Xiaomi Mi 10 vs Huawei Honor 30
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Mi 10 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865) that was released on February 13, 2020, against the Huawei Honor 30, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G and came out 2 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Mi 10
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Comes with 780 mAh larger battery capacity: 4780 vs 4000 mAh
- Delivers 71% higher maximum brightness (858 against 501 nits)
- 40% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (651K versus 466K)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Supports wireless charging up to 30W
- More recent OS version: Android 12 versus 10
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Stereo speakers
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Huawei Honor 30
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 3.0
- Weighs 23 grams less
- 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 957 and 890 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | 6.67 inches | 6.53 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 386 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 86.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.8% | - |
| PWM | 362 Hz | - |
| Response time | 3 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Max. Brightness
Design and build
| Height | 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) | 160.3 mm (6.31 inches) |
| Width | 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) | 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) |
| Thickness | 9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 208 gramm (7.34 oz) | 185 gramm (6.53 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Green | Black, Silver, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 | HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G |
| Max. clock | 2840 MHz | 2560 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) |
- 4 cores at 1.84 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 1 core at 2.58 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 650 | Mali-G77 MP8 |
| GPU clock | 587 MHz | 700 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1228 GFLOPS | ~652 GFLOPS |
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128, 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | Nano Memory |
| Memory card max. size | - | Up to 256 GB |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 187992 | 141978 |
| GPU | 219514 | 139038 |
| Memory | 107107 | 78161 |
| UX | 131554 | 107093 |
| Total score | 651750 | 466456 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4176 | 2144 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 11613 | 9447 |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12.0) | Android 10.0 |
| ROM | MIUI 13 | Magic UI 3.1.1 |
| OS size | 19 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4780 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Charge power | 30 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (30 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 30 min) | Yes (70% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:20 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:10 hr | - |
| Watching video | 16:47 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:11 hr | - |
| Standby | 94 hr | - |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 40 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | 7360 x 4912 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | - |
| Lenses | 4 (108 MP + 13 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) | 4 (40 MP + 8 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 108 MP - Aperture: f/1.7 - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.33", Samsung Bright S5KHMX (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 40 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 27 mm - Sensor: 1/1.7", Sony IMX600 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/3.4 - Focal length: 125 mm - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 13 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 12 mm - Pixel size: 1.12 micron |
- 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 17 mm |
| Macro lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Pixel size: 1.75 micron |
- 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
| Depth lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Pixel size: 1.75 micron |
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| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 6464 x 4864 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.9 microns | 0.8 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3" | 1/2.8" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Active |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 22 | 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max. loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2020 | April 2020 |
| Release date | June 2020 | June 2020 |
| SAR (head) | 0.69 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- 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, battery life, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Mi 10. But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Huawei Honor 30.
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