Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 89.4 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2019-11-15 | 2018-04-20 |
| 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches | 6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches |
| 10.41 ounces | 6.70 ounces |
| Blue | Black, Blue and Gray |
| Glass | -- |
| $ 2299.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 6 inches |
| 2480 x 2200 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 414 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| -- | 550 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.54 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 17.6 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.02 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, 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 |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 5.92 |
| 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 Huawei Mate X has an overall score of 89.4, which is much better than the Xiaomi Black Shark's 80.4 score. Both devices in this comparison come with the same Android 9.0 Pie OS (Operating System). Huawei Mate X is a newer cellphone than Xiaomi Black Shark, although it is somewhat thicker and a lot heavier.
Xiaomi Black Shark features a bit sharper screen than Huawei Mate X, although it has a way lower 1080 x 2160 resolution, a quite lower pixels density and a really smaller screen. Xiaomi Black Shark has a bit better performance than Huawei Mate X. Both have a Octa-Core CPU and 8 GB of RAM memory. The Xiaomi Black Shark captures a bit better photos and videos than Huawei Mate X, although it has a way smaller camera sensor and a back facing camera with way less megapixels resolution, they both have a same size aperture.
Huawei Mate X counts with a superior memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has 512 GB internal memory. The Huawei Mate X has a bit superior battery life than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has a 4500mAh battery capacity.
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