Huawei Mate 20 X vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 800, 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE-A, Cat21, 1400 Mbps download, 200 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Front/back glass & aluminium frame

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

174.6 mm

148.9 mm
Width

85.4 mm

68.1 mm
Thickness

8.2 mm

8 mm
Weight

232 g

155 g
Stylus

Yes (optional)

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Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

IP53

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

IP53

IP68
Colors

Blue, Silver

Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Midnight Black, Orchid Gray

Display
Display type

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

7.2 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

1080 x 2244 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

346 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

2.5D curved glass screen, Corning Gorilla Glass

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

DCI-P3, HDR10

-

Hardware
CPU

Octa-core

Octa-core
CPU

Dual-core 2.6 GHz Cortex-A76

Quad-core 2.3 GHz
CPU(second)

dual-core 1.92 GHz Cortex-A76

quad-core 1.7 GHz
CPU(third)

Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 980

Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US / Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA
GPU

Mali-G76 MP10

Adreno 540 - US
Memory RAM

6 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

128 GB

64 GB
Memory card

NM

microSD
Memory card max

256 GB

256 GB

Main camera
Camera type

Triple

-
Main camera

40 MP, f/1.8 , 27 mm, 1/1.7" , 5x optical zoom

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm
20 MP, f/2.2 , 16 mm, 1/2.7"
8 MP, f/2.4 , 80 mm, 1/4"
Primary camera resolution

3648 x 2736 pixels

-
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
Primary camera optics

Leica optics

-
Primary camera flash

dual-LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus & laser autofocus

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

Autofocus, continuous shooting, digital zoom, digital image stabilization, geotagging, panorama, HDR, touch focus, face detection, white balance settings, ISO settings, exposure compensation, self-timer, scene-mode

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.5" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus
DxOMark photo

118

-
DxOMark video

97

-
DxOMark camera score

111

-

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB On-The-Go

Yes

-
Bluetooth

v5.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

-
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
Infrared

Yes

-
NFC

Yes

Yes
GPS

Yes, with dual-band A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

Yes

Yes
Beidou

Yes

-
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

-

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

-

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint, gyroscope, hall, light, proximity

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity