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Galaxy Tab S9 FE vs Galaxy Tab A9

55 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
VS
44 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
Galaxy Tab A9

Here we compared two tablets: the 10.9-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE (with Exynos 1380) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G99. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Has a 2.2 inches larger screen size
  • Comes with 2900 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 5100 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
  • 46% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (741K versus 508K)
  • Delivers 50% higher peak brightness (698 against 465 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 15W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • 39% higher pixel density (249 vs 179 PPI)
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
  • Much smaller footprint: 38% more compact case (40.8 vs 65.4 square inches)
  • Weighs 190 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Tab A9 crucial features
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)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
34.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
88.0
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
vs
Galaxy Tab A9

Display

Type TFT LCD TFT LCD
Size 10.9 inches 8.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2304 pixels 800 x 1340 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 5:3
PPI 249 ppi 179 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 750 nits 500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 81.7% 81.9%
Display features - DCI-P3 -
Display tests
RGB color space 96.7% 81.2%
PWM 84400 Hz Not detected
Response time 27 ms 44 ms
Contrast 1052:1 1389:1
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
10.9β€³ (16:10 ratio) = 53.4 in2
Galaxy Tab A9
8.7β€³ (5:3 ratio) = 33.4 in2
~59% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy Tab S9 FE +50%
698 nits
Galaxy Tab A9
465 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) 211 mm (8.31 inches)
Width 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) 124.7 mm (4.91 inches)
Thickness 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 523 g (18.45 oz) 333 g (11.75 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Silver, Gray, Green, Purple Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Area 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) 263 cm2 (40.8 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (109th and 140th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (84th and 110th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1380 MediaTek Helio G99
Max clock 2400 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MP5 Mali-G57 MP2
GPU shading units 160 64
GPU clock 949 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS ~128 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3076 1294
Single-core score 1014 729
Multi-core score 2910 1943
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy Tab S9 FE +46%
741211
Galaxy Tab A9
508554
CPU 306773 214958
GPU 92101 35695
Memory 125803 119172
UX 216534 138729
Total score 741211 508554
Samples [2 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 97% -
Graphics test 2 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 295 130
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10094 8547
Video editing 6776 5137
Photo editing 25266 15786
Data manipulation 10377 7328
Writing score 14346 11901
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 -> AzuNoBelAnTuTu 11741211
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (DanielDuca12)AnTuTu 11696034
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Samsung Galaxy Tab A9
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (ZION)AnTuTu 12659300
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Ji-Su 8090)AnTuTu 11409449
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-30 (Trung)AnTuTu 11508554
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-20 (ZION)Geekbench 6 GPU1294
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-20 (ZION)Geekbench 6 CPU729 / 1943
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 13
ROM One UI 6.1 One UI 5.1
OS size 29 GB -

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 5100 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 1:30 hr 2:30 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:42 hr 09:04 hr
Watching video 12:33 hr 13:21 hr
Gaming 05:38 hr 05:24 hr
Standby 145 hr 143 hr
General battery life
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
25:00 hr
Galaxy Tab A9 +1%
25:21 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion - No
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP
1) Standard: 8 MP
Camera features - -
Standard lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.0 -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 2 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 -
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital No
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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- 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 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 13
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
85.7 dB
Galaxy Tab A9 +1%
86.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Budget
Announced October 2023 October 2023
Release date October 2023 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $159
Successor - Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE - Samsung Galaxy Tab A11
SAR (body) 0.59 W/kg 0.51 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
Keyboard weight 345 g -
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy Tab A9:
    - Doesn't have S Pen support.
*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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
11 (84.6%)
2 (15.4%)
Total votes: 13

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