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Huawei Pura 80 Pro vs P20 Pro

74 out of 100
Huawei Pura 80 Pro
VS
44 out of 100
Huawei P20 Pro
Huawei Pura 80 Pro
Huawei P20 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Huawei Pura 80 Pro (with HiSilicon Kirin 9020) that was released on June 11, 2025, against the Huawei P20 Pro, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 970 and came out 7 years and 4 months 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 Pura 80 Pro
  • 3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1383K versus 460K)
  • Delivers 176% higher peak brightness (1621 against 588 nits)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1170 mAh larger battery capacity: 5170 vs 4000 mAh
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 22.5W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 80W
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The phone is 7 years and 4 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 12 versus 10
Reasons to consider the Huawei P20 Pro
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 39 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Huawei Pura 80 Pro and P20 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 99% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Huawei P20 Pro to Huawei Pura 80 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: display, performance, and camera.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Pura 80 Pro
vs
P20 Pro

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1276 x 2848 pixels 1080 x 2240 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 18.7:9
PPI 459 ppi 408 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness - 400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Kunlun Glass 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 82.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% -
PWM 360 Hz 238 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pura 80 Pro
6.8β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
P20 Pro
6.1β€³ (18.7:9 ratio) = 14.5 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pura 80 Pro +176%
1621 nits
P20 Pro
588 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163 mm (6.42 inches) 155 mm (6.1 inches)
Width 76.1 mm (3 inches) 73 mm (2.87 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gold, Brown Black, Gold, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Pura 80 Pro +9%
90%
P20 Pro
82.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei Pura 80 Pro and Huawei P20 Pro
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 9020 HiSilicon Kirin 970
Max clock 2500 MHz 2360 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Taishan-Little
- 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: TaiShan V120
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: TaiShan V121		 - 4 cores at 1.84 GHz: Cortex A53
- 4 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex A73
L3 cache 10 MB -
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 10 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Yes
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 920 Mali G72 MP12
GPU shading units 1024 144
GPU clock 840 MHz 746 MHz
FLOPS ~1720.3 GFLOPS ~214.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei Pura 80 Pro and Huawei P20 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Pura 80 Pro +229%
1370
P20 Pro
417
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Pura 80 Pro +200%
4446
P20 Pro
1480
Compute Score (GPU)
Pura 80 Pro +23%
4881
P20 Pro
3953
Compute Score (GPU) 4881 3953
Single-core score 1370 417
Multi-core score 4446 1480
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pura 80 Pro +201%
1383793
P20 Pro
460393
CPU 484142 176036
GPU 269177 55420
Memory 340806 124652
UX 289668 104285
Total score 1383793 460393
Samples [3 tests] Less than 3
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei Pura 80 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-25 (BlizardRx)AnTuTu 111337422
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-07 (Vlad Gam)AnTuTu 111383793
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-26 (NikimanTI)Geekbench 6 GPU4881
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-26 (NikimanTI)Geekbench 6 CPU1370 / 4446
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (NikimanTI)AnTuTu 111415215
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Huawei P20 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-12 (Tran loc)AnTuTu 11460393
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-02 (ΠŸΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒ huiΠ²Ρ‹Π½ΡŒ)Geekbench 6 GPU3953
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-02 (ΠŸΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒ huiΠ²Ρ‹Π½ΡŒ)Geekbench 6 CPU417 / 1480
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 1833 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10)
ROM EMUI 15 EMUI 10
OS size - 12 GB

Battery

Capacity 5170 mAh 4000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 22.5 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 18 min) Yes, SuperCharge (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:30 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 07:43 hr
Watching video - 11:30 hr
Gaming - 05:07 hr
Standby - 80 hr
General battery life
Pura 80 Pro
n/a
P20 Pro
18:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 7360 x 4912
Zoom Optical, 4x Optical, 3x
Flash 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)
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 40 MP
1) Standard: 40 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Monochrome: 20 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/1.6 - 4.0 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 27 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX600
Sensor size 1/0" (β‰ˆ Infinity inch) 1/1.74" (β‰ˆ 0.57 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.4
Focal length 93 mm 80 mm
Sensor size - 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 40 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples - Photo samples of Huawei P20 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 24 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 5632 x 4224
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size - 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.9 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
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 79
Video - 113

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 4.2
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, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
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* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pura 80 Pro +6%
89.8 dB
P20 Pro
84.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2025 March 2018
Release date June 2025 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $900
Successor - - Huawei Pura 80 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.73 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.22 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 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 Pura 80 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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