Huawei P20 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei P20 Pro

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Samsung Galaxy S5

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Huawei P20 Pro or Samsung Galaxy S5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei P20 Pro Samsung Galaxy S5
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Release date 2018, March 2014, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 155 x 73.9 x 7.8 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 2.91 in 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in
Weight 180 g | 6.35 oz 145 g | 5.11 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame Plastic body
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Colors Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 390 h
Talking time - Up to 21 h
Music play - Up to 67 h
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Screen

Technology AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" in 5.1" in
Screen area 93.9 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 18.7:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.0% 69.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2240 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 408 PPI 432 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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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'', OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
-20 MP B/W, f/1.6, 27mm (wide), 1/2.7'', OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
-8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4'', 3x optical zoom, OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
-16 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, PDAF
Functions Leica optics, LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
DxOMark Main Score 109 70
DxOMark Photo 114 68
DxOMark Video 98 75
Front camera, selfie 24 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide) 2 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide)
Functions Leica optics Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 72
DxOMark Photo 67
DxOMark Video 79

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9 Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU Mali-G72 MP12 Adreno 330
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 262139
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 356 139
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1467 373
GeekBench 4 Single Core 931
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 2412
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2328
GeekBench 4 Battery 1119

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2.1 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.20 W/kg (head)     1.58 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.56 W/kg (head)     0.41 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum , Infrared port - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 4.5V/5A (58% in 30 min)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: G900F (Europe), G900I (Asia, Australia), G900M (Vodafone), G900A (AT&T), G900T (T-Mobile), G900W8 (Canada), G900K/G900L/G900S (Korea)

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