Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G vs Honor Magic9 Pro Max

979 USD

970 USD

Discontinued

Available

Samsung Mobile

Honor Mobiles

Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G

Honor Magic9 Pro Max

2020, March 11

2026, September 28

GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G

GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) ,CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 ,CDMA2000 1xEV-DO

HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48, 66, 71 - SM-G988U

LTE

2, 5, 41, 66, 71, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - SM-G988U

SA/NSA

HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat20 2000/200 Mbps; 5G (5+ Gbps DL)

HSPA, LTE, 5G

166.9 x 76 x 8.8 mm (6.57 x 2.99 x 0.35 in)

161.6 x 77 x 8.6 mm (6.36 x 3.03 x 0.34 in)

222 g (7.83 oz)

233 g (8.22 oz)

Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame

Glass front (NanoCrystal Shield), glass-fiber reinforced plastic back, aluminum frame IP68/IP69K dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)

Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM

Cosmic Grey, Cosmic Black, Cloud White

Shadow Black, Glacier Silver, Moss Green

Dynamic AMOLED 2X capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 4320Hz PWM, Dolby Vision, HDR Vivi, 2000 nits (HBM), 10000 nits (peak)

6.9 inches, 114.0 cm2 (~89.9% screen-to-body ratio)

6.8 inches, 113.3 cm2 (~91.1% screen-to-body ratio)

1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~511 ppi density)

1320 x 2868 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~464 ppi density)

Android 10, One UI 2

Android 17, up to 7 major OS updates, MagicOS 11

Exynos 990 (7 nm+) - Global Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+) - USA

Qualcomm SM8975 Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 (2 nm)

Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Global Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585) - USA

Octa-core (up to 5 GHz)

Mali-G77 MP11 - Global Adreno 650 - USA

Adreno

12GB/16GB

12GB/16GB

128GB/256GB/512GB UFS 3.0

256GB/512GB/1TB UFS 4.1

microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

108 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.33", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS

200 MP, f/1.6, 23mm (wide), 1/1.28", PDAF, OIS

48 MP, f/3.5, 103mm (periscope telephoto), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 4x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom

200 MP, f/2.6, 85mm (periscope telephoto), 1/1.4", 0.56µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS, 3.7x optical zoom

12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1.4µm, Super Steady video

50 MP, f/2.0, 12mm, 122˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.88", 0.61µm, dual pixel PDAF

0.3 MP, TOF 3D, f/1.0, (depth)

LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama

Laser AF, color spectrum sensor, LED flash, HDR, panorama, ARRI mode

8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS

4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@24/30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS, OIS, HDR, 10-bit video, ARRI LogC3 Curve & Wide Gamut 3

40 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 0.7µm, PDAF

55 MP multi-aspect, f/2.0, 21mm (wide), 1/2.74" TOF 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)

Dual video call, Auto-HDR

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS

Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable

Si/C Li-Ion 8800 mAh

Fast charging 45W USB Power Delivery 3.0 Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W Reverse wireless charging 9W

100W wired, 100W PPS, 40W UFCS 80W wireless Reverse wireless 5W reverse wired

Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)

Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Emergency SOS via satellite (messages and calls) - China only Desktop mode

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes, with large amplitude stereo speakers

No 32-bit/384kHz audio Tuned by AKG

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6/7, dual-band or tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct

5.0, A2DP, LE

6.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, LHDC 5, Auracast, ASHA

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO

GPS (L1+L5), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a+B2b), GALILEO (E1+E5a+E5b), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC (L1+L5), GLONASS

Yes

Yes

FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent)

3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

USB Type-C 3.2, DisplayPort 1.2, OTG

Performance AnTuTu: 415976 (v7), 514485 (v8) GeekBench: 12191 (v4.4), 2697 (v5.1) GFXBench: 21fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal)

Photo / Video

-23.2 LUFS (Very good)

Endurance rating 87h