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Huawei P40 vs Google Pixel XL

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

Google Pixel XL 2016 year of release, cpu Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), screen 5.5", with resolution 1440x2560. 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 AMOLED OLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" inch 6.1" inch
Screen area 83.4 cm2 91.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.2% 86.3%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 2340 px
PPI /points per inch/ 534 PPI 422 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12.3 MP, Single 50 MP, Triple
Camera specs 12.3 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.3'', 1.55µm, 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 Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama 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, 1/3.2'', 1.4µm 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm IR TOF 3D, (biometrics sensor only)
Performance Operating system OS Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 10.0 (AOSP + HMS); EMUI 10.1
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 (14 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+)
Processor CPU Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) Octa-core (2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 530 Mali-G76 MP16
External memory No NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal memory 32/128 GB, 512GB 4GB 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 145789
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1627
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4060
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7506
Antutu 8 score 496357
GeekBench 4 Battery 2141
GeekBench 5 Single Core 310 774
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 861 3181
General specs Release date 2016, October 2020, March 26
Dimensions (HxWxD) 154.7 Х 75.7 Х 8.5 mm 148.9 Х 71.1 Х 8.5 mm
Weight 168 g 175 g
Colors Quite Black, Very Silver, Really Blue Silver Frost, Blush Gold, Deep Sea Blue, Ice White, Black
Battery 3450 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3800 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 380 EUR 800 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 552 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 32 h (3G) Music play - Up to 130 h
Body build Front glass, aluminum body, partial glass back Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM/eSIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 21(1500), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) 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) Cat9 450/50 Mbps or LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 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 Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.1, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.89 W/kg (head)     0.56 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.25 W/kg (head)     0.44 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic DCI-P3 -HDR10 -90Hz
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fast battery charging - Splash and dust resistant - Versions: Global, USA, North America 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 XL
  • Screen 5.5"
  • 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