Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro vs Honor Pad 9
Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 11-inch Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on April 18, 2023, against the Honor Pad 9, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and came out 8 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 Pad 6 Pro
- 81% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1323K versus 729K)
- Shows 19% longer battery life (27:04 vs 22:40 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 35W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- 24% higher pixel density (309 vs 249 PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 16% more compact case (64.9 vs 77.7 square inches)
Reasons to consider the Honor Pad 9
- Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
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 | IPS LCD | TFT LCD |
| Size | 11 inches | 12.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1800 x 2880 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 309 ppi | 249 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 550 nits | 500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.6% | 84.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 29480 Hz |
| Response time | - | 27 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1533:1 |
Screen space comparison
Pad 9
12.1″ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
Pad 6 Pro
11″ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 253.95 mm (10 inches) | 278.27 mm (10.96 inches) |
| Width | 165.18 mm (6.5 inches) | 180.11 mm (7.09 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.51 mm (0.26 inches) | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) |
| Weight | 490 g (17.28 oz) | 555 g (19.58 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gold, Blue | White, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Area | 419 cm2 (65 inches2) | 501 cm2 (77.7 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (69th and 107th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (52nd and 82nd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3190 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 676 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS | ~346.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 1640 |
| Single-core score | 1771 | 941 |
| Multi-core score | 4690 | 2785 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 484050 | 307398 |
| GPU | 244968 | 74347 |
| Memory | 226305 | 162679 |
| UX | 367847 | 184865 |
| Total score | 1323170 | 729289 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [47 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 863 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 96% | - |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2756 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-10-27 (Jeff) | AnTuTu 11 | 1323170 |
Honor Pad 9
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | - |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | - |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 1.0 | Magic OS 8 |
| OS size | 21 GB | 32 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 8600 mAh | 8300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 35 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 40 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:02 hr | 2:05 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:39 hr | 07:22 hr |
| Watching video | 14:31 hr | 06:55 hr |
| Gaming | 06:20 hr | 05:34 hr |
| Standby | 142 hr | 157 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4160 x 3120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (720p) | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | C616WPU |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | C617HWK |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | 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 6E (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 | 5.1 |
| 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 | No |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | No | Nano |
| eSIM support* | - | No |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2023 | December 2023 |
| Release date | April 2023 | December 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $350 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro | - Honor Pad 10 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
| Keyboard weight | 430 g | - |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Yes, 35 W |
Further details
Notes on Pad 9:
- The memory card slot is available only in the 4G model.
*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 Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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