Huawei Pura 80 Pro vs P30 Pro

74 out of 100
Huawei Pura 80 Pro
VS
51 out of 100
Huawei P30 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 P30 Pro, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 980 and came out 6 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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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 80 Pro
  • Delivers 168% higher peak brightness (1621 against 605 nits)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • 84% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1383K versus 751K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Comes with 970 mAh larger battery capacity: 5170 vs 4200 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.33 inch larger screen size
  • More recent OS version: Android 12 versus 10
  • The phone is 6 years and 4 months newer
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
Reasons to consider the Huawei P30 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 27 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Huawei Pura 80 Pro and P30 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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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 94% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Huawei P30 Pro to Huawei Pura 80 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: display, camera, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.47 inches
Resolution 1276 x 2848 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 459 ppi 398 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness - 570 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Kunlun Glass 2 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 88.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 99%
PWM 360 Hz 231 Hz
Response time 1 ms 3.6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pura 80 Pro
6.8″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
P30 Pro
6.47″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.9 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pura 80 Pro +168%
1621 nits
605 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163 mm (6.42 inches) 158 mm (6.22 inches)
Width 76.1 mm (3 inches) 73.4 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gold, Brown White, Black, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
88.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei Pura 80 Pro and Huawei P30 Pro
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 9020 HiSilicon Kirin 980
Max clock 2500 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache 10 MB -
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Yes
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 920 Mali G76 MP10
GPU shading units 1024 240
GPU clock 840 MHz 720 MHz
FLOPS ~1720.3 GFLOPS ~345.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei Pura 80 Pro and Huawei P30 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1370
927
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4446
2978
Compute Score (GPU)
4881
3750
Compute Score (GPU) 4881 3750
Single-core score 1370 927
Multi-core score 4446 2978
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1383793
751826
CPU 484142 323300
GPU 269177 106985
Memory 340806 153206
UX 289668 168335
Total score 1383793 751826
Samples [3 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 49%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 676
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
8638
Web score - 7533
Video editing - 5711
Photo editing - 14148
Data manipulation - 7454
Writing score - 10838

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei Pura 80 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-02-25 (BlizardRx)AnTuTu 111337422
📘 2026-01-07 (Vlad Gam)AnTuTu 111383793
📘 2025-10-26 (NikimanTI)Geekbench 6 GPU4881
📘 2025-10-26 (NikimanTI)Geekbench 6 CPU1370 / 4446
📘 2025-10-24 (NikimanTI)AnTuTu 111415215
Huawei P30 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 (Adiit)AnTuTu 12919298
📘 2026-08-14 (Adiit)Geekbench 6 GPU4204
📘 2026-08-01 (Kiên 🐜)AnTuTu 11738484
📘 2026-05-16 (Absolute_Subzero)AnTuTu 11746551
📘 2026-05-01 (gay)AnTuTu 11756021

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.1
Memory card No Nano Memory
Memory card max size - Up to 256 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10)
ROM EMUI 15 EMUI 12
OS size - 13.4 GB

Battery

Capacity 5170 mAh 4200 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 40 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (50% in 18 min) Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:05 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:25 hr
Watching video - 13:36 hr
Gaming - 05:24 hr
Standby - 99 hr
General battery life
21:15 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 7360 x 4912
Zoom Optical, 4x Optical, 5x
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)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 40 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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/1.6 - 4.0 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 27 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX650
Sensor size 1/0" (≈ Infinity inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 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/3.4
Focal length 93 mm 125 mm
Sensor size - 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 40 MP 20 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 16 mm
Sensor size - 1/2.7" (≈ 0.37 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples - 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/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length - 29 mm
Sensor CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size - 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
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 - 110
Video - 130

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 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, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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* - 21
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
89.8 dB
87.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2025 March 2019
Release date June 2025 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1000
Successor - - Huawei Pura 80 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.154 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.63 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- 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, 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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