Huawei Mate 20 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy A55 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 16, 2018	Mar 11, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
	$489

Design

Dimensions
6.21 x 2.85 x 0.34 inches 157.8 x 72.3 x 8.6 mm	6.34 x 3.05 x 0.00 inches 161.1 x 77.4 8.2 mm
Weight
6.67 oz / 189.0 g	7.51 oz / 213.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5)	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
3D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Emerald green, Twilight	Iceblue, Lilac, Navy, Lemon

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 87.78% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.30% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED, HDR	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 550 nits
Resolution
3120x1440px, 19.5:9 ratio, 538 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 399 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1510 (Good)
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	1.3 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)	Exynos 1480 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2600 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Octa-core 4x2.7GHz Cortex-A78 4x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G76 MP10	Yes
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 8GB/256GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	microSDXC
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1163
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3487
3D Mark High
Untested	930
3D Mark Low
Untested	916

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Battery

Type
4200 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 36min

Browsing

17h 7min

Video

8h 15min

Gaming

9h 39min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Triple camera
Main camera
40 MP (Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1 μm	50 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, Laser and PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 80 mm Sensor size: 1/4"	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
20 MP (Ultra-wide, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm Sensor size: 1/2.7"	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (960 fps) Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
24 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	32 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

132

Overall

140

Photo

123

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
HDMI
Yes
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Oct 17, 2018 FCC ID value: QISLYA-LX9
Measured SAR
Head: 0.58 W/kg Body: 0.81 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.53 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.77 W/kg Phablet: 3.17 W/kg

Alternative variants

256 GB storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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