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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2018-10-26 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminum and Glass | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 3.52 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A5 (2017) is a little bit better than the Huawei Mate 20 X, getting a global score of 75.8 against 75.6. Although Galaxy A5 (2017) is older than Huawei Mate 20 X, it's construction is a little thinner and extremely lighter. The Galaxy A5 (2017) counts with a bit more vivid screen than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a bit worse 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution and a way smaller screen, it also counts with a just a bit higher display pixels density.
Huawei Mate 20 X features a little better hardware performance than Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has a higher amount of RAM memory. The Galaxy A5 (2017) takes greater pictures and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, although it has a smaller camera aperture which is not nice for taking images and/or video in low-light environments, they both have the same 1920x1080 video quality and the same 30 fps video frame rates.
Huawei Mate 20 X counts with a better memory to store more apps and games than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with more internal memory capacity. The Huawei Mate 20 X has a really longer battery performance than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 67% larger battery size.
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