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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 86.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 10 |
| 2018-10-26 | 2020-05-08 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 7.83 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Armor gray, Lightning black and Star silver |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | OLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 3.52 | 12.43 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4720mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 is better than Huawei Mate 20 X, having a overall score of 86.6 against 75.6. Both phones in this review include Android OS (Operating System), but the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has older 10 version and Huawei Mate 20 X has Android 9.0 Pie version. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 design is newer and a little bit lighter, but also way thicker than the Huawei Mate 20 X.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a bit more vivid screen than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a quite better 1080 x 2400 resolution and a just a bit more pixels per display inch. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 counts with a little bit better hardware performance than Huawei Mate 20 X, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also has a greater amount of RAM.
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a much better camera than Huawei Mate 20 X, and although they both have a F1.8 aperture, the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality and the same sensor size, the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also has higher video frame rates. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3's storage for games and applications is very similar to Huawei Mate 20 X's one, both of them have the same internal memory.
Huawei Mate 20 X has a little better battery life than Xiaomi Black Shark 3, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 4720mAh.
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