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| Global Score | |
| 91.6 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-03-05 | 2018-04-20 |
| 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches | 6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches |
| 10.58 ounces | 6.70 ounces |
| Interstellar blue | Black, Blue and Gray |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| 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 990 5G chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.63 | 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 | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.56 | 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 | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| 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 Xs has an overall score of 91.6, which is better than the Xiaomi Black Shark's general score of 80.4. The Huawei Mate Xs construction is newer, but thicker and incredibly heavier than Xiaomi Black Shark. Xiaomi Black Shark features a bit sharper display than Huawei Mate Xs, although it has a way smaller display, a way worse resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels and a just a bit worse amount of pixels per inch of display.
The Huawei Mate Xs features a much greater memory to store more games and applications than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has more internal storage. The Xiaomi Black Shark and Huawei Mate Xs have very similar processing units, they have a 8 GB RAM memory and the same number of cores. Huawei Mate Xs features a bit better battery performance than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has a 4500mAh battery size instead of 4000mAh.
Huawei Mate Xs has a slightly better camera than Xiaomi Black Shark, and although they both have the same video frame rates, a same size aperture and the same video definition, the Huawei Mate Xs also has a way higher 40 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera and a way larger sensor taking much higher quality videos and photographs.
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