Huawei Mate 8 vs Motorola Nexus 6 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 8

Huawei Mate 8

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Motorola Nexus 6

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Huawei Mate 8 or Motorola Nexus 6 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 8 Motorola Nexus 6
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Release date 2015, November 2014, October
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 3.17 in 159.3 x 83 x 10.1 mm | 6.27 x 6.27 x 3.27 in
Weight 185 g | 6.53 oz 184 g | 6.49 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown Midnight Blue, Cloud White
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3220 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 528 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 98 h
Stand by time - Up to 330 h
Talking time - Up to 24 h
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Screen

Technology IPS-NEO LCD AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" in 5.96" in
Screen area 98.7 cm2 97.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 78.0% 74.1%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 368 PPI 493 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8'', OIS, PDAF -13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), 1/3'', 1.4µm, OIS, AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED ring flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm (wide) 2 MP, f/2.2, 1/6'', 1.4µm
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 4 Android 5.0 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm) - Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53) - Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450
GPU Mali-T880 MP4 Adreno 420
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
32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 363
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1131
GeekBench 5 Single Core 339 139
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1273 439
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1683 1008
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5282 2576
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3812 2852
GeekBench 4 Battery 1357

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM - NXT-L09Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - NXT-L29 Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / 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 - all models 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - XT1103
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Verizon
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 41(2500) - XT1100 
LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 41(2500) - XT1103 
LTE band 4(1700/2100), 13(700) - Verizon
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps or LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 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
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.1, 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 - 1.47 W/kg (head)     0.93 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 - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min

- Qi wireless charging
- Water resistant
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Ascend Mate8

- Also known as Motorola Nexus X; Motorola Moto X Pro (China)

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