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Huawei P40 vs Google Pixel 2 XL

 
Brief information about compared phones: Google Pixel 2 XL , Huawei P40

Google Pixel 2 XL 2017 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), screen 6", with resolution 1440x2880. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Huawei P40 2020 year of release, cpu Octa-core (2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55), screen 6.1", with resolution 1080x2340. Smartphone has 32 megapixel front camera and 50 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology P-OLED OLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" inch 6.1" inch
Screen area 92.6 cm2 91.3 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.4% 86.3%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2880 px 1080 x 2340 px
PPI /points per inch/ 538 PPI 422 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12.2 MP, Single 50 MP, Triple
Camera specs 12.2 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF & laser AF 50 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/1.28'', 2.44µm, omnidirectional PDAF, OIS -8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom -16 MP, f/2.2, 17mm (ultrawide), AF
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 32 MP, Dual
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 25mm (wide), 1/3.2'', 1.4µm 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm IR TOF 3D, (biometrics sensor only)
DxOMark Main Score 99
DxOMark Photo 80
DxOMark Video 71
DxOMark Selfie Score 77
Performance Operating system OS Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 10.0 (AOSP + HMS); EMUI 10.1
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) Octa-core (2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 540 Mali-G76 MP16
External memory No NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 512GB 4GB 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 203156
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1826
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6121
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7088
Antutu 8 score 496357
GeekBench 5 Single Core 358 774
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1507 3181
General specs Release date 2017, October 2020, March 26
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.9 Х 76.7 Х 7.9 mm 148.9 Х 71.1 Х 8.5 mm
Weight 175 g 175 g
Colors Just Black, Black & White Silver Frost, Blush Gold, Deep Sea Blue, Ice White, Black
Battery 3520 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3800 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 530 EUR 800 EUR
Body build Front glass, aluminum body, partial glass back Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM card & eSIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM/eSIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900   CDMA 800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 -3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE -5G - 5G SA/NSA
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat15 800/75 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0) 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.1, A2DP, LE
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others Always-on display -100% DCI-P3 DCI-P3 -HDR10 -90Hz
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fast battery charging (capped at 10.5 W) - IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins) - Also known as Google Pixel XL2 Sensors Infrared face recognition, fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum , Infrared port - Fast charging 22.5W - IP53 dust and splash protection

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Pixel 2 XL
  • Screen 6"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
Reasons to buy P40
  • Screen 6.1"
  • Front camera 32 MP
  • Main camera 50 MP
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory NM (Nano Memory) GB
  • RAM 8 GB