Huawei Mate 20 X vs. OnePlus 9

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Huawei Mate 20 X and OnePlus 9. 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

Huawei Mate 20 X vs. OnePlus 9 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 174.6 mm 160 mm Huawei Mate 20 X has greater height than OnePlus 9.
Width 85.4 mm 74.2 mm Huawei Mate 20 X has greater width than OnePlus 9.
Depth 8.15 mm 8.7 mm Huawei Mate 20 X is narrower than Huawei Mate 20 X.
Weight 232 g 192 g OnePlus 9 is lighter than Huawei Mate 20 X.
Body Colour Midnight blue Astral black | Arctic sky
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - -
SAR Value 0.95 W/kg (body), 0.42 W/kg (head) -
Connector Type USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
SIM Card Configuration Details Nano SIM + nano SIM/NM card -
DISPLAY Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Display Type OLED display OLED display
Display Technology - Fluid Amoled
Screen Size (Display Size) 7.2" 6.55" Huawei Mate 20 X has larger screen size than OnePlus 9.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 2244 x 1080 pixels 2400 x 1080 pixels OnePlus 9 has better screen resolution than Huawei Mate 20 X.
Display Format Full HD+ Full HD+
Pixel Density - 402 ppi
Aspect Ratio - 20:9
Max Brightness - 1100 cd/m²
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 16.7 million colours Both phones have the same color depth.
HDR - Yes OnePlus 9 has HDR.
HDR Technology - HDR10+
Display Enhancement Technology - Vibrant Color Effect
Display Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
Display Features DCI-P3 Wide colour gamut Always-on display, Reading mode, night mode, Wide colour display (P3), sRGB support
Display Protection (Screen Protector) - Corning Gorilla Glass (scratch resistant glass)
PROCESSOR Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 980 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Clock Speed 2.6 GHz -
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - Huawei Mate 20 X has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) - Qualcomm ADRENO 660
MEMORY Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
RAM 6 GB LPDDR5 SDRAM - 8 GB OnePlus 9 has more RAM than Huawei Mate 20 X.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 128 GB 128 GB Both phones have the same internal memory capacity.
Memory Interface - UFS 3.1
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) NM card - up to 256 GB -
CAMERA Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 3 3
Sensor Resolution 40 Megapixel 48 Megapixel OnePlus 9 has better camera resolution than Huawei Mate 20 X.
Sensor Size - 1/1.43"
Sensor Name - Sony Exmor RS IMX689 sensor
Lens Type Wide-angle lens -
Lens Aperture F/1.8 F/1.8 Both phones have the same camera lens aperture.
Lens Construction - 7-element
Pixel Size - 1.12 μm
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Laser Auto Focus - Yes
Minimum Focal Length (Focal Distance) - 23 mm
Special Effects HDR HDR
Camera Modes - Panorama, Time-lapse mode, Pro mode, HYPERLAPSE, Nightscape capture mode, Portrait, Filter mode, Super Macro, Portrait video, UltraShot HDR, Smart Scene Recognition, Tilt-shift mode, Focus Peaking, Cat/Dog Face Focus, Super Stable, Video Nightscape
Face Recognition (Face ID) Face detection, smile detection - Huawei Mate 20 X has face detection.
Light Source Dual LED flash Dual LED flash
Video Resolutions - 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 30 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 60 fps, Super slow motion video 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 240 fps, Super slow motion video 1280 x 720 (720p) at 480 fps, 7680 x 4320 (8K) at 30fps
Camera Features (Functions) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), Depth Auto Focus, Leica Triple Camera, AI Image Stabilisation, Contrast Auto-Focus, Huawei AI Image Stabilization (AIS) Tracking Focus, Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), Continuous Auto Focus (CAF), RAW image capture, Dual Native ISO, 2x2 On-Chip Lens (OCL), Hasselblad Camera, Natural Color Calibration, 12-bit RAW
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 20 Megapixel 50 Megapixel OnePlus 9 has better second camera resolution than Huawei Mate 20 X.
Sensor Size (2nd Camera) - 1/1.56"
Sensor Name (2nd Camera) - Sony Exmor RS IMX766 sensor
Lens Type (2nd Camera) Ultra wide-angle lens Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) F/2.2 F/2.2 Both phones have the same second camera lens aperture.
Lens Element Qty (2nd Camera) - 7-element
Field of View (2nd Camera) - 119 degree(s)
Minimum Focal Length (2nd Camera) - 14 mm
Camera Features (2nd Camera) - 2x2 On-Chip Lens (OCL), Freeform Lens
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) 8 Megapixel 2 Megapixel Huawei Mate 20 X has higher resolution third camera than OnePlus 9.
Lens Type (3rd Camera) Telephoto lens -
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) F/2.4 F/2.4 Both phones have the same lens aperture of the third camera.
Lens Element Qty (3rd Camera) - 3-element
Camera Functions (3rd Camera) - Monochrome
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 24 Megapixel 16 Megapixel Huawei Mate 20 X has better front camera resolution than OnePlus 9.
Sensor Name (Front) - Sony Exmor RX IMX471 sensor
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.0 F/2.4 Huawei Mate 20 X has better front lens aperture than Huawei Mate 20 X.
Pixel Size (Front) - 1 μm
Focus Adjustment - Focus free
Special Effects (Front) - HDR, face retouch
Camera Modes (Front) - Time-lapse mode
Light Source (Front) - Display flash
Video Resolutions (Front) - 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps
Camera Features (Front) - Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS)
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 5000 mAh 4500 mAh Huawei Mate 20 X has larger battery capacity than OnePlus 9.
Fast Charging Technology HUAWEI SuperCharge technology Qualcomm Quick Charge, Warp Charge 65T technology Both phones have fast charging technology.
Recharge Time (Charging Time) - 29 min
Wireless Charging - Yes OnePlus 9 can be charged wirelessly.
Wireless Charging Standards - Qi
CELLULAR Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Technology TD-SCDMA / WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G OnePlus 9 has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 9.0 Pie OxygenOS (based on Android 11)
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR FR1
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
3G UMTS Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19 Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 8, Band 9, Band 19
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 900, 1700, 800
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 7, Band 8, Band 9, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40 Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 13, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 25, Band 26, Band 28, Band 32, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41, Band 66
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 1800, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300 FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700c, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 1900+, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, FDD 1500 L, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3
5G NR Band - N1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n41, n66, n78, n40
5G NR Frequency - FDD 2100, FDD 1800, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 800, FDD 700APT, TDD TD 2600, TDD TD 2500, FDD AWS-3, TDD TD 3500, TDD 2300
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.2
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Modem - Snapdragon X55 5G
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, LDAC, 3GA, MP4, HWA WAV, WMA, AAC, MP3, FLAC, AC-3, AAC +, OGG, APE (Monkey's Audio), M4A, LDAC, IMY, EAC3, MID, AMR-WB, AMR-NB, EAC3-JOC, AC-4
Supported Digital Video Standards MPEG-4, 3GP MKV, FLV, AVI, MOV, WMV, 3GP, TS, WebM, H.265 HEVC, MP4
Sound Enhancements - Qualcomm aptX audio, Qualcomm aptX HD audio, Dolby Atmos Surround Sound
FEATURES Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert
Sensors Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, barometer, gyro sensor, hall sensor, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, laser sensor, colour temperature sensor Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gyro sensor, flicker sensor, sensor core
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Fingerprint reader (under display), face recognition
Additional Phone Features HUAWEI M-Pen support Noise Cancellation Technology, MIMO technology, Gesture Controls, OnePlus Switch, Alert Slider, dual stereo speakers, Zen mode 2.0, OnePlus Games
OTHERS Huawei Mate 20 X OnePlus 9
Included Accessories Headset, power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, protective case SIM card removal tool, sticker, screen protector, USB-C to USB-C cable, protective case, Warp Charge 65 power adapter
Compliant Standards TUV Rheinland SGS
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