ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro
74
out of 100
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79
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on November 23, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 3 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 ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
- Comes with 3226 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 3274 mAh
- Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
- 66% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2409K versus 1452K)
- Shows 19% longer battery life (29:26 vs 24:47 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 23W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Delivers 77% higher peak brightness (1780 against 1006 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- 15% higher pixel density (461 vs 400 PPI)
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1116 x 2480 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 400 ppi | 461 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 88.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 60 Hz | 242 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
6.8″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
iPhone 15 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164 mm (6.46 inches) | 146.6 mm (5.77 inches) |
| Width | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 229 g (8.08 oz) | 187 g (6.6 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Active fan | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver | White, Black, Silver, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple A17 Pro |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 14905 | 28057 |
| Single-core score | 2233 | 2915 |
| Multi-core score | 6869 | 7115 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 662661 | 368915 |
| GPU | 823958 | 490265 |
| Memory | 361209 | 182600 |
| UX | 561916 | 410974 |
| Total score | 2409744 | 1452754 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [8 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 92% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1727 | 1391 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 99% | 73% |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 2 | 33 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8666 | 6089 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 90% | 63% |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5156 | 3655 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 20450 | - |
| Video editing | 8590 | - |
| Photo editing | 50380 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14699 | - |
| Writing score | 26447 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#171st place)
Recent User Tests
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-19 (mitchi) | AnTuTu 11 | 2432142 |
| 📘 2026-08-08 (PsIx0pAt) | AnTuTu 11 | 2320412 |
| 📘 2026-06-18 (Anonymous) | AnTuTu 11 | 2408843 |
| 📘 2026-05-01 (Shuller) | AnTuTu 11 | 2500131 |
| 📘 2026-04-06 (Vall) | AnTuTu 11 | 2409744 |
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-28 (human) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 26734 |
| 📘 2026-07-28 (human) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2892 / 7293 |
| 📘 2026-07-24 (elips) | AnTuTu 11 | 1387191 |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r) | AnTuTu 11 | 1329788 |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Tech By Cleft) | AnTuTu 11 | 1518936 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27.2) |
| ROM | Redmagic OS 9 | - |
| OS size | 25 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 3274 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (84% in 30 min) | Yes (57% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:33 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:54 hr | 09:28 hr |
| Watching video | 21:54 hr | 17:33 hr |
| Gaming | 08:25 hr | 05:41 hr |
| Standby | 134 hr | 111 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#60th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | Dual 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 | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | - | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN5 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 77 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 85 |
| Zoom | - | 139 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV16E1Q | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 145 |
| Video | - | 156 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | 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 | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | November 2023 | September 2023 |
| Release date | November 2023 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $999 |
| Successor | - ZTE Nubia Red Magic 12 Pro | - Apple iPhone 18 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, performance, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 15 Pro. But if the gaming and battery life are more of a priority – go for the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro.
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