Honor Pad X9a vs OnePlus Pad 3 Pro

[ VERDICT ] Winner: OnePlus Pad 3 Pro (93/100)

OnePlus Pad 3 Pro leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Honor Pad X9a (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Gaming 14.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 53.0 Below Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 27.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Battery cycles 1200 cycles
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Bypass charging No No
Capacity 8300 mAh 13380 mAh
Fast charging Yes Yes
Max charge power 35 W 67 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Wireless charging No No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
CPU 185758 1097882
Compute Score (GPU) 387 27874
Data manipulation 7431
GPU 30082 1439025
Memory 162956 509895
Multi-core score 1463 11181
Photo editing 16321
Single-core score 470 3574
Total score 515968 3960840
UX 137172 914038
Video editing 4584
Web score 11364
Writing score 10637

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
5G support No No
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5.1 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
NFC* No No
Type of SIM card No No
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* No No

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Area 447 cm2(69.3 inches2) 608 cm2(94.2 inches2)
Colors Gray Gray, Green
Drop resistance Bad (E) · 10 drops
Fingerprint scanner No No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 267.3 mm (10.52 inches) 289.7 mm (11.41 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Repairability Good (3.05/5)
Thickness 6.77 mm (0.27 inches) 5.9 mm (0.23 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 475 g (16.75 oz) 672 g (23.7 oz)
Width 167.4 mm (6.59 inches) 209.8 mm (8.26 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Aspect ratio 5:3 7:5
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 450 nits 700 nits
PPI 254 ppi 315 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Resolution 1504 x 2508 pixels 2400 x 3392 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.1% 87.5%
Size 11.5 inches 13.2 inches
Type TFT LCD IPS LCD
Display features - DCI-P3
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits
Touch sampling rate 540 Hz

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - - Bokeh mode- Pro mode
Flash No LED
Image resolution 8 MP 4128 x 3096
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP 1) Standard: 13 MP
Matrix 8 megapixels 13 megapixels
Sensor size 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Slow motion No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Announced March 2025 June 2026
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 67 W
Category Budget Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $185
Release date March 2025 June 2026
Sensors - Accelerometer - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A53- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A73 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~322.6 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1260 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 128 1536
Graphics Adreno 610 Adreno 830
Lithography process 6 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2800 MHz 4320 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon
L3 cache 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Date Benchmark
📘 2026-08-11(SkyBlack) CPU Throttle

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 5 megapixels 8 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Sensor CMOS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
OS updates 5 years
Operating system Android 15 Android 16
ROM MagicOS 9 OxygenOS 16

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Pad X9a OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Dolby Atmos No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 8.0

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