Xiaomi 13T Pro vs Huawei P30

70 out of 100
Xiaomi 13T Pro
VS
48 out of 100
Huawei P30

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 13T Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus) that was released on September 26, 2023, against the Huawei P30, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 980 and came out 4 years and 7 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 Xiaomi 13T Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 2.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1820K versus 732K)
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1350 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3650 mAh
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 22.5W)
  • Delivers 72% higher peak brightness (1101 against 641 nits)
  • Shows 16% longer battery life (21:52 vs 18:54 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 10
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Huawei P30
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Weighs 41 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13T Pro and Huawei P30 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 96% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Huawei P30 to Xiaomi 13T Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: performance, gaming, and display.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 600 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 85.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.6%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 3.6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
13T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Huawei P30
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
13T Pro +72%
1101 nits
641 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) 149.1 mm (5.87 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 71.4 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
13T Pro +2%
87.5%
85.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13T Pro and Huawei P30
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus HiSilicon Kirin 980
Max clock 3350 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-X3
- 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 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 690 Yes
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G715 MC11 Mali G76 MP10
GPU shading units 1408 240
GPU clock 1150 MHz 720 MHz
FLOPS ~3238.4 GFLOPS ~345.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13T Pro and Huawei P30
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
13T Pro +108%
1917
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13T Pro +60%
4509
2825
Compute Score (GPU)
13T Pro +136%
8637
3657
Compute Score (GPU) 8637 3657
Single-core score 1917 921
Multi-core score 4509 2825
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
13T Pro +148%
1820682
732904
CPU 583431 313755
GPU 492102 106457
Memory 326977 149118
UX 418172 163574
Total score 1820682 732904
Samples [15 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1370
Stability 88% -
Graphics test 10 FPS -
Graphics score 1370 -
3DMark Solar Bay
5565
Stability 82% -
Graphics test 21 FPS -
Section 1 24 FPS -
Section 2 21 FPS -
Section 3 18 FPS -
Graphics score 5565 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 48%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 675
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
n/a
8696
Web score - 7503
Video editing - 5713
Photo editing - 14341
Data manipulation - 7455
Writing score - 10946

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 (Shū)AnTuTu 121921973
📘 2026-09-10 (Swex)AnTuTu 121756995
📘 2026-09-07 (Leo)AnTuTu 111784409
📘 2026-08-11 (Miguelito)AnTuTu 111833119
📘 2026-07-25 (Miguelito)Geekbench 6 GPU8295
Huawei P30
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 -> DUYNGAnTuTu 12910146
📘 2026-09-24 (DUYNG)AnTuTu 12901546
📘 2026-09-18 (Eg0sh)AnTuTu 12757876
📘 2026-06-23 (Ha0ntslo)AnTuTu 11732904
📘 2025-10-02 (Ericsson)AnTuTu 11639986

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4266 MHz 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 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 EMUI 10
OS size 49 GB 12 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3650 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 22.5 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (68% in 15 min) Yes, SuperCharge (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:26 hr 1:10 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:13 hr 07:35 hr
Watching video 13:12 hr 12:30 hr
Gaming 06:15 hr 04:36 hr
Standby 99 hr 85 hr
General battery life
13T Pro +16%
21:52 hr
18:54 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 7360 x 4912
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording Up to 24FPS 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: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 40 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony IMX707 Sony IMX600
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.4
Focal length 50 mm 80 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50D40 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 17 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV13B -
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 -
Preview 77 -
Zoom 98 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX596 BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

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 5.4 5
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
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* - 21
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
13T Pro +9%
89.7 dB
82.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2023 March 2019
Release date September 2023 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1099 $800
Successor - Xiaomi 15T Pro - Huawei P40
SAR (head) - 0.33 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.85 W/kg
Sensors - 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, 120 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 Xiaomi 13T Pro is definitely a better buy.

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