 11:37 hr |
| Gaming | 04:35 hr | 04:07 hr |
| Standby | 138 hr | 83 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 118Β° | 117Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | - | 27 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Sony IMX586 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (β 0.5 inch) | 1/2" (β 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 54 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5K3M5 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 16 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX481 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/3.0" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | No | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 9 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 20 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 5184 x 3880 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 18 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGD1 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/3" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.9 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, HID, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 12 | 20 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2019 | February 2019 |
| Release date | September 2019 | April 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $320 | $460 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 13 Lite | - Xiaomi 17 |
| SAR (head) | 1.42 W/kg | 1.389 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.4 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
*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 Xiaomi Mi 9 is definitely a better buy.
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