Xiaomi 12 Pro vs Huawei P50 Pro
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 12 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on December 28, 2021, against the Huawei P50 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G and came out 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Pro
- Shows 8% longer battery life (25:27 vs 23:37 hours)
- Delivers 40% higher peak brightness (1059 against 758 nits)
- 22% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (999K versus 817K)
- More recent OS version: Android 12 versus 11
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 16% higher pixel density (521 vs 450 PPI)
- 13% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 1251 and 1107 points
Reasons to consider the Huawei P50 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1228 x 2700 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 521 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 970 nits | 550 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 nits | 850 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.6% | 91.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 100% |
| PWM | 367 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 158.8 mm (6.25 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 72.8 mm (2.87 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 204 g (7.2 oz) | 195 g (6.88 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green, Pink | White, Black, Gold, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G |
| Max. clock | 3000 MHz | 2840 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 660 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 840 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2236 GFLOPS | ~1720 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 224894 | 210563 |
| GPU | 435932 | 313010 |
| Memory | 159561 | 134659 |
| UX | 177347 | 155752 |
| Total score | 999603 | 817236 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 55 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 9310 | - |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 13009 | - |
AnTuTu 9 Android Results (48th and 95th place)
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12 GB | 8, 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128, 256 GB | 128, 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | Nano Memory |
| Memory card max. size | - | Up to 256 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | Android 11 |
| ROM | MIUI 13 | HarmonyOS 2.0 |
| OS size | 26.5 GB | 19.4 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 4360 mAh |
| Charge power | 120 W | 66 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (73% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:21 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:48 hr | 07:37 hr |
| Watching video | 10:04 hr | 09:04 hr |
| Gaming | 04:53 hr | 04:58 hr |
| Standby | 89 hr | 89 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3.5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | - |
| Lenses | 3 (50 MP + 50 MP + 50 MP) | 4 (50 MP + 64 MP + 13 MP + 40 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/1.28", Sony IMX707 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
- 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 23 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.5", Omnivision OV50A (CMOS) - Laser autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 48 mm - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/2.76", Samsung JN1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 64 MP - Aperture: f/3.5 - Focal length: 90 mm - Pixel size: 0.7 micron - Sensor: 1/2", Omnivision OV64B - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 14 mm - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/2.76", Samsung JN1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) |
- 13 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/3.06", Omnivision OV13B10 |
| Monochrome lens | - | - 40 MP - Aperture: f/1.6 - Focal length: 23 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.7", Omnivision OV40A (CMOS) |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Huawei P50 Pro from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 microns | - |
| Sensor type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" | - |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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 | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max. loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2021 | July 2021 |
| Release date | December 2021 | August 2021 |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, performance, software, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12 Pro. But if the camera, connectivity, and design are more of a priority – go for the Huawei P50 Pro.
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