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Huawei P40 vs Huawei P30

54 out of 100
Huawei P40
VS
48 out of 100
Huawei P30
Huawei P40
Huawei P30

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Huawei P40 (with HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G) that was released on March 26, 2020, against the Huawei P30, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 980 and came out 1 year and 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 P40
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • 21% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (887K versus 732K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Huawei P30
  • Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (641 against 591 nits)
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Huawei P40 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
51.6
(Average)
Value Index
44.1
(Average)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 422 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 86.3% 85.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 129.7% 99.6%
PWM 245 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 7 ms 3.6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Huawei P40
591 nits
Huawei P30 +8%
641 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 148.9 mm (5.86 inches) 149.1 mm (5.87 inches)
Width 71.1 mm (2.8 inches) 71.4 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Huawei P40 +1%
86.3%
Huawei P30
85.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei P40 and Huawei P30
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 980
Max clock 2860 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.86 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) Da Vinci Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G76 MP16 Mali G76 MP10
GPU shading units 384 240
GPU clock 600 MHz 720 MHz
FLOPS ~460.8 GFLOPS ~345.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei P40 and Huawei P30
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Huawei P40 +11%
1018
Huawei P30
921
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Huawei P40 +20%
3387
Huawei P30
2825
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 3657
Single-core score 1018 921
Multi-core score 3387 2825
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Huawei P40 +21%
887876
Huawei P30
732904
CPU 370957 313755
GPU 142673 106457
Memory 172126 149118
UX 202120 163574
Total score 887876 732904
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 48%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 675
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 7503
Video editing - 5713
Photo editing - 14341
Data manipulation - 7455
Writing score - 10946
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei P40
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-30 (AMK)Geekbench 6 CPU1018 / 3387
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-30 (AMK)AnTuTu 11887876
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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 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 3.0 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 10.0 Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10)
ROM EMUI 11 EMUI 10
OS size 13 GB 12 GB

Battery

Capacity 3800 mAh 3650 mAh
Max charge power 22.5 W 22.5 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:30 hr 1:10 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:55 hr 07:35 hr
Watching video 12:38 hr 12:30 hr
Gaming 04:47 hr 04:36 hr
Standby 87 hr 85 hr
General battery life
Huawei P40 +3%
19:23 hr
Huawei P30
18:54 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 7360 x 4912
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 MP
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 50 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony IMX700 Sony IMX600
Sensor size 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch) 1/1.7" (β‰ˆ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 80 mm 80 mm
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 16 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm 17 mm
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6464 x 4864 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor 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 Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.1 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, QZSS, NAVIC 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* Yes No
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 21 21
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Huawei P40
79.6 dB
Huawei P30 +4%
82.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2020 March 2019
Release date March 2020 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $680 $800
Successor - - Huawei P40
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
- Face recognition sensor
- 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 P40 is definitely a better buy.

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