Huawei Mate 30 Pro vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Huawei Mate 30 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory capacities and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect phone. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the phone that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Huawei Mate 30 Pro vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Manufacturer Model Number LIO-L29C -
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 158.1 mm 165.75 mm Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has greater height than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Width 73.1 mm 76.68 mm Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has greater width than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Depth 8.8 mm 8.8 mm Both phones are the same depth.
Weight 198 g 209 g Huawei Mate 30 Pro is lighter than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Body Colour Space Silver Interstellar grey | Tropical green
Body Material - Curved 3D glass, Gorilla glass 5
Protection Dustproof, water-resistant, splash-resistant Splashproof
Waterproof (Water-resistant) Yes - Huawei Mate 30 Pro is waterproof.
IP rating IP68 -
Repairability Index 7.4 (out of 10) -
SAR Value 0.99 W/kg (body), 3.19 W/kg (limb), 0.54 W/kg (head) 2.07 W/kg (limb), 1.021 W/kg (body), 0.662 W/kg (head)
Integrated Components - Ultra-linear speaker
Connector Type USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Display Type OLED display LCD display
Screen Size (Display Size) 6.53" 6.67" Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has larger screen size than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 2400 x 1176 pixels 2400 x 1080 pixels Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better screen resolution than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro.
Display Format Full HD+ Full HD+
Pixel Density 409 ppi -
Max Brightness - 450 cd/m²
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours -
Contrast Ratio - 1500:1
Display Features Dark mode, Huawei Horizon Display, ultra-curved screen, advanced multi-dimensional cooling system Reading mode 2.0, Dot Display
Display Protection (Screen Protector) - Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (scratch resistant glass)
PROCESSOR Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 990 Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Clock Speed 2.86 GHz 2.3 GHz Huawei Mate 30 Pro has higher clock speed than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes Yes Both phones have 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) Mali-G76 Qualcomm ADRENO 618
MEMORY Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
RAM 8 GB 6 GB Huawei Mate 30 Pro has more RAM than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 256 GB 64 GB Huawei Mate 30 Pro has more internal memory than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) NM card - up to 256 GB microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 512 GB
CAMERA Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 4 4
Sensor Resolution 40 Megapixel 64 Megapixel Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has better camera resolution than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Sensor Size - 1/1.72"
Lens Aperture F/1.8 F/1.89 Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better lens aperture than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Lens Construction - 6-element
Field of View (FoV) - 79.8 degree(s)
Pixel Size - 0.8 μm
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Optical Zoom 3x -
Digital Zoom 30x -
Special Effects Dynamic bokeh effect HDR, Kaleidoscope
Camera Modes Time-lapse mode, Pro mode, Portrait, ultra low-light video, 256x Ultra Slow-motion Video Burst mode, Panorama, night mode, Smart ultra-wide angle mode, Photo timer, Custom watermark, Documents, Beautify, Levelling, Cinematic portraits
Face Recognition (Face ID) - Face recognition Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has face detection.
Light Source Dual LED flash Flash
Still Image Resolutions - 8000 x 6000
Video Resolutions - 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps, 1280 x 720 (720p) at 30 fps, Slo-mo video 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 120 fps, Slo-mo video 1280 x 720 (720p) at 240 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 30 fps, Slo-mo video 1280 x 720 (720p) at 120 fps, Slo-mo video 1280 x 720 (720p) at 960 fps
Camera Features (Functions) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), 5x Hybrid Zoom, Contrast Auto-Focus, Huawei AI Image Stabilization (AIS), Huawei SuperSensing Cine Camera 4-in-1 Super Pixel, AI scene detection, Portrait mode with background blurring, Ultra wide-angle edge distortion correction, AI Quad camera, Steady handheld night photography, full screen frame, AI watermark
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 40 Megapixel 8 Megapixel Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better second camera resolution than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro.
Sensor Size (2nd Camera) - 1/4"
Lens Type (2nd Camera) - Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) F/1.6 F/2.2 Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better second camera lens aperture than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Lens Element Qty (2nd Camera) - 5-element
Field of View (2nd Camera) - 119 degree(s)
Pixel Size (2nd Camera) - 1.12 μm
Camera Features (2nd Camera) OIS (Optical Image Stabilisation), Huawei SuperSensing Cine Camera 5-piece lens
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) 8 Megapixel 5 Megapixel Huawei Mate 30 Pro has higher resolution third camera than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro.
Sensor Size (3rd Camera) - 1/5"
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.
Pixel Size (3rd Camera) - 1.12 μm
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Huawei Mate 30 Pro has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
Camera Functions (3rd Camera) - Macro camera
Camera Features (3rd Camera) - AF (2cm-10cm)
FOURTH CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (4th Camera) - 2 Megapixel
Sensor Size (4th Camera) - 1/5"
Lens Aperture (4th Camera) - F/2.4
Pixel Size (4th Camera) - 1.75 μm
Camera Functions (4th Camera) HUAWEI Time-of-Flight (TOF) Camera Depth camera
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 32 Megapixel 16 Megapixel Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better front camera resolution than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro.
Sensor Size (Front) - 1/3.06"
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.0 F/2.48 Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better front lens aperture than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Field of View (Front) - 82.4 degree(s)
Pixel Size (Front) - 1 μm
Special Effects (Front) - HDR
HDR Mode (Front) AI HDR+ -
Camera Modes (Front) - Panoramic selfies, AI portrait mode, AI Beautify, Slo-mo Selfie
Face Recognition (Face ID) - Face recognition Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has face detection.
Light Source (Front) - Display flash
Camera Features (Front) 3D Depth Sensing Camera, AI Segmentation AI scene detection, Palm shutter, AI silhouette detection
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 4500 mAh 5020 mAh Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has larger battery capacity than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Fast Charging Technology HUAWEI SuperCharge technology, Wireless HUAWEI SuperCharge Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0 Both phones have fast charging technology.
Wireless Charging Yes - Huawei Mate 30 Pro can be charged wirelessly.
Talk Time - 1980 minutes
Run Time Details - Talk: up to 1980 min
Gaming: up to 13 hrs
Playback (Music): up to 147 hrs
Navigation: up to 16 hrs
Battery Technology Lithium polymer Lithium Ion
CELLULAR Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 4G Both phones have the same mobile network generation.
Operating System Android 10 Android 10
User Interface EMUI 10.0 MIUI 11
Payment Technology - Google Pay
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1900 GSM, 2100 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 8
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 900
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 20, Band 28, Band 38, Band 40, Band 41
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 800 DD, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2600, TDD 2300, TDD 2500
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.1 LE Bluetooth 5.0
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS SMS, MMS
MEDIA Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, LDAC, MP4, SBC, 3GP WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, APE (Monkey's Audio)
Supported Digital Video Standards 3GP, MP4 MKV, XviD, M4V, MP4
Audio Amplifier - Smart PA
FEATURES Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert 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, gesture, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, colour temperature sensor Accelerometer, digital compass, gyro sensor, distance sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, In-screen ambient light sensor
Security Devices Fingerprint reader (under display) Face recognition, fingerprint reader (side)
Additional Phone Features Huawei Reverse Charge, Tiny-Core NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit) Infrared remote control, AI face unlock, Qualcomm 5th generation AI Engine, Z-axis linear vibration motor
OTHERS Huawei Mate 30 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Included Accessories Power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, USB-C headphones Protective cover, SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, 33W charger
Compliant Standards IP68, TUV Rheinland TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light Certification
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