Huawei Mate 20 Pro vs. Honor 50

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Honor 50. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare sizes, functions, but also other key features of both phones and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the phone that best fits your needs and expectations.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Huawei Mate 20 Pro vs. Honor 50 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Manufacturer Model Number - NTH-NX9
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 157.8 mm 159.96 mm Honor 50 has greater height than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Width 72.3 mm 73.76 mm Honor 50 has greater width than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Depth 8.6 mm 7.78 mm Honor 50 is narrower than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Weight 189 g 175 g Honor 50 is lighter than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Body Colour Black | Emerald Green | Twilight | Midnight blue Midnight black | Emerald Green
Protection Dustproof, splashproof, waterproof -
Waterproof (Water-resistant) Yes - Huawei Mate 20 Pro is waterproof.
IP rating IP68 -
SAR Value 0.96 W/kg (body), 0.4 W/kg (head), 2.98 W/kg (limb) 1.1 W/kg (body), 0.8 W/kg (head), 2.76 W/kg (limb)
Connector Type USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Display Type OLED display OLED display
Display Technology - AMOLED
Screen Size (Display Size) 6.39" 6.57" Honor 50 has larger screen size than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 3120 x 1440 pixels 2340 x 1080 pixels Huawei Mate 20 Pro has better screen resolution than Honor 50.
Display Format 2K+ -
Pixel Density 538 ppi 403 ppi Huawei Mate 20 Pro has better pixel density than Honor 50.
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 1073.7 million colours Honor 50 has better colour depth than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Display Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
Touch Sampling Rate - 300 Hz
PROCESSOR Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 980 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
Clock Speed 2.6 GHz -
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - Huawei Mate 20 Pro has 64-bit architecture.
MEMORY Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
RAM 6 GB 6 GB Both phones have the same RAM size.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 128 GB 128 GB Both phones have the same internal memory capacity.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) NM card - up to 256 GB -
CAMERA Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 3 4
Sensor Resolution 40 Megapixel 108 Megapixel Honor 50 has better camera resolution than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Sensor Size - 1/1.52"
Lens Type Wide-angle lens -
Lens Aperture F/1.8 F/2.2 Huawei Mate 20 Pro has better lens aperture than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Pixel Size - 2.1 μm
Focus Adjustment Automatic -
Special Effects HDR -
Camera Modes - Slow motion mode, Fast Motion mode, Multi-video recording
Face Recognition (Face ID) Face detection, smile detection - Huawei Mate 20 Pro has face detection.
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Still Image Resolutions - 12032 x 9024
Video Resolutions - 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Functions) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), Continuous Auto Focus (CAF), Depth Auto Focus, Leica Triple Camera, AI Image Stabilisation, 3D Live Emoji Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS)
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 20 Megapixel 8 Megapixel Huawei Mate 20 Pro has better second camera resolution than Honor 50.
Lens Type (2nd Camera) Ultra wide-angle lens Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) F/2.2 F/2.2 Both phones have the same second camera lens aperture.
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) 8 Megapixel 2 Megapixel Huawei Mate 20 Pro has higher resolution third camera than Honor 50.
Lens Type (3rd Camera) Telephoto lens -
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) F/2.4 F/2.4 Both phones have the same lens aperture of the third camera.
Camera Functions (3rd Camera) - Macro camera
FOURTH CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (4th Camera) - 2 Megapixel
Lens Aperture (4th Camera) - F/2.4
Camera Functions (4th Camera) - Depth camera
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 24 Megapixel 32 Megapixel Honor 50 has better front camera resolution than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.0 F/2.2 Huawei Mate 20 Pro has better front lens aperture than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Field of View (Front) - 90 degree(s)
Focus Adjustment Automatic -
Camera Modes (Front) - Super night selfie mode, AI Wide-angle selfie
Still Image Resolutions (Front) - 6528 x 4896
Video Resolutions (Front) - 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps
Camera Features (Front) 3D Depth Sensing Camera -
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 4000 mAh 4300 mAh Honor 50 has larger battery capacity than Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Fast Charging Technology HUAWEI SuperCharge technology Honor SuperCharge Both phones have fast charging technology.
Recharge Time (Charging Time) - 45 min
Wireless Charging Yes - Huawei Mate 20 Pro can be charged wirelessly.
Wireless Charging Standards Qi -
CELLULAR Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Honor 50 has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 9.0 Pie Android 11
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 9.0 Magic UI 4.2
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE Advanced, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, VoWiFi FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR FR1
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM -
3G UMTS Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19 Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 7, Band 8, Band 9, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 32, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40 Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41, Band 66
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 1800, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, FDD 1500 L, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300 FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3
5G NR Band - N1, n3, n7, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n40
5G NR Frequency - FDD 2100, FDD 1800, FDD 2600, FDD 700APT, TDD TD 2600, TDD TD 2500, TDD TD 3700, TDD TD 3500, TDD 2300
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.2 BLE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, 3GA, MP4 WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, LDAC, SBC
Supported Digital Video Standards MPEG-4, 3GP 3GP, MP4
Sound Enhancements - Qualcomm aptX audio, Qualcomm aptX HD audio
FEATURES Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert -
Sensors Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, barometer, gyro sensor, hall sensor, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, laser sensor, colour temperature sensor Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gravity sensor, gyroscope
Security Devices Face recognition, fingerprint reader Fingerprint reader (under display)
Security Technology 3D Face unlock -
Additional Phone Features Wi-Fi Miracast, Neural Network Processing Unit -
OTHERS Huawei Mate 20 Pro Honor 50
Included Accessories Power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C to 3.5 jack adapter, USB-C cable, USB-C headphones, protective case USB cable, 66W HONOR SuperCharge charger
Compliant Standards IP68 TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light Certification
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