Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 91.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | -- |
| 2014-06-23 | 2020-03-05 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 10.58 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Interstellar blue |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 199.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 8 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2480 x 2200 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 414 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 512 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 17.6 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 40.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.69 | 10.56 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.5 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate Xs is a lot better than the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, with a 91.6 score against 75.6. Even though the Huawei Mate Xs is extremely newer than the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, it is thicker and much heavier. Huawei Mate Xs has a bit better CPU than Galaxy S5 Active, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics co-processor, it also counts with 6 GB more RAM and more processing cores.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active counts with a little more vivid screen than Huawei Mate Xs, because although it has a much smaller display and a way lower 1920 x 1080px resolution, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per display inch. Huawei Mate Xs features a greater camera than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, and although they both have the same (4K) video resolution and the same 30 fps video frame rate, the Huawei Mate Xs also has a much better resolution back-facing camera.
The Huawei Mate Xs features much more memory to store more games and applications than Galaxy S5 Active, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 512 GB internal memory capacity. Huawei Mate Xs counts with a much longer battery duration than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has a 61% more battery capacity.
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