Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 72.6 | 83.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 5.0 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2015-04-15 | 2018-06-05 |
| 7.19 x 3.66 x 0.27 inches | 6.10 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 8.04 ounces | 6.17 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Blue, Gold and White |
| Metal; metal | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 2000.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.8 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2248 x 1080 pixels |
| TFT | AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 935 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53e and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 2000 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-T628 MP4 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 8.37 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 56.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.03 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4360mAh Battery | 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.24 | 5.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0, EDR | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Mi 8 has a general score of 83.3, which is much better than the Huawei P8 Max's 72.6 overall score. Xiaomi Mi 8's body is incredibly newer and extremely lighter, but just a little thicker than the Huawei P8 Max. These phones include Android OS (operating system), but Xiaomi Mi 8 has a newer 10 version while Huawei P8 Max has Android 5.0 version, providing a couple nice extra features and enhanced performance.
Xiaomi Mi 8 counts with a bit more vivid screen than Huawei P8 Max, because although it has a bit smaller display, it also counts with a quite better 1080 x 2248 resolution and a quite higher display pixels density. The Xiaomi Mi 8 counts with a way bigger storage to install games and applications than Huawei P8 Max, because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with 192 GB more internal memory capacity.
Xiaomi Mi 8 has a faster processing unit than Huawei P8 Max, because it has a larger number of cores (and they are faster) and a greater amount of RAM memory. Xiaomi Mi 8 takes greater videos and photos than Huawei P8 Max, because although it has a less mega-pixels back facing camera, it also counts with a much higher 3840x2160 video resolution and a bigger aperture to take better low light photography and video.
Huawei P8 Max counts with greater battery lifetime than Xiaomi Mi 8, because it has a 28 percent more battery capacity.
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