Who is better in performance, gaming and battery life?

Motorola One Fusion+ is the company’s latest smartphone, which was launched last month. We have also reviewed the device, where it withstood many of our tests and we can say without hesitation that it is a good, affordable Android smartphone. Motorola One Fusion comes in India at a price of Rs 16,999 and at this price it comes with Snapdragon 730G, 6 GB RAM and 5000mAh battery. Another feature of Motorola One Fusion+ is that the operating system comes with almost stock Android experience. Its tough competitor in the market is Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, which comes with Snapdragon 720G, 6 GB RAM and 5020mAh battery. Both smartphones get quad rear camera setup. We recently compared the camera of Motorola One Fusion+ and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, which you can read here. Today here we are comparing gaming, battery, software and performance between Motorola One Fusion+ and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. Let’s see who wins between the two smartphones.

Motorola One Fusion+ vs Redmi Note 9 Pro Max: specifications, software

The Motorola One Fusion+ sports a 6.5-inch HDR10 certified full-HD+ IPS display, while the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max features a 6.67-inch full-HD+ display that is capable of offering 84 percent of the NTSC colour gamut. The panel on the Motorola smartphone does not get any kind of protection layer, while Xiaomi has used Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on its phone.

Motorola One Fusion+ The Indian variant of the One Fusion is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G, while its global variant features the Snapdragon 730. The One Fusion+ comes with only 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, priced at Rs 16,999 in India.

On the other hand, Redmi Note 9 Pro Max It is powered by Snapdragon 720G chipset and is offered in three variants. These include 6 GB + 64 GB storage variant, 6 GB + 128 GB storage variant and 8 GB + 128 GB storage variant. They are priced at Rs 16,999, Rs 18,499 and Rs 19,999 respectively. Redmi Note 9 Pro Max was launched at lower prices, but the increase in GST rate and another recent adjustment has made it more expensive.

Both devices support dual SIM with 4G and VoLTE, but only the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max has a dedicated microSD card slot. The Motorola One Fusion+ lets you insert either two SIMs or one SIM and one microSD card thanks to its hybrid dual-SIM slot. Both phones support Bluetooth 5, dual-band Wi-Fi, and multiple navigation systems.

Both these smartphones run Android 10 and were running on the April security patch at the time of our comparison, but their user interfaces are very different. The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max runs MIUI 11 skin based on Android. It comes with a lot of bloatware (pre-installed unwanted apps) and we found some apps that showed a lot of unwanted ads and notifications. The Motorola One Fusion+ feels almost like stock Android and doesn’t come with a lot of preinstalled bloatware. We didn’t encounter a single spam notification during the review period. Here, we definitely liked the clean user interface of the Motorola One Fusion+ compared to the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max.

(Also read: Motorola One Fusion+ vs Redmi Note 9 Pro Max: Which has better camera performance?)

Motorola One Fusion+ vs Redmi Note 9 Pro Max: performance

We found both these smartphones to be fast and there was not a single lag at any point of time. Both review units had 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, so we were eager to see which one would come out on top in terms of performance. The fingerprint scanners on both phones unlock the phone quickly and a good thing about the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max is that it also has face unlock, which the Motorola One Fusion+ doesn’t have.

We watched some videos on both these devices and found the Motorola One Fusion+ to be better in terms of speakers and screen. We ran some benchmark tests on both these devices and the results were quite similar. In AnTuTu, the Motorola One Fusion+ got a score of 273,407 while the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max managed to score 277,058. In Geekbench 5 single and multi-core tests, the Motorola One Fusion+ scored 548 and 1,691 points respectively and here too the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max was slightly ahead with its 564 and 1,759 points. For graphics benchmarks, GFXBench’s T-Rex and car chase scenes run at 55fps and 15fps respectively on the One Fusion+ while the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max ran these scenes at 59fps and 16fps respectively.

We played PUBG Mobile on both the Motorola One Fusion+ and the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max and both devices ran on the High preset by default. The game ran smoothly without any issues on both smartphones, but we did notice that the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max felt slightly warm to the touch after playing for 20 minutes, while the Motorola One Fusion+ was not affected after the same duration.

Both review phones come with almost the same battery capacity and last about a day and a half on a full charge with regular use. However, in our HD video loop test, the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max lasted 17 hours, 10 minutes. This is much longer than the Motorola One Fusion +’s 15 hours and 45 minutes. The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max also has a higher charging capacity, as it gets a 33W charger. It charges the phone up to 90 percent in an hour. On the other hand, the Motorola One Fusion + gets an 18W charger, which is able to charge the phone up to 60 percent in the same time.