Huawei P30 vs Honor 30
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Huawei P30 (with HiSilicon Kirin 980) that was released on March 26, 2019, against the Huawei Honor 30, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G and came out 13 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
- Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
- Delivers 28% higher maximum brightness (635 against 497 nits)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 20 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Huawei Honor 30
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
- Has a 0.43 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 350 mAh larger battery capacity: 4000 vs 3650 mAh
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- The phone is 1-year and 1-month newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | 6.1 inches | 6.53 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 422 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 86.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | - |
| PWM | 240 Hz | - |
| Response time | 3.6 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Max. Brightness
Design and build
| Height | 149.1 mm (5.87 inches) | 160.3 mm (6.31 inches) |
| Width | 71.4 mm (2.81 inches) | 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 165 gramm (5.82 oz) | 185 gramm (6.53 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Blue | Black, Silver, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 980 | HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G |
| Max. clock | 2600 MHz | 2560 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.84 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 1 core at 2.58 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali G76 MP10 | Mali-G77 MP8 |
| GPU clock | 720 MHz | 700 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~691 GFLOPS | ~652 GFLOPS |
| RAM size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128, 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | Nano Memory | Nano Memory |
| Memory card max. size | Up to 512 GB | Up to 256 GB |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 140700 | 141978 |
| GPU | 144533 | 139038 |
| Memory | 85872 | 78161 |
| UX | 108404 | 107093 |
| Total score | 478645 | 463434 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 47% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2478 | 2144 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 8440 | 9447 |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) | Android 10.0 |
| ROM | EMUI 10 | Magic UI 3.1.1 |
| OS size | 12 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 3650 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Charge power | 22.5 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min) | Yes (70% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:45 hr | - |
| Watching video | 13:34 hr | - |
| Gaming | 04:30 hr | - |
| Standby | 90 hr | - |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 40 megapixels | 40 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7360 x 4912 | 7360 x 4912 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 3 (40 MP + 8 MP + 16 MP) | 4 (40 MP + 8 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 40 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 27 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.7", Sony IMX600 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Laser autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 40 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 27 mm - Sensor: 1/1.7", Sony IMX600 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 80 mm - Sensor: 1/4" (CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 8 MP - Aperture: f/3.4 - Focal length: 125 mm - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 16 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 17 mm - Laser autofocus |
- 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 17 mm |
| Macro lens | - | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 6464 x 4864 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.8 microns | 0.8 microns |
| Sensor type | BSI CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" | 1/2.8" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
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 - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5.1 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | 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 | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Active |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 21 | 21 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max. loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2019 | April 2020 |
| Release date | May 2019 | June 2020 |
| SAR (head) | 0.33 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.85 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- 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
If the performance, battery life, and camera are more important to you, then choose the Huawei Honor 30. But if the design and sound are more of a priority – go for the Huawei P30.
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