Huawei Mate 20 vs Samsung Galaxy S20 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 16, 2018	Feb 11, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$1000

Design

Dimensions
6.23 x 3.04 x 0.33 inches 158.2 x 77.2 x 8.3 mm	5.97 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches 151.7 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
Weight
6.63 oz / 188.0 g	5.78 oz / 163.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash, Dust; IP53	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Green, Blue	Cloud blue, Cosmic grey, Cloud pink, Cosmic white

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 87.98% screen-to-body	6.2-inch, 88.59% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, HDR, 820 nits	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2244x1080px, 18.7:9 ratio, 381 PPI	3200x1440px, 20:9 ratio, 566 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 6

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	1.5 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)	Snapdragon 865 SM8250 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2600 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Octa-core 1x2.84GHz Kryo 585 3x2.42GHz Kryo 585 4x1.80GHz Kryo 585
GPU
Mali-G76 MP10	Adreno 650
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 6GB/128GB	12GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.0) 8GB/128GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie)	Android (13, 12, 11, 10)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	4000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging Qi and Powermat wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 20min

Browsing

7h 45min

Video

10h 20min

Gaming

7h 43min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.3"	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
16 MP (Ultra-wide, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 17 mm	12 MP (Ultra-wide, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Third camera
8 MP (Telephoto, Laser and PDAF) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 52 mm Sensor size: 1/4"	64 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (960 fps) Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (960 fps) OIS, HDR, EIS
Front
24 MP Video capture: 1080p	10 MP (PDAF, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	32-Bit DAC, Dolby Atmos, aptX, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Jan 24, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMG981U
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.07 W/kg Body: 1.03 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.25 W/kg Phablet: 3.99 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 6 GB RAM

Memory	6GB

Global variant

System chip	Samsung Exynos 990 (7 nm)
Processor	Octa-core 2700 MHz 2x2.73GHz Exynos M5 2x2.5GHz Cortex-A75 4x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU	Mali G77 MP11

non 5G variant

Memory	8GB
FCC approval	Date approved: Jan 28, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMG980F
Measured SAR	Head: 0.37 W/kg Body: 1.01 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.34 W/kg Phablet: 2.67 W/kg

for Verizon

Storage expansion	not expandable
5G Bands	n260, n261, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	34, 39, 46, 48
Hearing aid compatible	M4/T3

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