Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 vs Huawei Mate X3
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on August 10, 2022, against the Huawei Mate X3, which is powered by the same chip and came out 8 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 Z Flip 4
- Shows 11% longer battery life (28:11 vs 25:17 hours)
- Better grip in hands – the body is 69.6 mm narrower
- Weighs 54 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate X3
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has a 1.15 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 1100 mAh larger battery capacity: 4800 vs 3700 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Delivers 28% higher peak brightness (1176 against 922 nits)
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 25W)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Thinner bezels – 6.8% more screen real estate
- The phone is 8-months newer
- 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 | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 7.85 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2640 pixels | 2224 x 2496 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 21.9:9 | 8:7.1 |
| PPI | 425 ppi | 426 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | - | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 82.1% | 88.9% |
| Display features |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 97% | 99.3% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 484 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.2 mm (6.5 inches) | 156.9 mm (6.18 inches) |
| Width | 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) | 141.5 mm (5.57 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) | 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) |
| Weight | 187 g (6.6 oz) | 241 g (8.5 oz) |
| Waterproof | IPX8 | IPX8 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gold, Blue, Green, Purple | White, Black, Gold, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3190 MHz | 3190 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 900 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2764.8 GFLOPS | ~2764.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 291874 | - |
| GPU | 362777 | - |
| Memory | 191619 | - |
| UX | 224036 | - |
| Total score | 1079134 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 36.8 °C | 43.5 °C |
| Stability | 46% | - |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 8664 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11291 | - |
| Video editing | 7492 | - |
| Photo editing | 31666 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10987 | - |
| Writing score | 16927 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128, 256, 512 GB | 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | Nano Memory |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 256 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 13 |
| ROM | One UI 5.1 | EMUI 13.1 |
| OS size | 24 GB | 21.7 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 3700 mAh | 4800 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 66 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (70% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 0:48 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:52 hr | 08:39 hr |
| Watching video | 11:31 hr | 10:39 hr |
| Gaming | 03:55 hr | 05:10 hr |
| Standby | 110 hr | 85 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 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 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | - |
| Lenses | 2 (12 MP + 12 MP) | 3 (50 MP + 8 MP + 13 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 27 mm - Pixel size: 1.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.76", Sony IMX563 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 23 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56", Sony IMX76 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Laser autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - |
- 8 MP
- Aperture: f/3.4 - Focal length: 125 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.09", Sony IMX351 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/3.06", Sony IMX258 (Exmor-RS CMOS) |
- 13 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm |
| Camera features |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 from DxOMark | - |
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 microns | - |
| Sensor type | Exmor-RS CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" | - |
| 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 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features |
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 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 * | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support * | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat * | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | - |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | August 2022 | March 2023 |
| Release date | August 2022 | May 2023 |
| SAR (head) | 1.15 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.2 W/kg | - |
| Sensors |
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 66 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 X3 is definitely a better buy.