Huawei Mate X vs Google Pixel 8a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 24, 2019	May 07, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
$2299	$499 | €549

Design

Dimensions
6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches 161.3 x 146.2 x 11 mm	5.99 x 2.84 x 0.35 inches 152.1 x 72.2 x 8.9 mm
Folded
6.35 x3.08 x0.43 inches (161.3 x 78.3 x 11 mm)
Weight
10.41 oz / 295.0 g	6.63 oz / 188.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass	Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Blue	Obsidian, Porcelain, Bay, Aloe

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 86.86% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 81.28% screen-to-body
Type
OLED	OLED, 120Hz, HDR, 2000 nits
Resolution
2480x2200px, 414 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 431 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
Folding around the outside, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Front cover display
6.6 inches 2480 x1148 px Part of the main display
Rear cover display
6.4 inches 2480 x892 px Part of the main display

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1903 (Excellent)
Bright Min
Untested	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)	Google Tensor G3 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2600 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Nona-core 1x3.0GHz Cortex-X3 4x2.45G​Hz Cortex-A715 4x2.1​5GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-G76 MP10	Immortalis-G715s MC10
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/512GB	8GB (LPDDR5X)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (9.0 Pie)	Android (15, 14)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1621
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	4277
3D Mark High
Untested	2419
3D Mark Low
Untested	1624

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Battery

Type
4500 mAh, Li - Polymer	4492 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W Wireless: 7.5W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 51min

Browsing

13h 53min

Video

8h 34min

Gaming

7h 16min

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Camera

Rear
Quad camera, Doubles as a selfie camera	Dual camera
Main camera
40 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7"	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.73" Pixel size: 0.8 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"	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
16 MP (Ultra-wide, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
Yes Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
	13 MP

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

134

Overall

142

Photo

127

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 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n41, n77, n78, n79	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
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, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	38, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

Links

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