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Huawei P40 Pro vs Mate 40 Pro

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Huawei P40 Pro vs Mate 40 Pro

68 out of 100
Huawei P40 Pro
VS
72 out of 100
Huawei Mate 40 Pro
Huawei P40 Pro
Huawei Mate 40 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.58-inch Huawei P40 Pro (with HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G) that was released on March 26, 2020, against the Huawei Mate 40 Pro, which is powered by Kirin 9000 5G and came out 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Huawei P40 Pro
  • Shows 10% longer battery life (28:58 vs 26:25 hours)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Slow-motion recording at 7680FPS
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 40 Pro
  • Delivers 62% higher peak brightness (808 against 500 nits)
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (907K versus 665K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 40W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
  • Stereo speakers

Review

Evaluation of Huawei P40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation

Value for money

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
P40 Pro
vs
Mate 40 Pro

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.58 inches 6.76 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2640 pixels 1344 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 441 ppi 441 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 600 nits 800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 94.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming 		- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 97.5%
PWM 365 Hz 367 Hz
Response time 3 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
P40 Pro
500 nits
Mate 40 Pro +62%
808 nits

Design and build

Height 158.2 mm (6.23 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 72.6 mm (2.86 inches) 75.5 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 9 mm (0.35 inches) 9.1 mm (0.36 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
P40 Pro
91.6%
Mate 40 Pro +3%
94.1%

Performance

Tests of Huawei P40 Pro and Huawei Mate 40 Pro in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G Kirin 9000 5G
Max clock 2860 MHz 3130 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.86 GHz: Cortex-A76 		- 4 cores at 2.05 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 3 cores at 2.54 GHz: Cortex-A77
- 1 core at 3.13 GHz: Cortex-A77
Lithography process 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Graphics Mali-G76 MP16 Mali-G78 MP24
GPU shading units 576 1536
GPU clock 600 MHz 759 MHz
FLOPS ~691.2 GFLOPS ~2331.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
P40 Pro
665287
Mate 40 Pro +36%
907784
CPU 175509 242171
GPU 203583 315801
Memory 152160 155272
UX 128351 188275
Total score 665287 907784
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Max surface temperature 34.2 °C 35.1 °C
Stability 55% 53%
Graphics test 19 FPS 32 FPS
Graphics score 3286 5522
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 10160
Video editing - 6864
Photo editing - 27125
Data manipulation - 9754
Writing score - 15993

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256, 512 GB
Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card Nano Memory Nano Memory
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB Up to 256 GB

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 Android 10.0
ROM EMUI 11 EMUI 11
OS size 16.5 GB 18.2 GB

Battery

Capacity 4200 mAh 4400 mAh
Max charge power 40 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (27 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (70% in 40 min) Yes, HUAWEI SuperCharge (87% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 0:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:35 hr 09:10 hr
Watching video 15:03 hr 13:28 hr
Gaming 04:00 hr 04:51 hr
Standby 79 hr 75 hr
General battery life
P40 Pro +10%
28:58 hr
Mate 40 Pro
26:25 hr

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 7680 FPS (720p) 3840 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 4 (50 MP + 12 MP + 40 MP) 4 (50 MP + 12 MP + 20 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9
- Focal length: 23 mm
- Pixel size: 1.22 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.28", Sony IMX700 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9
- Focal length: 23 mm
- Pixel size: 1.22 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.28", Sony IMX700 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Laser autofocus
Telephoto lens - 12 MP
- Aperture: f/3.4
- Focal length: 125 mm
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/3.4
- Focal length: 125 mm
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
Ultra-wide lens - 40 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 18 mm
- Pixel size: 1 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.54", Sony IMX650 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- 20 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 18 mm
- Pixel size: 1 micron
- Phase autofocus
Depth lens Yes Yes
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support 		- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Samples Photo samples of Huawei P40 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Huawei Mate 40 Pro from DxOMark
Selfie camera
Megapixels 32 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 6464 x 4864 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 18 mm
Pixel size 0.8 microns -
Sensor type BSI CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.8" -
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

DxOMark camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display 		- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.2
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG 		- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC * Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM * 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support * Yes Yes
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat * 21 22
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
P40 Pro +2%
89.1 dB
Mate 40 Pro
87.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2020 October 2020
Release date March 2020 November 2020
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint 		- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
* Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Huawei Mate 40 Pro . It has a better display, performance, gaming, and sound.

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