Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 86.4 | 84.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Asus |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-04-07 | 2021-04-26 |
| 5.86 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches | 6.80 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches |
| 6.17 ounces | 8.40 ounces |
| Black, Blush gold, Deep Sea blue, Ice white and Silver frost | Phantom Black and Storm White |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 244.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2448 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | AMOLED |
| 422 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset | Snapdragon 888 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | Kryo 680, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Adreno 660 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 23.00mm focal length | 11.00mm focal length |
| 0.78 inches (1/1.28") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (30 fps) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 12.21 | 12.87 |
| 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 | |
| 3800mAh Battery | 6000mAh Nano SIM Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.76 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei P40 has an overall score of 86.4, which is slightly better than the Asus ROG Phone 5's global score of 84.7. The Huawei P40 is an older cellphone than the Asus ROG Phone 5, but Huawei could make it incredibly lighter and thinner anyway. The Asus ROG Phone 5's processing unit is just as good as the processing unit in Huawei P40, and although the Asus ROG Phone 5 has a greater amount of RAM, they both have 8 processing cores.
The Asus ROG Phone 5 counts with a bit better display than Huawei P40, because although it has a little bit less pixels per screen inch, it also counts with a slightly higher resolution of 1080 x 2448px and a quite bigger screen. The Huawei P40 and the Asus ROG Phone 5 both feature quite similar memory to store more apps and games, both have exactly the same internal memory capacity.
The Asus ROG Phone 5 counts with a really longer battery life than Huawei P40, because it has a 58% bigger battery capacity. Asus ROG Phone 5 features a little bit better camera than Huawei P40, because although it has a lot tinier back-facing camera sensor taking way lower quality videos and photos, it also counts with a larger camera aperture, a lot more megapixels camera in the back and a lot better video resolution.
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