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Huawei P30 Pro vs Huawei P30

51 out of 100
Huawei P30 Pro
VS
47 out of 100
Huawei P30
Huawei P30 Pro
Huawei P30

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 Huawei P30, which is powered by the same chip. 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 Pro
  • Shows 12% longer battery life (21:15 vs 18:54 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (40W versus 22.5W)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Huawei P30
  • Weighs 27 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Huawei P30 Pro 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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Currency
6 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
43.3
(Average)
Value Index
41.7
(Average)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.47 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 398 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 570 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 85.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99% 99.6%
PWM 231 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 3.6 ms 3.6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
P30 Pro
6.47″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.9 in2
Huawei P30
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
P30 Pro
605 nits
Huawei P30 +4%
629 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158 mm (6.22 inches) 149.1 mm (5.87 inches)
Width 73.4 mm (2.89 inches) 71.4 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Orange Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
P30 Pro +3%
88.6%
Huawei P30
85.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei P30 Pro and Huawei P30
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 980 HiSilicon Kirin 980
Max clock 2600 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (2 + 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A76
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali G76 MP10 Mali G76 MP10
GPU shading units 240 240
GPU clock 720 MHz 720 MHz
FLOPS ~345.6 GFLOPS ~345.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei P30 Pro and Huawei P30
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
P30 Pro +1%
927
Huawei P30
921
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
P30 Pro +5%
2978
Huawei P30
2825
Compute Score (GPU)
P30 Pro +3%
3750
Huawei P30
3657
Compute Score (GPU) 3750 3657
Single-core score 927 921
Multi-core score 2978 2825
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
P30 Pro +3%
751826
Huawei P30
732904
CPU 323300 313755
GPU 106985 106457
Memory 153206 149118
UX 168335 163574
Total score 751826 732904
Samples [12 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 49% 48%
Graphics test 4 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 676 675
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
P30 Pro
8638
Huawei P30 +1%
8696
Web score 7533 7503
Video editing 5711 5713
Photo editing 14148 14341
Data manipulation 7454 7455
Writing score 10838 10946
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei P30 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 (Adiit)AnTuTu 12919298
📘 2026-08-14 (Adiit)Geekbench 6 GPU4204
📘 2026-08-01 (Kiên 🐜)AnTuTu 11738484
📘 2026-05-16 (Absolute_Subzero)AnTuTu 11746551
📘 2026-05-01 (gay)AnTuTu 11756021
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Huawei P30
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 -> DUYNGAnTuTu 12910146
📘 2026-09-24 (DUYNG)AnTuTu 12901546
📘 2026-09-18 (Eg0sh)AnTuTu 12757876
📘 2026-06-23 (Ha0ntslo)AnTuTu 11732904
📘 2025-10-02 (Ericsson)AnTuTu 11639986
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card Nano Memory Nano Memory
Memory card max size Up to 256 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 13.4 GB 12 GB

Battery

Capacity 4200 mAh 3650 mAh
Max charge power 40 W 22.5 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Fast charging Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min) Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 1:10 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:25 hr 07:35 hr
Watching video 13:36 hr 12:30 hr
Gaming 05:24 hr 04:36 hr
Standby 99 hr 85 hr
General battery life
P30 Pro +12%
21:15 hr
Huawei P30
18:54 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 40 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 7360 x 4912 7360 x 4912
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 40 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 20 MP
4) Depth
1) Standard: 40 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 40 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 27 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony IMX650 Sony IMX600
Sensor size 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.4
Focal length 125 mm 80 mm
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 20 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 17 mm
Sensor size 1/2.7" (≈ 0.37 inch) -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Huawei P30 Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 29 mm 26 mm
Sensor BSI CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 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
DxOMark front camera
Photo 110 -
Video 130 -

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 5 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
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
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
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* 21 21
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
P30 Pro +6%
87.5 dB
Huawei P30
82.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2019 March 2019
Release date May 2019 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1000 $800
Successor - Huawei Pura 80 Pro - Huawei P40
SAR (head) 0.154 W/kg 0.33 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.63 W/kg 0.85 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- 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 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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