Huawei Mate 80 Pro vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.75-inch Huawei Mate 80 Pro (with HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro) that was released on November 25, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 2 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 80 Pro
  • Comes with 1498 mAh larger battery capacity: 5750 vs 4252 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
  • Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+3)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
  • 47% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2538K versus 1725K)
  • 2.9x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3992 and 1362 points
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A19 Pro
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Huawei Mate 80 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
32.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
23.7
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.75 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2832 pixels 1206 x 2622 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Huawei Kunlun Glass 2 Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Screen space comparison
Mate 80 Pro
6.75β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
iPhone 17 Pro
6.3β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1016 nits

Design and build

Height 161.85 mm (6.37 inches) 150 mm (5.91 inches)
Width 76 mm (2.99 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Repairability - Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei Mate 80 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 2750 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 9 (1 + 4 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.72 GHz: Taishan v124 Little
- 4 cores at 2.27 GHz: Taishan v124 Mid
- 1 core at 2.75 GHz: Taishan v124 Big
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 935 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 933 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~2866.1 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei Mate 80 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3992
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10688
Compute Score (GPU)
44342
Compute Score (GPU) 8043 44342
Single-core score 1362 3992
Multi-core score 5169 10688
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1725229
2538751
CPU 515961 753740
GPU 484107 926158
Memory 431535 217137
UX 293626 641716
Total score 1725229 2538751
Samples Less than 3 [6 tests]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei Mate 80 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Vin)GeekBench CPU3890 / 10107
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan)AnTuTu2301246
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-10 (Resul)AnTuTu2538751
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR)AnTuTu2106484
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-16 (vyetech)GeekBench CPU3992 / 10688

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM EMUI 15 -
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5750 mAh 4252 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 40 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 13 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:32 hr 1:18 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:51 hr
Watching video - 19:54 hr
Gaming - 06:49 hr
Standby - 117 hr
General battery life
26:48 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 4x Optical, 4x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 40 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.4 - 4.0 f/1.78
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX903
Sensor size 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.8
Focal length 93 mm 100 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX973
Sensor size 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 40 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV40A Sony IMX972
Sensor size 1/1.7" (β‰ˆ 0.59 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 170
Zoom - 141
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 18 mm 20 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX914
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2025 September 2025
Release date November 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1099 $1099
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro:
    - The eSIM-only model has a larger battery than the Nano SIM + eSIM version – 4,252 mAh vs. 3,988 mAh.
    - Only the Chinese version offers dual Nano SIM slots and it also has a weaker 15-watt wireless charging system.
*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 Apple iPhone 17 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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