Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus vs Huawei Mate 60 Pro
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus (with Exynos 9 Octa 9825) that was released on August 7, 2019, against the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9000S and came out 49 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1000GB
- 13% higher pixel density (495 vs 440 PPI)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 29 grams less
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 60 Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4300 mAh
- The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Supports higher wattage charging (88W versus 45W)
- The phone is 4-years and 1-month newer
- More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 12
- Slow-motion recording at 3840FPS
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (770K versus 618K)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Review
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
Scores with a red asterisk (
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) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Value for money
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Super AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.82 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3040 pixels | 1212 x 2616 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 495 ppi | 440 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.39% | 88.5% |
| Display features |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 95.4% | - |
| PWM | 250 Hz | - |
| Response time | 3.6 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) | 163.7 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 77.2 mm (3.04 inches) | 79 mm (3.11 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 196 g (6.91 oz) | 225 g (7.94 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Red | White, Black, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9825 | HiSilicon Kirin 9000S |
| Max clock | 2730 MHz | 2620 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: M4 |
- 4 cores at 1.53 GHz:
- 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: - 1 core at 2.62 GHz: |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G76 MP12 | - |
| GPU shading units | 432 | - |
| GPU clock | 770 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~651.5 GFLOPS | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 182103 | - |
| GPU | 170400 | - |
| Memory | 120562 | - |
| UX | 143370 | - |
| Total score | 618715 | 770592 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 38.8 °C | - |
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3377 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7253 | - |
| Video editing | 5833 | - |
| Photo editing | 19457 | - |
| Data manipulation | 6782 | - |
| Writing score | 10979 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | Nano Memory |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1000 GB | Up to 256 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | Android 14 |
| ROM | One UI 4.0 | - |
| OS size | 31.6 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 88 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (65% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 18 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 0:31 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:37 hr | - |
| Watching video | 14:19 hr | - |
| Gaming | 04:43 hr | - |
| Standby | 97 hr | - |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3.5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 3840 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 4 (12 MP + 12 MP + 16 MP) | 3 (50 MP + 48 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.5 - 2.4 - Focal length: 27 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Samsung SAK2L4 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.4 - 4.0 - Focal length: 24 mm - Laser autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.1 - Focal length: 52 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.6", Samsung S5K3M3 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 48 MP
- Aperture: f/3.5 - Focal length: 90 mm - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens |
- 16 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 12 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.1", Samsung S5K3P9 (ISOCELL CMOS) |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Phase autofocus |
| Depth lens | Yes | - |
| Camera features |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus from DxOMark | - |
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 18 mm |
| Pixel size | 1.22 microns | - |
| Sensor type | CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" | - |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 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 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features |
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP | LE |
| 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 | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC * | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM * | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support * | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat * | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | August 2019 | August 2023 |
| Release date | August 2019 | August 2023 |
| SAR (head) | 0.19 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.4 W/kg | - |
| Sensors |
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 0 W | Yes, 88 W |
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Disclaimer!
NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Huawei Mate 60 Pro is definitely a better buy.