Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 76.2 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 8.1 Oreo | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2018-09-12 | 2018-04-20 |
| 6.23 x 2.96 x 0.30 inches | 6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches |
| 6.07 ounces | 6.70 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Gold | Black, Blue and Gray |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 409 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| -- | 550 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G51 MP4 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.74 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 20.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| -- | 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.68 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3750mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.68 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Black Shark is slightly better than the Huawei Mate 20 lite, having an 80.4 score against 76.2. Although it's the best in this review, we must tell that it's also a thicker and just a bit heavier cellphone. Both of these phones work with Android OS, but Xiaomi Black Shark has the newer 9.0 Pie version and Huawei Mate 20 lite has Android 8.1 Oreo, so it provides you some extra features and improved performance.
The Xiaomi Black Shark counts with a little bit better screen than Huawei Mate 20 lite, although it has a little bit smaller screen, a little bit worse resolution of 1080 x 2160px and a just a bit inferior pixels amount in each screen inch. The Xiaomi Black Shark features a little bit better processing power than Huawei Mate 20 lite, and although they both have a Octa-Core processing unit, the Xiaomi Black Shark also has a greater amount of RAM memory.
Xiaomi Black Shark captures slightly better photographs and videos than Huawei Mate 20 lite, because although it has a back-facing camera with lot less mega pixels, and they both have a F1.8 camera aperture, the Xiaomi Black Shark also counts with a lot higher video resolution. The Huawei Mate 20 lite counts with a quite bigger memory capacity for apps and games than Xiaomi Black Shark, because although it has just 64 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with a slot for an SD memory card that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
The Xiaomi Black Shark features just a little better battery performance than Huawei Mate 20 lite, because it has a 7% more battery capacity.
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