Huawei P20 Pro vs Xiaomi Mi 5 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei P20 Pro

Huawei P20 Pro

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Xiaomi Mi 5

Xiaomi Mi 5

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Huawei P20 Pro or Xiaomi Mi 5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei P20 Pro Xiaomi Mi 5
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Release date 2018, March 2016, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 155 x 73.9 x 7.8 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 2.91 in 144.6 x 69.2 x 7.3 mm | 5.69 x 5.69 x 2.72 in
Weight 180 g | 6.35 oz 129 g | 4.55 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold Black, White, Gold, Ceramic
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
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Screen

Technology AMOLED IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" in 5.15" in
Screen area 93.9 cm2 73.1 cm2
Screen format 18.7:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.0% 73.1%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2240 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 408 PPI 428 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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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/2.0, 1/2.8'', 1.12µm, 4-axis OIS, PDAF
Functions Leica optics, LED flash, HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
DxOMark Main Score 109
DxOMark Photo 114
DxOMark Video 98
Front camera, selfie 24 MP, Single 4 MP, Single
Specifications 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide) 4 MP, f/2.0, 1/3'', 2µm
Functions Leica optics
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 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); MIUI 10
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 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-G72 MP12 Adreno 530
External memory No No
Internal memory 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM - Pro edition
64 GB, 3 GB RAM - Prime edition
32 GB, 3 GB RAM - Standard

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 262139
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 314
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 621
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 549
GeekBench 5 Single Core 356 306
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1467 780
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1606
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3694
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 6540
GeekBench 4 Battery 1865

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) 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 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-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 (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 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, 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, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD 4.2, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.70 W/kg (head)     1.42 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 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 , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 4.5V/5A (58% in 30 min)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
Versions
- Pro and Prime editions are China exclusive

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