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Huawei P30 Lite vs Huawei P30

36 out of 100
Huawei P30 Lite
VS
48 out of 100
Huawei P30
Huawei P30 Lite
Huawei P30

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.15-inch Huawei P30 Lite (with HiSilicon Kirin 710) that was released on March 29, 2019, against the Huawei P30, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 980 and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  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 P30 Lite
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
Reasons to consider the Huawei P30
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (732K versus 336K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5)
  • Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (641 against 505 nits)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Kirin 980
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)

Review

Evaluation of Huawei P30 Lite and Huawei P30 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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4 / 64 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
11.8
(Bad)
Value Index
44.1
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
P30 Lite
vs
Huawei P30

Display

Type IPS LCD OLED
Size 6.15 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2312 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.2:9 19.5:9
PPI 415 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 460 nits -
HDR support No Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 84.3% 85.8%
Display features - - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 99.6%
PWM Not detected 240 Hz
Response time 42.8 ms 3.6 ms
Contrast 820:1 ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
P30 Lite
505 nits
Huawei P30 +27%
641 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.9 mm (6.02 inches) 149.1 mm (5.87 inches)
Width 72.7 mm (2.86 inches) 71.4 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 7.43 mm (0.29 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 159 g (5.61 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
Waterproof No IP53
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
P30 Lite
84.3%
Huawei P30 +2%
85.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei P30 Lite and Huawei P30
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 710 HiSilicon Kirin 980
Max clock 2200 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A73		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache 1 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 12 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) No Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G51 Mali G76 MP10
GPU shading units 32 240
GPU clock 1000 MHz 720 MHz
FLOPS ~64 GFLOPS ~345.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei P30 Lite and Huawei P30
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
P30 Lite
506
Huawei P30 +82%
921
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
P30 Lite
1547
Huawei P30 +83%
2825
Compute Score (GPU)
P30 Lite
n/a
Huawei P30
3657
Compute Score (GPU) - 3657
Single-core score 506 921
Multi-core score 1547 2825
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
P30 Lite
336905
Huawei P30 +118%
732904
CPU 149801 313755
GPU 23442 106457
Memory 78854 149118
UX 84808 163574
Total score 336905 732904
Samples [6 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 83% 48%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 675
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
P30 Lite
6543
Huawei P30 +33%
8696
Web score 5937 7503
Video editing 4886 5713
Photo editing 11098 14341
Data manipulation 5530 7455
Writing score 6649 10946
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei P30 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Willy_Du)AnTuTu 12401286
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 (ᢀᡃᡐH.D.H7)AnTuTu 11356350
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Daryn)AnTuTu 11307195
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-13 (Flarbo)AnTuTu 11329479
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Cyan)AnTuTu 11316950
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Huawei P30
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 -> DUYNGAnTuTu 12910146
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (DUYNG)AnTuTu 12901546
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Eg0sh)AnTuTu 12757876
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Ha0ntslo)AnTuTu 11732904
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-02 (Ericsson)AnTuTu 11639986
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 128 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD Nano Memory
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10)
ROM EMUI 12 EMUI 10
OS size 20 GB 12 GB

Battery

Capacity 3340 mAh 3650 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 22.5 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes, SuperCharge (63% in 60 min) Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:55 hr 1:10 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:54 hr 07:35 hr
Watching video 11:15 hr 12:30 hr
Gaming 04:23 hr 04:36 hr
Standby 90 hr 85 hr
General battery life
P30 Lite
18:16 hr
Huawei P30 +3%
18:54 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 24 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 5288 x 3968 7360 x 4912
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 24 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 40 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 24 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 27 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony IMX576 Sony IMX600
Sensor size 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/1.7" (β‰ˆ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 8 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 80 mm
Sensor size - 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm 17 mm
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor BSI CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 4.2 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 12 21
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
P30 Lite +8%
88.9 dB
Huawei P30
82.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced March 2019 March 2019
Release date May 2019 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $330 $800
Successor - Huawei P40 Lite - Huawei P40
SAR (head) 1.23 W/kg 0.33 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.19 W/kg 0.85 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
*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 P30 is definitely a better buy.

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So, which phone would you choose?
38 (29.9%)
89 (70.1%)
Total votes: 127

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