Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max vs Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
90
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87
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 23, 2025, against the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and came out 3 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 Redmi K90 Pro Max
- Has a 0.59 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 2060 mAh larger battery capacity: 7560 vs 5500 mAh
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
- 10% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3687 and 3366 points
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- 14% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4430K versus 3897K)
- 11% higher pixel density (461 vs 416 PPI)
- Weighs 63 grams less
- Better grip in hands β the body is 5.92 mm narrower
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | 6.31 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2608 pixels | 1216 x 2640 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 461 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | 6000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Xiaomi Dragon Crystal Glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.9% | 90.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Screen space comparison
Redmi K90 Pro Max
6.9β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Magic 8 Pro Air
6.31β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~19% more screen space
Design and build
| Height | 163.33 mm (6.43 inches) | 150.5 mm (5.93 inches) |
| Width | 77.82 mm (3.06 inches) | 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 155 g (5.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | White, Black, Gold, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 |
| Max clock | 4600 MHz | 4210 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro - 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium - 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1716 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27658 | 24660 |
| Single-core score | 3687 | 3366 |
| Multi-core score | 11219 | 10603 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1131610 | 1302546 |
| GPU | 1407372 | 1820346 |
| Memory | 516269 | 457631 |
| UX | 842570 | 849732 |
| Total score | 3897821 | 4430255 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 78% | - |
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2613 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 47 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 54 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 47 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 39 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 12330 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | 38 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 6490 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15760 | - |
| Video editing | 8107 | - |
| Photo editing | 35534 | - |
| Data manipulation | 18051 | - |
| Writing score | 23843 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (25th and 6th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-03 (Xioami) | GeekBench CPU | 3713 / 11324 |
| π 2026-09-03 (DARK) | GeekBench CPU | 3760 / 11149 |
| π 2026-08-18 (Xiaomi User) | GeekBench CPU | 3685 / 11205 |
| π 2026-08-17 (WoW !!) | GeekBench CPU | 3676 / 11184 |
| π 2026-08-12 (Kazuki) | AnTuTu | 3699282 |
Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-31 (Miklos) | AnTuTu | 3617298 |
| π 2026-03-02 (gaerly) | AnTuTu | 4430255 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | - |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7560 mAh | 5500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | Yes | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | - |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3.2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 102Β° | 112Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision Light Hunter 950 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (β 0.76 inch) | 1/1.3" (β 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.0 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | 115 mm | 74 mm |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2" (β 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (β 0.35 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (β 0.29 inch) | 1/2.93" (β 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | - | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
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 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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 | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.1 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | No |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2025 | January 2026 |
| Release date | October 2025 | January 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $560 | - |
| Sensors | - 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, 80 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max. It has a better battery life and sound.
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