Huawei Pura 80 vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro
73
out of 100
VS
85
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.6-inch Huawei Pura 80 (with HiSilicon Kirin 9010s) that was released on June 11, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 9 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
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 80
- Comes with 1588 mAh larger battery capacity: 5170 vs 3582 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 30W)
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- The phone is 9 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- 50% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1801K versus 1200K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A18 Pro
- 2.5x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3591 and 1434 points
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Ready for eSIM 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 | 6.6 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1256 x 2760 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 459 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2800 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Kunlun Glass 2 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.7% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 239 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pura 80
6.6″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
iPhone 16 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.7 mm (6.21 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 211 g (7.44 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gold, Green, Brown | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 9010s | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 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 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Maleoon 910 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1536 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2655 | 33278 |
| Single-core score | 1434 | 3591 |
| Multi-core score | 4183 | 9090 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 541180 | 555276 |
| GPU | 141567 | 546980 |
| Memory | 268691 | 176885 |
| UX | 277782 | 522035 |
| Total score | 1200000 | 1801176 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1732 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7585 |
Recent User Tests
Huawei Pura 80
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-30 -> zrewzqq | AnTuTu 11 | 1160750 |
| 📘 2026-05-11 -> Sereginby | CPU Throttle | 87% |
| 📘 2026-05-11 -> Sereginby | AnTuTu 11 | 1236351 |
| 📘 2026-05-01 -> Huawei_Pura_User | AnTuTu 11 | 1258702 |
| 📘 2026-05-01 (Vivo_ltc) | AnTuTu 11 | 1237870 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Lks jaay) | Battery life | Battery report |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Anton) | AnTuTu 11 | 1782199 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Rain) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3656 / 9628 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | EMUI 15 | - |
| OS size | - | 18 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5170 mAh | 3582 mAh |
| Max charge power | 66 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:56 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 11:41 hr |
| Watching video | - | 17:46 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | - | 132 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#85th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 4.0 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.6 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 125 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 93 |
| Zoom | - | 142 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 13 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4160 x 3120 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2025 | September 2024 |
| Release date | July 2025 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $700 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.48 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 66 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
- In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*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 Apple iPhone 16 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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