Moto G9 vs Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime

Comparing the Moto G9 vs Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both Moto G9 and Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime run at the same processing speed of 2.0 GHz.

Display: Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime offers a screen size of 6.53 inches, while Moto G9 offers 6.5 inches, making Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime the larger display of the two. Both Moto G9 and Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime feature the same IPS LCD display.

Rear Camera: Moto G9 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 48 MP, while Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime offers 13 MP, making Moto G9 better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both Moto G9 and Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime feature a 8 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Moto G9 delivers longer battery life with 21h 44m, while Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime delivers 13h 31m, making Moto G9 the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Both Moto G9 and Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime offer the same internal storage of 64 GB.

User Rating: Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Moto G9 has a rating of 4.2.

Moto G9

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Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime

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Summary

Release Date

31 Aug, 2020

06 Aug, 2020

06 May, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 662	MediaTek Helio G80	Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
4 GB RAM	4 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display


6.5 inches (16.51 cm)	6.53 inches (16.59 cm)	6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
IPS LCD	IPS LCD	AMOLED
720x1600 px (HD+)	1080x2340 px (FHD+)	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
N/A	60 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


48 MP Primary Camera	13 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
2 MP Depth Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
2 MP Macro Camera	5 MP Macro Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
N/A	2 MP Depth Camera	N/A

Front Camera


8 MP	8 MP Wide Angle Lens	50 MP

Battery


5000 mAh	5020 mAh	6500 mAh
20W Turbo Power Charging	18W Fast Charging	90W Flash Charging
N/A	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB	64 GB	256 GB
N/A	eMMC 5.1	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A

8.0/10

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8.4/10

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Pros

Device yet to be reviewed

Full HD display
Solid battery life
Decent performance

Compact, premium design
Excellent battery life
Reliable performance
Strong portrait photography

Cons

Device yet to be reviewed

Average cameras
Lacks Night mode
Hefty build

Video recording inconsistencies
Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

4.2/5

(47,025 ratings)

4.3/5

(327,746 ratings)

4.5/5

(140 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

176,500 AnTuTu Score	191,437 AnTuTu Score	3,000,897 AnTuTu Score
21h 44m Battery Life (PC Mark)	13h 31m Battery Life (PC Mark)	16h 04m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

Aug 31, 2020

(Official)

Aug 06, 2020

(Official)

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v10 (Q)

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

N/A

MIUI

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Excellent

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 662

MediaTek Helio G80

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Octa core

2 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260

Octa core

2 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A75 1.8 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A55

Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

11 nm

12 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 610

Mali-G52

Adreno 829

RAM

4 GB

12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

176,500

191,437

3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

39.0 s

21.0 s

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

9.0 %

5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

22.3 %

13.4 %

17.4 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.5 inches (16.51 cm)

6.53 inches (16.59 cm)

6.31 inches (16.03 cm)

Resolution

720x1600 px (HD+)

1080x2340 px (FHD+)

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Brightness

N/A

400 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

5000 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

60 Hz

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.5:9

Pixel Density

270 ppi

395 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

81.57 %

83.06 %

90.11 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with waterdrop notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

87 %

N/A

94.38 %

Design

Height

165.2 mm

163.3 mm

150.83 mm

Width

75.7 mm

77 mm

71.76 mm

Thickness

9.1 mm

7.99 mm

Weight

200 grams

198 grams

191 grams

Build Material

Back: Plastic

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

Yes Splash proof

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Excellent

Resolution

48 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.71.6µm pixel size

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.2 Wide Angle28 mm focal length 1/3.1" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera1.75µm pixel size

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera1.75µm pixel size

5 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

N/A

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

N/A

Autofocus

Yes

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

8000 x 6000 Pixels

4128 x 3096 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

Full HD @60 fps

Full HD @30 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

8 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera1.12µm pixel size

8 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera27 mm focal length 1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

5000 mAh

5020 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

Quick Charging

Yes 20W Turbo Power Charging

Yes 18W Fast Charging

Yes 90W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

21h 44m

13h 31m

16h 04m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

2h 5m 0s

2h 52m 44s

0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB

64 GB / 128 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

N/A

eMMC 5.1

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 512 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

N/A

SIM 2

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

Head: 0.47 W/kg Body: 1.37 W/kg

Head: 0.854 W/kg Body: 0.417 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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