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Huawei P40 Lite vs P30 Lite

44 out of 100
Huawei P40 Lite
VS
36 out of 100
Huawei P30 Lite
Huawei P40 Lite
Huawei P30 Lite

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.4-inch Huawei P40 Lite (with HiSilicon Kirin 810) that was released on February 27, 2020, against the Huawei P30 Lite, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 710 and came out 11 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory
  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 P40 Lite
  • 68% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (565K versus 336K)
  • Comes with 860 mAh larger battery capacity: 4200 vs 3340 mAh
  • Shows 31% longer battery life (24:00 vs 18:16 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (40W versus 18W)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Kirin 810
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.1 versus eMMC 5.1
  • 58% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 797 and 506 points
Reasons to consider the Huawei P30 Lite
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
  • Weighs 24 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Huawei P40 Lite and P30 Lite crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
P40 Lite
44*
P30 Lite
37*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
P40 Lite
44*
P30 Lite
36*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
6 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
61.0
(Average)
Value Index
11.8
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
P40 Lite
vs
P30 Lite

Display

Type LTPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.4 inches 6.15 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2310 pixels 1080 x 2312 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.2:9 19.2:9
PPI 398 ppi 415 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 450 nits 460 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 83.6% 84.3%
Display tests
RGB color space 98.8% 99.4%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 38.4 ms 42.8 ms
Contrast 976:1 820:1
Screen space comparison
P40 Lite
6.4β€³ (19.2:9 ratio) = 15.7 in2
P30 Lite
6.15β€³ (19.2:9 ratio) = 14.5 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
P40 Lite +3%
519 nits
P30 Lite
505 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.2 mm (6.27 inches) 152.9 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 76.3 mm (3 inches) 72.7 mm (2.86 inches)
Thickness 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) 7.43 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz) 159 g (5.61 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Green Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, rear
Screen-to-body ratio
P40 Lite
83.6%
P30 Lite +1%
84.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei P40 Lite and Huawei P30 Lite
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 810 HiSilicon Kirin 710
Max clock 2270 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A76		 - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A73
L3 cache - 1 MB
Manufacturing - TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes No
GPU
Graphics Mali-G52 MP6 Mali-G51
GPU shading units 144 32
GPU clock 820 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~236.2 GFLOPS ~64 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei P40 Lite and Huawei P30 Lite
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
P40 Lite +58%
797
P30 Lite
506
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
P40 Lite +37%
2120
P30 Lite
1547
Compute Score (GPU)
P40 Lite
2693
P30 Lite
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 2693 -
Single-core score 797 506
Multi-core score 2120 1547
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
P40 Lite +68%
565851
P30 Lite
336905
CPU 237193 149801
GPU 62117 23442
Memory 136030 78854
UX 130511 84808
Total score 565851 336905
Samples [6 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
P40 Lite
382
P30 Lite
n/a
Stability 98% 83%
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 382 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
P40 Lite +24%
8096
P30 Lite
6543
Web score 5842 5937
Video editing 5734 4886
Photo editing 15184 11098
Data manipulation 7440 5530
Writing score 9275 6649
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei P40 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-02 (ΠœΡƒΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ°Ρƒ)AnTuTu 11565851
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-28 (Shane Trollip)AnTuTu 11572016
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-09 (SAMJF1)AnTuTu 11551097
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-28 (temp001)AnTuTu 11542939
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-26 (Dimon)AnTuTu 11575909
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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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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card Nano Memory MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10)
ROM EMUI 12 EMUI 12
OS size 14.6 GB 20 GB

Battery

Capacity 4200 mAh 3340 mAh
Max charge power 40 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes, SuperCharge (63% in 60 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 1:55 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:55 hr 06:54 hr
Watching video 14:27 hr 11:15 hr
Gaming 05:21 hr 04:23 hr
Standby 114 hr 90 hr
General battery life
P40 Lite +31%
24:00 hr
P30 Lite
18:16 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 24 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 5288 x 3968
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 24 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 24 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony IMX586 Exmor RS Sony IMX576
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length - 17 mm
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 27 mm -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor BSI CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 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 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
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 4.2
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Active Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 12 12
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
P40 Lite
n/a
P30 Lite
88.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced February 2020 March 2019
Release date March 2020 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $265 $330
Successor - - Huawei P40 Lite
SAR (head) - 1.23 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.19 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Huawei P40 Lite is definitely a better buy.

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191 (73.7%)
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Total votes: 259

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