Xiaomi Mi 9 SE vs Mi 9 Lite
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 5.97-inch Xiaomi Mi 9 SE (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 712) that was released on February 20, 2019, against the Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 and came out 7 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- 26% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 545 and 431 points
- Weighs 24 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
- Shows 42% longer battery life (23:06 vs 16:19 hours)
- Comes with 960 mAh larger battery capacity: 4030 vs 3070 mAh
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
- Has a 0.42 inch larger screen size
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- The phone is 7 months newer
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 | 5.97 inches | 6.39 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 432 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 585 nits | 430 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.1% | 85.8% |
| Display features | - Always-On Display | - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 95.8% |
| PWM | 255 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 4.2 ms | 3.4 ms |
| Contrast | β Infinity | β Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Mi 9 Lite
6.39β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.5 in2
Mi 9 SE
5.97β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 13.6 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 147.5 mm (5.81 inches) | 156.8 mm (6.17 inches) |
| Width | 70.5 mm (2.78 inches) | 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) | 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 155 g (5.47 oz) | 179 g (6.31 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Purple | White, Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 |
| Max clock | 2200 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.7 GHz: Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75) |
- 6 cores at 1.7 GHz: Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75) |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 10 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 DSP | Hexagon 685 |
| Graphics | Adreno 616 | Adreno 616 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 610 MHz | 504 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~312.3 GFLOPS | ~258 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 880 |
| Single-core score | 545 | 431 |
| Multi-core score | 1594 | 1320 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 163890 | 159583 |
| GPU | 44262 | 38436 |
| Memory | 87907 | 80418 |
| UX | 138411 | 139002 |
| Total score | 434470 | 417439 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 99% |
| Graphics test | - | 1 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 228 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 6383 |
| Video editing | - | 5633 |
| Photo editing | - | 13187 |
| Data manipulation | - | 5855 |
| Writing score | - | 7602 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 9 SE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-31 (hoover) | AnTuTu 11 | 441305 |
| π 2026-07-03 (artemy) | AnTuTu 11 | 434470 |
| π 2026-03-18 (Vladimir) | AnTuTu 11 | 434173 |
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 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 256 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11.0) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) |
| ROM | MIUI 12 | MIUI 12.5 |
| OS size | 19 GB | 13 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 3070 mAh | 4030 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, Quick Charge 4 (50% in 30 min) | Yes, Quick Charge 3.0 (50% in 35 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:27 hr | 1:55 hr |
| Web browsing | 05:40 hr | 07:34 hr |
| Watching video | 10:32 hr | 11:52 hr |
| Gaming | 03:52 hr | 04:35 hr |
| Standby | 83 hr | 138 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123Β° | 118Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Depth: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| 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 | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 52 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV8856 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (β 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (β 0.32 inch) | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | No |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5120 x 3840 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX576 | Samsung S5KGD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.78" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2.8" (β 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.9 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | 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 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 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, A2DP | LE, HID, 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 | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 15 | 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | February 2019 | September 2019 |
| Release date | March 2019 | September 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $400 | $320 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T | - Xiaomi 13 Lite |
| SAR (head) | 1.39 W/kg | 1.42 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.39 W/kg | 1.4 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- 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
If the battery life and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite. But if the performance and gaming are more of a priority β go for the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE.
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