Honor 9X Pro vs. Honor Magic5 Pro

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Honor 9X Pro and Honor Magic5 Pro. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory, and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right phone for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the phone that will best fit your needs.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Honor 9X Pro vs. Honor Magic5 Pro Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 163.5 mm 162.9 mm Honor 9X Pro has greater height than Honor Magic5 Pro.
Width 77.3 mm 76.7 mm Honor 9X Pro has greater width than Honor Magic5 Pro.
Depth 8.8 mm 8.77 mm Honor Magic5 Pro is narrower than Honor 9X Pro.
Weight 202 g 219 g Honor 9X Pro is lighter than Honor 9X Pro.
Body Colour Phantom purple Midnight black | Meadow green
Body Material Dual 3D curved glass -
Protection - Water-resistant, splash-resistant, dust-resistant
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - Yes Honor Magic5 Pro is waterproof.
IP rating - IP68
Repairability Index - 8 (out of 10)
SAR Value 1.09 W/kg (body), 3.19 W/kg (limb), 0.76 W/kg (head) 1.12 W/kg (body), 0.81 W/kg (head), 2.84 W/kg (limb)
Connector Type Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM, Electronic SIM card (e-SIM)
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
SIM Card Configuration Details Nano SIM + nano SIM/microSD -
DISPLAY Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Display Type LCD display OLED display
Display Technology LTPS -
Screen Size (Display Size) 6.59" 6.81" Honor Magic5 Pro has larger screen size than Honor 9X Pro.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 2340 x 1080 pixels 2848 x 1312 pixels Honor Magic5 Pro has better screen resolution than Honor 9X Pro.
Pixel Density 391 ppi 461 ppi Honor Magic5 Pro has better pixel density than Honor 9X Pro.
Aspect Ratio - 20:9
Max Brightness - 1800 cd/m²
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 1.07 billion colours Honor Magic5 Pro has better colour depth than Honor 9X Pro.
Display Enhancement Technology Blue light filter -
Display Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
Display Features FullView Display Night Display, True Colour, Quad-curved display, 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate with LTPO 2.0 technology, 2160Hz high frequency PWM Dimming, dynamic dimming
PROCESSOR Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 810 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Clock Speed 2.27 GHz 3.19 GHz Honor Magic5 Pro has higher clock speed than Honor 9X Pro.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
Graphics System (GPU) - Qualcomm ADRENO 740
MEMORY Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
RAM LPDDR4X SDRAM - 6 GB 12 GB Honor Magic5 Pro has more RAM than Honor 9X Pro.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 256 GB 512 GB Honor Magic5 Pro has more internal memory than Honor 9X Pro.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 512 GB -
CAMERA Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 3 3
Sensor Resolution 48 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Honor Magic5 Pro has better camera resolution than Honor 9X Pro.
Sensor Size 1/2" 1/1.12" Honor 9X Pro has better camera sensor size than Honor Magic5 Pro.
Sensor Type CMOS -
Sensor Name Sony Exmor RS IMX582 sensor -
Lens Type - Wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture F/1.8 F/1.6 Honor Magic5 Pro has better lens aperture than Honor 9X Pro.
Lens Construction - 8-element
Pixel Size - 2.8 μm
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Honor Magic5 Pro has optical stabilisation.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Digital Zoom - 100x
Special Effects - Live Filters
Camera Modes 3D Portrait Lighting, Portrait Time-lapse mode, Slow motion mode, Pro mode, Watermark mode, portrait mode, Story, Aperture mode, Super Macro, Night Shot, wide-angle mode, Scanner, Movie Mode, Multi-video recording, High-res, AI camera
Face Recognition (Face ID) - Smile Capture Honor Magic5 Pro has face detection.
Light Source LED flash LED flash
Still Image Resolutions - 8192 x 6144
Video Resolutions - 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Functions) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), EIS video stabilisation, 4-in-1 Super Pixel, AIS Super Night mode, AI video stabilisation AI-motion detection, 4-in-1 to 2.8μm Super Pixel, OIS+EIS dual stabilisation
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 8 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Honor Magic5 Pro has better second camera resolution than Honor 9X Pro.
Lens Type (2nd Camera) Super wide-angle lens Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) F/2.4 F/2.0 Honor Magic5 Pro has better second camera lens aperture than Honor 9X Pro.
Field of View (2nd Camera) 120 degree(s) 122 degree(s) Honor Magic5 Pro has larger second camera lens field of view than Honor 9X Pro.
Camera Features (2nd Camera) Distortion correction 2.5cm macro photography
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) 2 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Honor Magic5 Pro has higher resolution third camera than Honor 9X Pro.
Lens Type (3rd Camera) - Periscope lens
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) F/2.4 F/3.0 Honor 9X Pro has better third camera lens aperture than Honor 9X Pro.
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Honor Magic5 Pro has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
Minimum Focal Length (3rd Camera) - 30 cm
Optical Zoom - 3.5x
Digital Zoom - 100x
Camera Functions (3rd Camera) Depth camera Telephoto
Camera Features (3rd Camera) Bokeh effect -
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 2
Front Camera Design Pop-up -
Sensor Resolution (Front) 16 Megapixel 12 Megapixel Honor 9X Pro has better front camera resolution than Honor Magic5 Pro.
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.2 F/2.4 Honor 9X Pro has better front lens aperture than Honor 9X Pro.
Field of View (Front) - 100 degree(s)
Special Effects (Front) - Live Filters
Camera Modes (Front) 3D Portrait Lighting Timer mode, Watermark mode, Portrait, Night, Mirror reflection, AI Wide-angle selfie, Gesture Capture
Face Recognition (Face ID) - Smile Capture, 3D facial detection Honor Magic5 Pro has face detection.
Still Image Resolutions (Front) - 4096 x 3072
Video Resolutions (Front) - 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Front) - AI anti-distortion
SECOND FRONT CAMERA
Camera Functions (2nd Front) - 3D depth camera
BATTERY AND CHARGING Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 4000 mAh 5100 mAh Honor Magic5 Pro has larger battery capacity than Honor 9X Pro.
Wireless Charging - Yes Honor Magic5 Pro can be charged wirelessly.
Run Time Details Playback (video): up to 10 hrs
Gaming: up to 10 hrs
Navigation: up to 12 hrs
Playback (Music): up to 100 hrs
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Battery Technology - Lithium polymer
CELLULAR Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Honor Magic5 Pro has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 9.0 Pie Android 13
User Interface EMUI 9.1 MagicOS 7.1
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, VoLTE, FDD-LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM -
3G UMTS Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 5, Band 8 -
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 850, 900 -
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 3, Band 7, Band 8, Band 20, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41 -
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1800+, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 800 DD, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500 -
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0 LE Bluetooth 5.2 BLE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Supported Digital Audio Standards MP3, OGG, MIDI, MP4, 3GP WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, apt-X, LDAC, MP4, SBC, apt-X HD, 3GP
Supported Digital Video Standards 3GP, MP4 3GP, MP4
Sound Enhancements Surround sound DTS: X Ultra
FEATURES Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert -
Sensors - Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, colour temperature sensor, flicker sensor, gyroscope
Security Devices Fingerprint reader (side) Fingerprint reader (under display), face recognition
Security Technology - 3D Face unlock
Additional Phone Features Liquid cooling, GPU Turbo 3.0 technology, AI Signal Enhancer, HUAWEI AppGallery Infrared remote control, MIMO technology, Gesture Controls, OTG Reverse Charge, standalone Bluetooth/Wi-Fi aerial architecture
OTHERS Honor 9X Pro Honor Magic5 Pro
Included Accessories Power adapter, USB-C cable SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, HUAWEI SuperCharge charger, TP protective film, TP protective cover
Compliant Standards TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light Certification IP68, TUV Rheinland Circadian Friendly Certification
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