Huawei Pura 70 Pro vs Mate 70 Pro

70 out of 100
Huawei Pura 70 Pro
VS
72 out of 100
Huawei Mate 70 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Huawei Pura 70 Pro (with HiSilicon Kirin 9010) that was released on April 18, 2024, against the Huawei Mate 70 Pro, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and came out 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 70 Pro
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 70 Pro
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 15% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1328K versus 1156K)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 14% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1614 and 1420 points
  • The phone is 7 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Huawei Pura 70 Pro and Mate 70 Pro 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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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
20.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
32.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2844 pixels 1316 x 2832 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 440 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2500 nits 2500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Kunlun Glass 2 Huawei Kunlun Glass 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91.4% 89.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 164.6 mm (6.48 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 79.5 mm (3.13 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 220 g (7.76 oz) 221 g (7.8 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
91.4%
89.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei Pura 70 Pro and Huawei Mate 70 Pro
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 9010 HiSilicon Kirin 9020
Max clock 2300 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.55 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.18 GHz: TaiShan V121
- 1 core at 2.3 GHz: TaiShan V121
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Taishan-Little
- 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: TaiShan V120
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: TaiShan V121
L3 cache 8 MB 10 MB
Manufacturing SMIC SMIC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Da Vinci
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 910 MP4 Maleoon 910
GPU shading units 1024 1024
GPU clock 750 MHz 840 MHz
FLOPS ~1536 GFLOPS ~1720.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei Pura 70 Pro and Huawei Mate 70 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1614
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5159
Compute Score (GPU)
4921
Compute Score (GPU) 3341 4921
Single-core score 1420 1614
Multi-core score 4264 5159
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1156120
1328024
CPU 451750 442025
GPU 176180 273448
Memory 256443 327173
UX 271747 285378
Total score 1156120 1328024
Samples [6 tests] Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei Pura 70 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-01 (Ridnitxx)AnTuTu1234325
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-14 -> DQPAnTuTu1156120
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-13 (Mais Hatamov)AnTuTu1136063
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-12 (yeahantyyy)AnTuTu1107458
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-09 (Tapok2895)AnTuTu1074779
Huawei Mate 70 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-13 (AndreyK)AnTuTu1372431
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (A_s_t_r_a)AnTuTu1328024

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X -
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 -
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 -
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 HarmonyOS 4.3
ROM EMUI 14.2 -

Battery

Capacity 5050 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (50% in 16 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:40 hr -

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 3.5x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12.5 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 40 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.4 - 4.0 f/1.4 - 4.0
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50H -
Sensor size 1/1.3" (β‰ˆ 0.77 inch) -
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.1
Focal length 93 mm 93 mm
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12.5 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length - 18 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
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 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2024 November 2024
Release date April 2024 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1185 $900
Successor - Huawei Pura 80 Pro - Huawei Mate 80 Pro
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
Further details
Notes on Pura 70 Pro:
    - There is a smartphone model that supports only one physical SIM card and eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance and design are more important to you, then choose the Huawei Mate 70 Pro. But if the software is more of a priority – go for the Huawei Pura 70 Pro.

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