Huawei P60 Pro vs P30 Pro
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Huawei P60 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on March 23, 2023, against the Huawei P30 Pro, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 980 and came out 4 years 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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Huawei P60 Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- 77% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1333K versus 751K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 86% higher peak brightness (1126 against 605 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Supports higher wattage charging (88W versus 40W)
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 10
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- 12% higher pixel density (444 vs 398 PPI)
- The phone is 4 years and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the Huawei P30 Pro
- Shows 7% longer battery life (21:15 vs 19:49 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.47 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2700 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 444 ppi | 398 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 550 nits | 570 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Kunlun Glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.5% | 88.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 231 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3.6 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161 mm (6.34 inches) | 158 mm (6.22 inches) |
| Width | 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) | 73.4 mm (2.89 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | 192 g (6.77 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | White, Black, Blue, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | HiSilicon Kirin 980 |
| Max clock | 3190 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Mali G76 MP10 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 240 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 720 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS | ~345.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 3750 |
| Single-core score | 1816 | 927 |
| Multi-core score | 4639 | 2978 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 528817 | 323300 |
| GPU | 225078 | 106985 |
| Memory | 243458 | 153206 |
| UX | 335895 | 168335 |
| Total score | 1333248 | 751826 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [12 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 55% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 854 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 44% | 49% |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2756 | 676 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 7533 |
| Video editing | - | 5711 |
| Photo editing | - | 14148 |
| Data manipulation | - | 7454 |
| Writing score | - | 10838 |
Recent User Tests
Huawei P60 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 (Gog) | AnTuTu 12 | 1527301 |
| 📘 2026-09-10 (spoonky) | AnTuTu 12 | 1520938 |
| 📘 2026-08-17 (Pietro) | AnTuTu 11 | 1333248 |
| 📘 2025-12-07 (Posshy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1320073 |
| 📘 2025-10-14 -> fervistmode | AnTuTu 11 | 1333248 |
Huawei P30 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Adiit) | AnTuTu 12 | 919298 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Adiit) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 4204 |
| 📘 2026-08-01 (Kiên 🐜) | AnTuTu 11 | 738484 |
| 📘 2026-05-16 (Absolute_Subzero) | AnTuTu 11 | 746551 |
| 📘 2026-05-01 (gay) | AnTuTu 11 | 756021 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | Nano Memory | Nano Memory |
| Memory card max size | Up to 256 GB | Up to 256 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) |
| ROM | EMUI 13.1 | EMUI 12 |
| OS size | - | 13.4 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4815 mAh | 4200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 88 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 15 min) | Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 1:05 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:26 hr | 08:25 hr |
| Watching video | 12:20 hr | 13:36 hr |
| Gaming | 05:27 hr | 05:24 hr |
| Standby | 88 hr | 99 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 40 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 7360 x 4912 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.5x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 40 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 20 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 40 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 4.0 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 27 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX888 | Sony IMX650 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.17 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.1 | f/3.4 |
| Focal length | 90 mm | 125 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV64B | - |
| Sensor size | - | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 20 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX688 | - |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.7" (≈ 0.37 inch) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 80 | - |
| Preview | 75 | - |
| Zoom | 158 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Huawei P60 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Huawei P30 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 13 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 29 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | 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 |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 21 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2023 | March 2019 |
| Release date | March 2023 | May 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $1000 |
| Successor | - Huawei Pura 80 Pro | - Huawei Pura 80 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.154 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.63 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 88 W | - |
*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 P60 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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