Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 83.3 | 90.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | Huawei |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo | Android 10 |
| 2018-06-05 | 2019-12-17 |
| 6.10 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches | 6.22 x 2.88 x 0.35 inches |
| 6.17 ounces | 6.98 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and White | Black, Cosmic purple, Emerald green, Space silver and Vegan leather - Orange and Forest green |
| Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.2 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2248 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1176 pixels |
| AMOLED | OLED |
| 402 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset |
| Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 630 GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 40.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 56.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (7680 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 12.1 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.36 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G has a general score of 90.5, which is a little bit better than the Xiaomi Mi 8's score of 83.3. The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G construction is newer than the Xiaomi Mi 8's, although it's somewhat heavier and thicker. These devices come with the same Android 10 OS (Operating System), so they should provide you very similar operating system features.
The Xiaomi Mi 8 has a bit sharper display than Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G, although it has a bit lower resolution of 1080 x 2248px, a quite smaller screen and a little bit worse pixel count in each display inch. The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G features a processing unit that's just as good as Xiaomi Mi 8's processing unit, and although the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G has a greater amount of RAM, they both have 8 CPU cores.
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G captures greater photos and videos than Xiaomi Mi 8, and although they both have the same 3840x2160 video quality, the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G also has a camera with way more mega-pixels, faster video frame rates, a bigger diafragm aperture and a much larger back-facing camera sensor capturing more light and vivid colors.
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G features as much memory capacity to install applications and games as the Xiaomi Mi 8 one, both of them have exactly the same 256 GB internal memory. Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G counts with greater battery life than Xiaomi Mi 8, because it has a 4500mAh battery size.
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