In recent days, I have found that many articles have forwarded a screenshot of Master Lu's newly released Android phone performance list in January 2022, and the top five are naturally all high-end Snapdragon 8 GEN1 mobile phones. The most surprising thing is that the first place is iQOO 9 instead of the iQOO 9 Pro with higher hardware configuration, iQOO 9 scores 1.07 million points+, while iQOO 9 Pro scores 1.05 million points+, and the standard version is about 20,000 points higher than the professional version.
Another software, Antutu, also listed the performance rankings of Android flagship mobile phones in January 2022, which includes iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro, but the ranking of these two models is different from the ranking of Lu Master, which is iQOO 9 Pro ranking first, iQOO 9 is second, and the difference in running scores is only about 800. So which is the iQOO 9 or iQOO 9 Pro more powerful? Which of the test results of Master Lu and An Rabbit is more significant?
The test results of these two software are comprehensive tests from the CPU, memory, storage, screen, system and other aspects, so let's first take a look at the core hardware configuration of these two mobile phones. iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro are equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen1 processor + enhanced version of LPDDR5 memory + overclocking version of UFS 3.1 flash memory, both built-in independent display chip Pro, dual X-axis linear motor, stereo dual speakers and so on.
The core hardware configuration difference between iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro is the screen, rear camera and wireless charging. Both phones use a 6.78-inch Samsung AMOLED E5 flexible screen, the screen refresh rate is 120Hz, but the iQOO 9 Pro screen is a curved screen with 2K resolution, supporting LTPO stepless variable speed 2.0, while the iQOO 9 screen is a 1080P resolution straight screen, relatively speaking, the iQOO 9 Pro screen quality is higher, but the iQOO 9 is more suitable for gaming.
Both the iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro have a front-facing 16MP camera, but the iQOO 9 Pro features a rear triple camera combination of a 50MP micro gimbal main camera (Samsung GN5 sensor, 1/1.57" super large bottom) + 50MP ultra-wide angle fisheye main camera (supports fisheye macro/150° fisheye ultra-wide angle) + 16MP portrait lens (60mm equivalent focal length), while iQOO 9 features a 50MP ultra-clear main camera (Samsung GN5 sensor, The rear triple camera combination of 1/1.57" super-large bottom) + 13MP ultra-wide-angle lens (120° ultra-wide-angle) + 12MP portrait lens (47mm equivalent focal length) compares the iQOO 9 Pro with higher hardware configuration and more advantages in imaging. In terms of charging, the iQOO 9 Pro has more 50W wireless charging and 10W wireless reverse charging than the iQOO 9. But the camera and charging do not seem to have much of an image of performance.
So what causes the performance difference between the two phones? Different screen resolutions? There may be some relationship, but I feel that it is more related to the design of the heat dissipation. iQOO 9 Pro adopts a large area VC exhaust plate + laminated stereoscopic graphite + full coverage of the screen heat dissipation film + panoramic porthole composed of heat dissipation system, and iQOO 9 uses a large area VC vapor plate + laminated three-dimensional graphite + split flow power pump + panoramic porthole composed of heat dissipation system, the difference between the two mobile phones in terms of heat dissipation is mainly concentrated in the screen full coverage of the heat dissipation film and shunt power pump, the former is passive heat dissipation, the latter is active heat dissipation, relatively speaking, iQOO 9 has more advantages in terms of heat dissipation performance, which will be more helpful for the full performance of Snapdragon 8 GEN1.
From the user's point of view, the significance of which of the two mobile phones has a higher running score is not large, and the running score cannot be directly used as the basis for purchasing. If you care about the price, then directly choose iQOO 9; if you have higher requirements for photography, then consider choosing iQOO 9 Pro; if you are a gamer, it is recommended to choose iQOO 9 with a straight screen, after all, the performance is enough and the game experience will be better.