Huawei Mate 8 vs Xiaomi Mi 5 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 8

Huawei Mate 8

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Xiaomi Mi 5

Xiaomi Mi 5

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Huawei Mate 8 or Xiaomi Mi 5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 8 Xiaomi Mi 5
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Release date 2015, November 2016, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 3.17 in 144.6 x 69.2 x 7.3 mm | 5.69 x 5.69 x 2.72 in
Weight 185 g | 6.53 oz 129 g | 4.55 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown Black, White, Gold, Ceramic
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 528 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 98 h
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Screen

Technology IPS-NEO LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" in 5.15" in
Screen area 98.7 cm2 73.1 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 78.0% 73.1%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 368 PPI 428 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8'', OIS, PDAF -16 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.8'', 1.12µm, 4-axis OIS, PDAF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 4 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm (wide) 4 MP, f/2.0, 1/3'', 2µm
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 4 Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); MIUI 10
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53) - Quad-core (2x1.8 GHz Kryo & 2x1.36 GHz Kryo) - Standard edition
-Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - Prime & Pro edition
GPU Mali-T880 MP4 Adreno 530
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No
Internal memory 32 GB, 3 GB RAM - NXT-L09, NXT-L29
64 GB, 4 GB RAM - NXT-L29
128 GB, 4 GB RAM - Pro edition
64 GB, 3 GB RAM - Prime edition
32 GB, 3 GB RAM - Standard

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 363 314
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1131 621
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 549
GeekBench 5 Single Core 339 306
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1273 780
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1683 1606
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5282 3694
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3812 6540
GeekBench 4 Battery 1865

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM - NXT-L09Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - NXT-L29 Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - NXT-L29, NXT-L09
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L29 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L09
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 & TD-SCDMA 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - China
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.49 W/kg (head)     0.32 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.46 W/kg (head)     0.21 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.70 W/kg (head)     1.42 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Ascend Mate8

- Pro and Prime editions are China exclusive

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