ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro vs Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro
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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 Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 2 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 ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5500 mAh
- Shows 17% longer battery life (29:26 vs 25:06 hours)
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 65W)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- Higher display refresh rate β 165 Hz
- Delivers 75% higher peak brightness (1780 against 1019 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Reverse charging feature
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound 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 | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1116 x 2480 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 400 ppi | 388 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2500 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 720 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 88.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 100% |
| PWM | 60 Hz | 485 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | β Infinity | β Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164 mm (6.46 inches) | 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) |
| Width | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 229 g (8.08 oz) | 225 g (7.94 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Active fan | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver | Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| 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 |
- 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 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 14905 | - |
| Single-core score | 2233 | 2341 |
| Multi-core score | 6869 | 7491 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 662661 | 744942 |
| GPU | 823958 | 825953 |
| Memory | 361209 | 313899 |
| UX | 561916 | 579387 |
| Total score | 2409744 | 2464181 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 92% | 88% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1727 | 1708 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 99% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 2 | 33 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8666 | 8671 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 90% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5156 | 5205 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 20450 | 23055 |
| Video editing | 8590 | 9019 |
| Photo editing | 50380 | 46533 |
| Data manipulation | 14699 | 19145 |
| Writing score | 26447 | 25533 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (157th and 146th place)
Recent User Tests
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-19 (mitchi) | AnTuTu 11 | 2432142 |
| π 2026-08-08 (PsIx0pAt) | AnTuTu 11 | 2320412 |
| π 2026-06-18 (Anonymous) | AnTuTu 11 | 2408843 |
| π 2026-05-01 (Shuller) | AnTuTu 11 | 2500131 |
| π 2026-04-06 (Vall) | AnTuTu 11 | 2409744 |
Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-31 (a24dot) | AnTuTu 11 | 2427528 |
| π 2026-02-19 (GendutGaz) | AnTuTu 11 | 2464181 |
| π 2025-11-19 (Jubidaara) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2369 / 7463 |
| π 2025-11-19 (Sage mode Madara) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2341 / 7491 |
| π 2025-11-19 (Madara uchiha) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2362 / 7480 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | Android 14 |
| ROM | Redmagic OS 9 | ROG UI |
| OS size | 25 GB | 28 GB |
| OS updates | - | 2 years |
| Security updates | - | 2 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 5500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 65 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (84% in 30 min) | Yes (80% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 0:42 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:54 hr | 10:18 hr |
| Watching video | 21:54 hr | 17:21 hr |
| Gaming | 08:25 hr | 06:04 hr |
| Standby | 134 hr | 108 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#56th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 120 FPS (2160p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122Β° | 120Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 32 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23.8 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN5 | Sony IMX890 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 32 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV32C |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.2" (β 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV31B |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/3" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | - | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV16E1Q | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/3.2" (β 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 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, DP 1.4 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | November 2023 | January 2024 |
| Release date | November 2023 | January 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $1199 |
| Successor | - ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro | - Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 W | Yes, 65 W |
Further details
Notes on ROG Phone 8 Pro:
- Support for NTFS is available for external storage devices.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the battery life is more important to you, then choose the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro. But if the display, performance, design, and sound are more of a priority β go for the Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro.
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