Huawei Mate 20 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite) Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Huawei Mate 20 Pro

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Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite)

Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite)

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Huawei Mate 20 Pro or Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 20 Pro Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite)
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Release date 2018, October 2018, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.8 x 72.3 x 8.6 mm | 6.21 x 6.21 x 2.85 in 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.68 in
Weight 189 g | 6.67 oz 150 g | 5.29 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Emerald Green, Midnight Blue, Twilight, Pink Gold, Black Burgundy Red, Black Night
Battery 4200 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 880 EUR 400 EUR
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Screen

Technology AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.39" in 5.8" in
Screen area 100.2 cm2 85.4 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 87.9% 84.2%
Screen resolution 1440 x 3120 px 1080 x 2220 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 538 PPI 426 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)
Other specs - DCI-P3
-HDR10
- Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 40 MP, Triple 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -40 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7", PDAF, Laser AF
-8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4", PDAF, Laser AF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
-20 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.7", PDAF, Laser AF
-16 MP, f/1.7, 1.12µm, PDAF
Functions Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 2160p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 112
DxOMark Photo 120
DxOMark Video 97
Front camera, selfie 24 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide) 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 75
DxOMark Photo 73
DxOMark Video 79

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9 Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) - Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
GPU Mali-G76 MP10 Adreno 512
External memory NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses SIM 2) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 385302
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 782
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2220
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1425
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 3643
GeekBench 5 Single Core 679
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2320
GeekBench 4 Single Core 3331
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 9771
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7627

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat21 1400/200 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Face ID, fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass , Infrared port - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 40W (70% in 30 min)
-Fast wireless charging 15W
-Power bank/Reverse wireless charging
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Qi wireless charging
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- For China Also known as Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite, Samsung Galaxy S Lite

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