Huawei P30 Pro vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.47-inch Huawei P30 Pro (with HiSilicon Kirin 980) that was released on March 26, 2019, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 30 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Huawei P30 Pro
- Comes with 1105 mAh larger battery capacity: 4200 vs 3095 mAh
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- 65% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (799K versus 484K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 74% higher maximum brightness (1064 against 611 nits)
- Shows 16% longer battery life (36:56 vs 31:57 hours)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Huawei
- The phone is 2-years and 6-months newer
- Stereo speakers
- 16% higher pixel density (460 vs 398 PPI)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.47 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 398 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.89% | 86% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 231 Hz | 510 Hz |
| Response time | 3.6 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Max. Brightness
Design and build
| Height | 158 mm (6.22 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 73.4 mm (2.89 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 192 gramm (6.77 oz) | 204 gramm (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Orange | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 980 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 2600 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.223 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali G76 MP10 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 720 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~691 GFLOPS | - |
| RAM size | 6, 8, 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128, 256, 512 GB | 128, 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | Nano Memory | No |
| Memory card max. size | Up to 256 GB | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 142989 | 216914 |
| GPU | 148351 | 321713 |
| Memory | 83790 | 121771 |
| UX | 108898 | 130779 |
| Total score | 484032 | 799011 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 48% | 78% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 57 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2489 | - |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 8503 | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 15.5) |
| ROM | EMUI 10 | - |
| OS size | 13.4 GB | 15.2 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4200 mAh | 3095 mAh |
| Charge power | 40 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:20 hr | 13:06 hr |
| Watching video | 16:28 hr | 16:46 hr |
| Gaming | 05:00 hr | 05:51 hr |
| Standby | 99 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Phones With Long Battery Life (137th and 49th place)
Camera
| Matrix | 40 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7360 x 4912 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 4 (40 MP + 8 MP + 20 MP + 0 MP) | 4 (12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP + 0 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 40 MP - Aperture: f/1.6 - Focal length: 27 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.7", Sony IMX650 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.5 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.9 micron - Sensor: 1/1.66", Sony IMX703 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/3.4 - Focal length: 125 mm - Sensor: 1/4" (CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 20 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 16 mm - Sensor: 1/2.7" (CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 13 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 P30 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 29 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor type | BSI CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | 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 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 21 | 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max. loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2019 | September 2021 |
| Release date | May 2019 | September 2021 |
| SAR (head) | 0.154 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.63 W/kg | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
*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 13 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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