Huawei Mate 20 Pro vs Huawei Mate 20 Lite vs Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Comparison
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Huawei Mate 20 Pro
Smartphone 2

Huawei Mate 20 Lite
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9
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Common specs
Brand and model | Huawei Mate 20 Pro | Huawei Mate 20 Lite | Samsung Galaxy Note 9 |
Rating | 0) | (+0) | (+|
Release date | 2018, October | 2018, August | 2018, August |
Dimensions (HxWxD) | 157.8 x 72.3 x 8.6 mm | 6.21 x 6.21 x 2.85 in | 158.3 x 75.3 x 7.6 mm | 6.23 x 6.23 x 2.96 in | 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm | 6.37 x 6.37 x 3.01 in |
Weight | 189 g | 6.67 oz | 172 g | 6.07 oz | 201 g | 7.09 oz |
Body Build | Front/back glass & aluminum frame | Front glass, aluminum body | Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame |
Case | buy from Amazon | buy from Amazon | |
Colors | Emerald Green, Midnight Blue, Twilight, Pink Gold, Black | Sapphire Blue, Black, Platinum gold | Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White |
Battery | 4200 mAh, Non-removable Li-Po | 3750 mAh, Non-removable Li-Ion | 4000 mAh, Non-removable Li-Ion |
Approximate price | 880 EUR | 300 EUR | 750 EUR |
Check price | from Amazon | from Amazon |
Screen
Technology | AMOLED | LTPS IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
Touchscreen | capacitive touchscreen | capacitive touchscreen | capacitive touchscreen |
Display colors | 16M | 16M | 16M |
Screen size | 6.39" in | 6.3" in | 6.4" in |
Screen area | 100.2 cm2 | 97.4 cm2 | 103.2 cm2 |
Screen format | 19.5:9 (height:width) | 19.5:9 (height:width) | 18.5:9 (height:width) |
Screen to body ratio | 87.9% | 81.7% | 83.4% |
Screen resolution | 1440 x 3120 px | 1080 x 2340 px | 1440 x 2960 px |
Screen PPI /points per inch/ | 538 PPI | 409 PPI | 516 PPI |
Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | |
Other specs | - DCI-P3 -HDR10 |
- HDR10 -Always-on display |
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Screen protector | buy from Amazon | buy from Amazon |
Camera and Video
Rear camera, main | 40 MP, Triple | 20 MP, Dual | 12 MP, Dual |
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 |
-20 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), PDAF -2 MP, depth sensor |
-12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS -12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom |
Functions | Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR | LED flash, panorama, HDR | LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama |
Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps | 1080p@30fps | 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec. |
DxOMark Main Score | 112 | 103 | |
DxOMark Photo | 120 | 107 | |
DxOMark Video | 97 | 94 | |
Front camera, selfie | 24 MP, Single | 24 MP, Dual | 8 MP, Single |
Specifications | 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide) | 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide) 2 MP, depth sensor |
8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF |
Functions | HDR | HDR | Dual video call, Auto-HDR |
Video | 1080p@30fps | 1080p@30fps | 1440p@30fps |
DxOMark Selfie Score | 75 | 92 | |
DxOMark Photo | 73 | 96 | |
DxOMark Video | 79 | 86 |
Performance
Operating system - OS | Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9 | Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2 | Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); One UI |
Chipset | - HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) | - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) | - Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm) - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China |
CPU | - Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) | - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) | - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA -Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China |
GPU | Mali-G76 MP10 | Mali-G51 MP4 | Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China |
External memory | NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses SIM 2) | microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) | microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only |
Internal memory | 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM | 64 GB, 4/6 GB RAM | 512 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM |
Benchmark
Antutu 8 Total | 385302 | 171368 | 320265 |
Antutu 7 Total | |||
GeekBench 6 Single Core | 782 | 323 | 521 |
GeekBench 6 Multi Core | 2220 | 924 | 1790 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL | 1425 | 398 | 2025 |
GeekBench 6 Vulkan | 3643 | 1958 | |
GeekBench 5 Single Core | 679 | 331 | 480 |
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core | 2320 | 1317 | 2002 |
GeekBench 4 Single Core | 3331 | 1550 | 2358 |
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core | 9771 | 5409 | 8531 |
GeekBench 4 RenderScript | 7627 | 4050 | 9353 |
GeekBench 4 Battery | 5154 |
Communication and Connectivity
SIM card | Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) | Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) | Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Network | GSM / HSPA / LTE | GSM / HSPA / LTE | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / 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 (SNE-LX1 DS, SNE-LX3 DS, INE-LX2) -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - SNE-LX1, SNE-LX3 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SNE-LX2 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - SNE-LX1 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - SNE-LX2, INE-LX2 LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700), 28(700) - SNE-LX3 |
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - Global LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - USA |
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 | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps |
GPRS | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Edge | Yes | 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 | 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 | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
NFC | Yes | Yes (SNE-LX1 only) | Yes |
USB | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE | 4.2, A2DP, LE | 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX |
Music and Audio
Radio | No | FM radio | No |
Headphone jack | No | Yes | Yes |
Others | - 32-bit/384kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | - 32-bit/384kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
Other features
Sensors | - Face ID, fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass , Infrared port | - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
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) |
- Fast battery charging 9V/2A 18W |
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) -ANT+ -Bixby natural language commands and dictation - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) - - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) -Stylus (Bluetooth integration) |
Versions |
- SM-N960F/DS (Global); SM-N960U (USA); SM-N9600/DS (LATAM, Brazil, China) |