Huawei P50 Pro review - The camera reference among smartphones stands apart

For enthusiasts. The Huawei P50 Pro is the first smartphone of the series that uses a Qualcomm SoC, but otherwise it is completely focused on photography. The new Leica camera promises a high image quality and the P50 Pro also has to offer a lot in other regards. On the other hand, 5G and the Google services continue to be missing.

Daniel Schmidt, 👁 Daniel Schmidt (translated by Mark Riege), Published 03/20/2022 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 ...

It isn't that long ago that the Huawei P series was one of the most anticipated smartphones of the year. But with the trade war between China and the US, the manufacturer isn't allowed to use Google services, is unable to produce its own chipsets, and has to make do without 5G even in its flagship smartphone.

Under these difficult circumstances, the P50 Pro attempts to regain its earlier top position and defend its self-chosen label as "photography miracle." Find out in this test, whether it succeeds in these challenges.

Test device courtesy of Huawei Germany

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Huawei P50 Pro (P50 Series)

Processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G 8 x 1.8 - 2.8 GHz, Cortex-X1 / A78 / A55 (Kryo 680)

Graphics adapter

Qualcomm Adreno 660

Memory

8 GB

Display

6.60 inch 19.8:9, 2700 x 1228 pixel 393 PPI, capacitive, 300 Hz touch sampling rate, OLED, glossy: yes, HDR, 120 Hz

Storage

256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash, 256 GB

, 236.59 GB free

Connections

1 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, Card Reader: NanoMemory Card up to 256 GB (FAT, FAT32, exFAT), 1 Fingerprint Reader, NFC, Brightness Sensor, Sensors: accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, color spectrum, OTG

Networking

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.2, 2G (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), 3G (Band 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19), LTE (Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32, 34, 28, 29, 40, 41, 66), Dual SIM, LTE, GPS

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 8.5 x 158.8 x 72.8 ( = 0.33 x 6.25 x 2.87 in)

Battery

4360 mAh Lithium-Polymer

Charging

wireless charging, fast charging / Quickcharge

Operating System

Android 11

Camera

Primary Camera: 50 MPix (f/1.8, 23 mm) + 64 MPix (3.5x optical zoom, f/3.5, 90 mm) + 13 MP (ultra wide angle, f/2.2, 13 mm) + 40 MP (monochrome, f/1.6, 23 mm); aspect ratio (photo): 4:3, 1:1, 19.8:1; Camera2 API: Full
Secondary Camera: 13 MPix (f/2.4)

Additional features

Speakers: dual, Keyboard: onscreen, 66W charger, USB cable, SIM tool, EMUI 12, 24 Months Warranty, SAR: 0.49/1.12 W/kg, fanless, waterproof

Weight

195 g ( = 6.88 oz / 0.43 pounds), Power Supply: 137 g ( = 4.83 oz / 0.3 pounds)

Price

1199 Euro

Links

Huawei homepage

Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.

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Possible Competitors in Comparison

Rating	Date	Model	Weight	Drive	Size	Resolution
88.8 %	03/2022	Huawei P50 Pro SD 888 4G, Adreno 660	195 g	256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	6.60"	2700x1228
89.4 %	04/2020	Huawei P40 Pro Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16	209 g	256 GB UFS 3.0 Flash	6.58"	2640x1200
87.6 %	02/2022	Xiaomi 12 Pro SD 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730	204 g	256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	6.73"	3200x1440
90.8 %	10/2021	Apple iPhone 13 Pro A15, A15 GPU 5-Core	203 g	256 GB NVMe	6.10"	2532x1170
89.6 %	02/2021	Samsung Galaxy S21+ Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14	200 g	128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	6.70"	2400x1080

Case - Elegant and comfortable to hold

The Huawei P50 Pro is slimmer and lighter than its P40 Pro predecessor, even though the battery capacity has increased. With its rounded display sides, it looks very slim and feels comfortable to hold in the hand. Only the Cocoa Gold and Golden Black color versions are offered in Germany.

The workmanship in the smartphone is very good. Both the front and back are covered by some sort of glass for which no specifications are given. This is framed in a high-gloss metal frame. The Huawei smartphone resists any attempts of warping without showing any signs of a reaction. The gaps are tight and very even, and you can only notice when looking closely, that the gap between the glass and frame is slightly larger in the corners on the back.

In addition, the Huawei P50 Pro offers an IP68 certification, so it is dust and waterproof. The battery is built-in and cannot be replaced by the user. The card tray cover is flush with the frame and also has the same color.

Size Comparison

Equipment - The Huawei P50 Pro is fully equipped

With USB 3.2 (Gen. 1), the Huawei P50 Pro is not only offering a very fast connection, but it also allows for wired display output via HDMI and DisplayPort connection, including an optional desktop mode. Power Delivery for charging other devices is supported, and so is OTG, enabling you to connect peripheral devices.

While there is no notification LED, the smartphone offers an optional always-on display. It also forgoes an audio port, and you have to purchase a corresponding adapter for the USB port separately. Besides Xiaomi, Huawei is also one of the few manufacturers that still offer an infrared blaster at this point, allowing you to use it as a remote control replacement for multimedia devices, air conditioners, or cameras, etc.

SD Card Reader

The storage of the Huawei P50 Pro can be expanded by up to 256 GB via NanoMemory card. While this is nice, the in-house Huawei format isn't particularly affordable. On the other hand, the transfer rates turn out quite good and the exFAT file system is also supported.

SD Card Reader - average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs)
Huawei P50 Pro Adreno 660, SD 888 4G, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash (Huawei NanoMemory)	32.78 MB/s ∼100%

Cross Platform Disk Test (CPDT)

Huawei P50 Pro; SDCard Sequential Write 0.5 GB; Huawei NanoMemory: Ø37.3 (28.1-59.1)

Huawei P50 Pro; SDCard Sequential Read 0.5 GB; Huawei NanoMemory: Ø84 (9.89-109)

Software - Huawei smartphone with Android 11 and EMUI 12

The Huawei P50 Pro comes with Android 11 but still doesn't offer Google services. The manufacturer continues to use the known EMUI user interface, which is visually indistinguishable from the Harmony OS that is used in China.

Although the Android version isn't the most current, Huawei at least makes an effort to keep the security patches fairly current. In our P50 Pro test unit, they are at the level of January 1, 2022 at the time of the testing.

Even without the Google Play Store, you can still find many of the necessary apps in the AppGallery or install them via Petal Search from the corresponding web sites. However, the latter is a bit cumbersome and interrupted by many security notifications.

While the system itself is very comfortable to operate, those who don't want to leave everything to the automatic updates will constantly be inundated with questions whether they shouldn't be activated after all.

Communication and GNSS - P50 Pro comes with Wi-Fi 6 and LTE

The WLAN module of the Huawei P50 Pro supports Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE-802.11 a, b, g, n, ax), allowing it to communicate in the 2.4 as well as 5.0-GHz range. Unfortunately, the Qualcomm SoC only appears to support VHT80, causing the data rates to turn out lower than in the P40 Pro before. In combination with our Asus ROG GT-AXE1000 reference router, the transfer rates even remain below the capabilities of the standard.

The P50Pro can access mobile data using LTE at best. The frequency band coverage is very extensive, allowing for connections worldwide. However, the Huawei smartphone does not support 5G. The reception characteristics were inconspicuous during the test.

Networking
iperf3 transmit AXE11000
Xiaomi 12 Pro Adreno 730, SD 8 Gen 1, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	1214 (516^min - 1524^max) MBit/s ∼100% +83%
Average of class Smartphone (40.5 - 1810, n=158, last 2 years)	671 MBit/s ∼55% +1%
Huawei P50 Pro Adreno 660, SD 888 4G, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	663 (262^min - 790^max) MBit/s ∼55%
iperf3 receive AXE11000
Xiaomi 12 Pro Adreno 730, SD 8 Gen 1, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	1465 (1307^min - 1536^max) MBit/s ∼100% +149%
Average of class Smartphone (34.8 - 1875, n=157, last 2 years)	634 MBit/s ∼43% +8%
Huawei P50 Pro Adreno 660, SD 888 4G, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	589 (287^min - 679^max) MBit/s ∼40%
iperf3 transmit AX12
Huawei P40 Pro Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G, 256 GB UFS 3.0 Flash	1544 (797^min - 1619^max) MBit/s ∼100%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Mali-G78 MP14, Exynos 2100 5G, 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	747 (650^min - 862^max) MBit/s ∼48%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Mali-G78 MP14, Exynos 2100 5G, 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	600 (305^min - 657^max) MBit/s ∼39%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro A15 GPU 5-Core, A15, 256 GB NVMe	698 (632^min - 775^max) MBit/s ∼45%
Average of class Smartphone (16.9 - 1368, n=70, last 2 years)	528 MBit/s ∼34%
iperf3 receive AX12
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Mali-G78 MP14, Exynos 2100 5G, 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	855 (827^min - 886^max) MBit/s ∼100%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Mali-G78 MP14, Exynos 2100 5G, 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	854 (804^min - 879^max) MBit/s ∼100%
Huawei P40 Pro Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G, 256 GB UFS 3.0 Flash	821 (388^min - 998^max) MBit/s ∼96%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro A15 GPU 5-Core, A15, 256 GB NVMe	660 (599^min - 698^max) MBit/s ∼77%
Average of class Smartphone (32.7 - 953, n=71, last 2 years)	502 MBit/s ∼59%

Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Qualcomm Adreno 660; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø579 (287-679)

Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, ARM Mali-G76 MP16; iperf3 receive AX12; iperf 3.1.3: Ø808 (388-998)

Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Qualcomm Adreno 660; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø663 (262-790)

Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, ARM Mali-G76 MP16; iperf3 transmit AX12; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1517 (797-1619)

Outdoors, the satellite locating succeeds very quickly and accurately with the Huawei P50 Pro. A large number of networks and frequency bands are supported.

During a bike tour, we compare the locating accuracy of the smartphone with that of the Garmin Venu 2. While the P50 Pro doesn't record the route taken without any mistakes, it still is relatively accurate and records its position fairly often. This makes it very well-suited for navigation tasks.

Telephone Functions and Voice Quality

The calling characteristics of the Huawei P50 Pro are convincing in the test. The voice quality of the ear piece is very good, and loud surrounding noises are also suppressed without distorting the voice of the user. The speaker also sounds attractive in quiet surroundings with only some minimal booming.

VoLTE and WLAN calling are supported, and only managing SIP accounts is not possible in the system settings.

Cameras - A powerful Leica quad camera

The front camera of the Huawei P50 Pro has a resolution of 13 Megapixels and is able to use an autofocus with eye tracking. While the recordings are convincing, they are characterized by very strong colors in the default settings. Particularly objects in the background appear very sharp. In portrait mode this doesn't happen, and you can optionally either blur the background using a Bokeh mode or replace it in other ways.

However, the showpiece is the main camera, which consists of a total of four sensors, a phase and a contrast autofocus. The primary sensor is a 50-MP True Chroma camera, which is able to use an optical image stabilizer (OIS). It is accompanied by an additional 40-MP monochrome camera, which is even more light sensitive. In addition, there is also an ultrawide angle lens with 13 MP as well as a 64-MP telephoto lens with OIS. The latter allows for 3.5x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, and 100x max digital zoom. The stabilization of such powerful zoom levels succeeds fairly well, but there is a slight delay with movements. It is always better to support your hand holding the phone. Up to a 30x zoom level, we like the pictures fairly well and they are still usable, depending on the purpose. However, often some intermediate levels such as 5x zoom are not calibrated optimally, and the autofocus seems to have some problems in setting the optimal focus point. The images are characterized by a strong contrast, and the algorithms sharpen the edges very strongly. Higher zoom levels are more of a gimmick.

The main sensor benefits from the new Huawei XD lens as well as the XD Fusion Pro image engine. With its double lens, Huawei again achieves a powerful low-light performance but isn't in a class by itself anymore. In daylight, the photos are also characterized by a large dynamic range, crisp contrasts, and vibrant colors. You can record videos using both the front and main camera in Ultra HD at up to 60 FPS.

Image Comparison

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Accessories and Warranty - 66-Watt charger included

The box of the Huawei P50 Pro includes a modular charger (max. 66 watts, USB-A), a USB cable (Type-A to Type-C), a SIM tool, and a transparent protective silicone case. Optionally, you can also purchase other accessories such as cases or charger in the Huawei shop.

The warranty period is 24 months.

Input Devices and Operation - Solid biometrics in the Huawei P50 Pro

The manufacturer protects the capacitive touchscreen of the Huawei P50 Pro by an additional protective foil. Its transitions to the actual display are slightly too hard, and the sliding characteristics of the foil are definitely not optimal either.

Huawei's in-house Celia keyboard is installed as the default, but Microsoft's SwiftKey, which was always also preinstalled in previous years, continues to be available in the AppGallery, and you can install it without any complications, just like other layouts.

There is an optical fingerprint sensor in the display for biometric security. Even if this isn't an ultrasound version, it still shows itself very reliable in the test, unlocking the P50 Pro quickly and with a high recognition rate. The 2D face recognition works even faster, and its security is supposed to be improved by some AI algorithms.

Display - An accurate OLED panel with 120 Hz

The display of the Huawei P50 Pro is only minimally larger than that of the predecessor and uses an expanded Full-HD resolution. With a pure white image, the brightness reaches a very good value at up to 790 cd/m² with the activated brightness sensor, but some other smartphones can even become much brighter. With an even distribution of light and dark areas (APL50) up to 823 cd/m² are reached. Those who don't want to use the automatic adjustment by the brightness sensor can get up to 591 cd/m².

The refresh rate can go up to 120 Hz. You can optionally change this in the settings to a fixed 120 or 60 Hz, or the system can adjust this automatically within this range.

The OLED panel of the P50 Pro constantly uses DC dimming, which is supposed to run at up to 1440 Hz to compensate the OLED flickering in the best way possible. However, we only measure 60 Hz.


767 cd/m²	780 cd/m²	790 cd/m²
753 cd/m²	765 cd/m²	788 cd/m²
748 cd/m²	762 cd/m²	784 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

X-Rite i1Pro 3

Maximum: 790 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 770.8 cd/m² Minimum: 1.7 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 95 %
Center on Battery: 765 cd/m²
Contrast: ∞:1 (Black: 0 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 1.2 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.2
ΔE Greyscale 1.5 | 0.57-98 Ø5.4
100% sRGB (Calman 2D)
Gamma: 2.21

	Huawei P50 Pro OLED, 2700x1228, 6.60	Huawei P40 Pro OLED, 2640x1200, 6.58	Xiaomi 12 Pro AMOLED, 3200x1440, 6.73	Apple iPhone 13 Pro OLED, 2532x1170, 6.10	Samsung Galaxy S21+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 2400x1080, 6.70
Screen		-8%	3%	17%	-14%
Brightness middle	765	584 -24%	959 25%	1050 37%	814 6%
Brightness	771	576 -25%	977 27%	1058 37%	814 6%
Brightness Distribution	95	95 0%	96 1%	98 3%	97 2%
Black Level *
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	1.2	1.1 8%	1.1 8%	1 17%	2 -67%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *	2.6	2.3 12%	3.1 -19%	2.4 8%	3.6 -38%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	1.5	1.8 -20%	1.9 -27%	1.5 -0%	1.4 7%
Gamma	2.21 ^100%	2.16 ^102%	2.22 ^99%	2.2 ^100%	2.12 ^104%
CCT	6446 ^101%	6355 ^102%	6498 ^100%	6504 ^100%	6568 ^99%

* ... smaller is better

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

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To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.

Screen flickering / PWM detected

60 Hz

The display backlight flickers at 60 Hz (Likely utilizing PWM) .

The frequency of 60 Hz is very low, so the flickering may cause eyestrain and headaches after extended use.

In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 18889 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured.

Measurement series at a fixed zoom level with various brightness settings

Those for whom the reproduction of the smaller sRGB color space is sufficient will get a very accurate color reproduction with an almost perfect white balance. In the standard settings, the image is more saturated and cooler.

Grayscale (color mode: Normal, color temperature: Standard, target color space: sRGB)

Colors (color mode: Normal, color temperature: Standard, target color space: sRGB)

Color space (color mode: Normal, color temperature: Standard, target color space: sRGB)

Saturation (color mode: Normal, color temperature: Standard, target color space: sRGB)

Display Response Times

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Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.

↔ Response Time Black to White
0.933 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 0.438 ms rise
0.933 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 0.495 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 1 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (22.3 ms).
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
1.058 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 0.448 ms rise
1.058 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 0.611 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 1 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (35.2 ms).

Outdoors, the Huawei P50 Pro does very well, and at worst the reflective surface can become a bit annoying, depending on the viewing angle.

The viewing angle stability is also convincing. Only at very steep viewing angles, the displayed contents can be overlayed by a slight green veil.

Performance - Huawei P50 Pro uses the Snapdragon 888

The Huawei P50 Pro doesn't use a Kirin SoC anymore but a Snapdragon 888 4G from Qualcomm that is accompanied by 8 GB of working memory. The Adreno 660 is used as the graphics unit.

We ran our benchmarks with the performance mode activated, which is deactivated by default. The differences become noticeable in the Geekbench benchmark. Without the performance mode, the single-core performance drops by 17%, while the performance when using all cores increases by more than 6%. On the other hand, in GFXBench the results remain almost unchanged. So we recommend to leave the performance mode deactivated. Some possible performance increases are not noticeable but only the power consumption is increased instead.

Geekbench 5.4
Single-Core
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	1749 Points ∼100% +58%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	1192 Points ∼68% +7%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	1109 Points ∼63%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (1099 - 1109, n=3)	1105 Points ∼63% 0%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	1100 Points ∼63% -1%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	1092 Points ∼62% -2%
Average of class Smartphone (119 - 1885, n=241, last 2 years)	822 Points ∼47% -26%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	779 Points ∼45% -30%
Multi-Core
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	4829 Points ∼100% +44%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	3738 Points ∼77% +12%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	3364 Points ∼70% +1%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	3342 Points ∼69%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (2944 - 3342, n=3)	3207 Points ∼66% -4%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	3204 Points ∼66% -4%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	3165 Points ∼66% -5%
Average of class Smartphone (473 - 5538, n=241, last 2 years)	2634 Points ∼55% -21%
Vulkan Score
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	6259 Points ∼100% +45%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	4407 Points ∼70% +2%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (4326 - 4386, n=3)	4352 Points ∼70% +1%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	4326 Points ∼69%
Average of class Smartphone (79 - 9992, n=178, last 2 years)	3478 Points ∼56% -20%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	Points ∼0% -100%
OpenCL Score
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	7514 Points ∼100% +57%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	4787 Points ∼64%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (4754 - 4787, n=3)	4771 Points ∼63% 0%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	4748 Points ∼63% -1%
Average of class Smartphone (368 - 10711, n=167, last 2 years)	3246 Points ∼43% -32%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	Points ∼0% -100%

PCMark for Android - Work 3.0
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	14107 Points ∼100% +6%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	13274 Points ∼94%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	13131 Points ∼93% -1%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (11230 - 13274, n=3)	12134 Points ∼86% -9%
Average of class Smartphone (4780 - 28378, n=229, last 2 years)	10641 Points ∼75% -20%

3DMark
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	10958 Points ∼100% +4%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	10539 Points ∼96%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	9787 Points ∼89% -7%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (8769 - 10539, n=3)	9648 Points ∼88% -8%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	7773 Points ∼71% -26%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	7718 Points ∼70% -27%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	7286 Points ∼66% -31%
Average of class Smartphone (599 - 18846, n=167, last 2 years)	6769 Points ∼62% -36%
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Graphics
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	31940 Points ∼100% +102%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	20842 Points ∼65% +32%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	15799 Points ∼49%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	15358 Points ∼48% -3%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (12352 - 15799, n=3)	14452 Points ∼45% -9%
Average of class Smartphone (541 - 36477, n=166, last 2 years)	10808 Points ∼34% -32%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	9794 Points ∼31% -38%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	7905 Points ∼25% -50%
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Physics
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	5718 Points ∼100% +17%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	4867 Points ∼85%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (4222 - 4867, n=3)	4576 Points ∼80% -6%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	4312 Points ∼75% -11%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	4120 Points ∼72% -15%
Average of class Smartphone (954 - 7019, n=166, last 2 years)	3777 Points ∼66% -22%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	2130 Points ∼37% -56%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	9322 Points ∼100%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	9149 Points ∼98% -2%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	8366 Points ∼90% -10%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	8001 Points ∼86% -14%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (5094 - 9322, n=3)	7320 Points ∼79% -21%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	6508 Points ∼70% -30%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	5956 Points ∼64% -36%
Average of class Smartphone (317 - 16100, n=205, last 2 years)	5294 Points ∼57% -43%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	16221 Points ∼100% +34%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	13950 Points ∼86% +15%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	12120 Points ∼75%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	11309 Points ∼70% -7%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	10913 Points ∼67% -10%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (9323 - 12120, n=3)	10883 Points ∼67% -10%
Average of class Smartphone (267 - 192870, n=204, last 2 years)	8184 Points ∼50% -32%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	6771 Points ∼42% -44%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	5728 Points ∼100% +11%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	5156 Points ∼90%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	4378 Points ∼76% -15%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	4150 Points ∼72% -20%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	4137 Points ∼72% -20%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (1751 - 5156, n=3)	3815 Points ∼67% -26%
Average of class Smartphone (839 - 7042, n=204, last 2 years)	3667 Points ∼64% -29%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	1852 Points ∼32% -64%
Wild Life Score
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	9927 Points ∼100% +72%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	9386 Points ∼95% +63%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	5758 Points ∼58%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	5683 Points ∼57% -1%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	5668 Points ∼57% -2%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (4677 - 5758, n=3)	5384 Points ∼54% -6%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	3297 Points ∼33% -43%
Average of class Smartphone (370 - 10062, n=178, last 2 years)	3027 Points ∼30% -47%
Wild Life Unlimited Score
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	11700 Points ∼100% +98%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	10384 Points ∼89% +76%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	6010 Points ∼51% +2%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	5915 Points ∼51%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	5872 Points ∼50% -1%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (4542 - 5915, n=3)	5374 Points ∼46% -9%
Average of class Smartphone (366 - 14566, n=216, last 2 years)	4677 Points ∼40% -21%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	3310 Points ∼28% -44%
Wild Life Extreme
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	3059 Points ∼100% +97%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	2609 Points ∼85% +68%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	1555 Points ∼51%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	1500 Points ∼49% -4%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (1253 - 1555, n=3)	1434 Points ∼47% -8%
Average of class Smartphone (22 - 3877, n=219, last 2 years)	1258 Points ∼41% -19%
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	2864 Points ∼100% +96%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	2513 Points ∼88% +72%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	1463 Points ∼51%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (1232 - 1463, n=3)	1381 Points ∼48% -6%
Average of class Smartphone (101 - 3792, n=212, last 2 years)	1252 Points ∼44% -14%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	974 Points ∼34% -33%

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex Onscreen
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	121 fps ∼100%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	121 fps ∼100% 0%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	119 fps ∼98% -2%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	119 fps ∼98% -2%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (60 - 121, n=3)	80.7 fps ∼67% -33%
Average of class Smartphone (22 - 165, n=187, last 2 years)	79.3 fps ∼66% -34%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	60 fps ∼50% -50%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	60 fps ∼50% -50%
1920x1080 T-Rex Offscreen
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	425 fps ∼100% +51%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	417 fps ∼98% +48%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	281 fps ∼66%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (202 - 281, n=3)	248 fps ∼58% -12%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	242 fps ∼57% -14%
Average of class Smartphone (19 - 497, n=187, last 2 years)	198.8 fps ∼47% -29%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	178 fps ∼42% -37%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	152 fps ∼36% -46%

GFXBench 3.0
on screen Manhattan Onscreen OGL
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	119 fps ∼100% +12%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	117 fps ∼98% +10%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	106 fps ∼89%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	103 fps ∼87% -3%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (49 - 106, n=3)	70.7 fps ∼59% -33%
Average of class Smartphone (6.8 - 161, n=188, last 2 years)	67 fps ∼56% -37%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	60 fps ∼50% -43%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	59 fps ∼50% -44%
1920x1080 1080p Manhattan Offscreen
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	251 fps ∼100% +90%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	229 fps ∼91% +73%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	161 fps ∼64% +22%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	132 fps ∼53%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	118 fps ∼47% -11%
Average of class Smartphone (9.2 - 331, n=189, last 2 years)	113 fps ∼45% -14%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	109 fps ∼43% -17%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (73 - 132, n=3)	104 fps ∼41% -21%

GFXBench 3.1
on screen Manhattan ES 3.1 Onscreen
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	103 fps ∼100% +54%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	87 fps ∼84% +30%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	73 fps ∼71% +9%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	67 fps ∼65%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	60 fps ∼58% -10%
Average of class Smartphone (3.7 - 143, n=189, last 2 years)	53.5 fps ∼52% -20%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	52 fps ∼50% -22%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (19 - 67, n=3)	44.3 fps ∼43% -34%
1920x1080 Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	169 fps ∼100% +225%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	151 fps ∼89% +190%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	107 fps ∼63% +106%
Average of class Smartphone (6.2 - 223, n=189, last 2 years)	76.8 fps ∼45% +48%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	75 fps ∼44% +44%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	75 fps ∼44% +44%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (52 - 76, n=3)	63 fps ∼37% +21%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	52 fps ∼31%

GFXBench
on screen Car Chase Onscreen
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	60 fps ∼100% +200%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	56 fps ∼93% +180%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	42 fps ∼70% +110%
Average of class Smartphone (5 - 110, n=189, last 2 years)	36.2 fps ∼60% +81%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	36 fps ∼60% +80%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	31 fps ∼52% +55%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (17 - 34, n=3)	23.7 fps ∼40% +19%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	20 fps ∼33%
1920x1080 Car Chase Offscreen
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	95 fps ∼100% +61%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	71 fps ∼75% +20%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	62 fps ∼65% +5%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	59 fps ∼62%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (44 - 63, n=3)	55.3 fps ∼58% -6%
Average of class Smartphone (2.9 - 166, n=189, last 2 years)	46.8 fps ∼49% -21%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	45 fps ∼47% -24%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	44 fps ∼46% -25%
on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	64 fps ∼100% +45%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	60 fps ∼94% +36%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	51 fps ∼80% +16%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	44 fps ∼69%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	44 fps ∼69% 0%
Average of class Smartphone (3.6 - 123, n=241, last 2 years)	37.4 fps ∼58% -15%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	36 fps ∼56% -18%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (30 - 44, n=3)	35.7 fps ∼56% -19%
1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	119 fps ∼100% +72%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	92 fps ∼77% +33%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	69 fps ∼58%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	64 fps ∼54% -7%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (50 - 72, n=3)	63.7 fps ∼54% -8%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	54 fps ∼45% -22%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	50 fps ∼42% -28%
Average of class Smartphone (1.9 - 175, n=242, last 2 years)	48.6 fps ∼41% -30%
on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	60 fps ∼100% +94%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	44 fps ∼73% +42%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	42 fps ∼70% +35%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	31 fps ∼52%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	27 fps ∼45% -13%
Average of class Smartphone (2.8 - 100, n=242, last 2 years)	26.7 fps ∼45% -14%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (20 - 31, n=3)	25.3 fps ∼42% -18%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	23 fps ∼38% -26%
2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	39 fps ∼100% +56%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	34 fps ∼87% +36%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	27 fps ∼69% +8%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	25 fps ∼64%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	25 fps ∼64% 0%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (20 - 27, n=3)	24 fps ∼62% -4%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	19 fps ∼49% -24%
Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 68, n=242, last 2 years)	18.8 fps ∼48% -25%

Antutu v9 - Total Score
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	962824 Points ∼100% +21%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	800608 Points ∼83% +1%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	793997 Points ∼82%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (784775 - 793997, n=2)	789386 Points ∼82% -1%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	743221 Points ∼77% -6%
Average of class Smartphone (111952 - 1322448, n=163, last 2 years)	655899 Points ∼68% -17%

AImark - Score v2.x
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	226728 Points ∼100% +3253%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	105536 Points ∼47% +1461%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	73666 Points ∼32% +989%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	72572 Points ∼32% +973%
Average of class Smartphone (1043 - 286905, n=121, last 2 years)	45226 Points ∼20% +569%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	6762 Points ∼3%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G	6762 Points ∼3% 0%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	Points ∼0% -100%

BaseMark OS II
Overall
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	6550 Points ∼100%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (5722 - 6550, n=3)	6179 Points ∼94% -6%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	6144 Points ∼94% -6%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	6007 Points ∼92% -8%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	5839 Points ∼89% -11%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	5589 Points ∼85% -15%
Average of class Smartphone (411 - 9585, n=163, last 2 years)	5118 Points ∼78% -22%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple A15 Bionic, A15 GPU 5-Core, 6144	0 Points ∼0% -100%
System
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	10727 Points ∼100%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	10492 Points ∼98% -2%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (10078 - 10727, n=3)	10363 Points ∼97% -3%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	10006 Points ∼93% -7%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	9782 Points ∼91% -9%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	9119 Points ∼85% -15%
Average of class Smartphone (2083 - 19657, n=163, last 2 years)	8861 Points ∼83% -17%
Memory
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	7081 Points ∼100%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (6493 - 7081, n=3)	6885 Points ∼97% -3%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	6248 Points ∼88% -12%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	6246 Points ∼88% -12%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	6038 Points ∼85% -15%
Average of class Smartphone (670 - 11617, n=163, last 2 years)	5620 Points ∼79% -21%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	5125 Points ∼72% -28%
Graphics
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	15464 Points ∼100%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (14837 - 15539, n=3)	15280 Points ∼99% -1%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	15216 Points ∼98% -2%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	14636 Points ∼95% -5%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	13588 Points ∼88% -12%
Average of class Smartphone (697 - 30125, n=163, last 2 years)	11138 Points ∼72% -28%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	10138 Points ∼66% -34%
Web
Xiaomi 12 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Adreno 730, 12288	1669 Points ∼100% +7%
Huawei P40 Pro HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, Mali-G76 MP16, 8192	1629 Points ∼98% +4%
Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G, Adreno 660, 8192	1567 Points ∼94%
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, Adreno 660, 6144	1501 Points ∼90% -4%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Exynos 2100 5G, Mali-G78 MP14, 8192	1486 Points ∼89% -5%
Average of class Smartphone (10 - 2392, n=163, last 2 years)	1448 Points ∼87% -8%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (967 - 1567, n=3)	1363 Points ∼82% -13%

Jetstream 2 - Total Score
Apple iPhone 13 Pro (Safari 15)	181.6 Points ∼100%
Average of class Smartphone (16.9 - 282, n=165, last 2 years)	85.3 Points ∼47%
Xiaomi 12 Pro (Chrome 97)	84.1 Points ∼46%
Huawei P40 Pro (Huawei Browser 10.1)	70 Points ∼39%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ (Chrome 88.0.4324.152)	66.3 Points ∼37%

JetStream 1.1 - Total Score
Apple iPhone 13 Pro (Safari 15)	413.7 Points ∼100% +292%
Xiaomi 12 Pro (Chrome 97)	147.5 Points ∼36% +40%
Average of class Smartphone (26.7 - 414, n=79, last 2 years)	135.5 Points ∼33% +28%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ (Chrome 88.0.4324.152)	117.8 Points ∼28% +12%
Huawei P40 Pro (Huawei Browser 10.1)	116.6 Points ∼28% +11%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (105.5 - 110.3, n=2)	107.9 Points ∼26% +2%
Huawei P50 Pro (Huawei Browser 12)	105.5 Points ∼26%

Speedometer 2.0 - Result
Apple iPhone 13 Pro (Safari 15)	243 runs/min ∼100%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ (Chrome 88.0.4324.152)	85.8 runs/min ∼35%
Average of class Smartphone (13.3 - 375, n=154, last 2 years)	79.5 runs/min ∼33%
Xiaomi 12 Pro (Chrome 97)	73.5 runs/min ∼30%
Huawei P40 Pro (Huawei Browser 10.1)	71.8 runs/min ∼30%

WebXPRT 3 - ---
Apple iPhone 13 Pro (Safari 15)	248 Points ∼100% +116%
Xiaomi 12 Pro (Chrome 97)	119 Points ∼48% +3%
Huawei P50 Pro (Huawei Browser 12)	115 Points ∼46%
Average of class Smartphone (28 - 292, n=145, last 2 years)	112 Points ∼45% -3%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (101 - 115, n=2)	108 Points ∼44% -6%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ (Chrome 88.0.4324.152)	102 Points ∼41% -11%
Huawei P40 Pro	Points ∼0% -100%

Octane V2 - Total Score
Apple iPhone 13 Pro (Safari 15)	64222 Points ∼100% +181%
Xiaomi 12 Pro (Chrome 97)	29750 Points ∼46% +30%
Average of class Smartphone (4633 - 74261, n=194, last 2 years)	29454 Points ∼46% +29%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ (Chrome 88.0.4324.152)	28247 Points ∼44% +24%
Huawei P40 Pro (Huawei Browser 10.1)	23690 Points ∼37% +4%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (21748 - 26010, n=3)	23536 Points ∼37% +3%
Huawei P50 Pro (Huawei Browser 12)	22851 Points ∼36%

Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score
Average of class Smartphone (414 - 10797, n=168, last 2 years)	1998 ms * ∼100% -9%
Huawei P40 Pro (Huawei Browser 10.1)	1914 ms * ∼96% -4%
Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G (1835 - 1938, n=2)	1887 ms * ∼94% -3%
Huawei P50 Pro (Huawei Browser 12)	1835 ms * ∼92%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ (Chrome 88.0.4324.152)	1744 ms * ∼87% +5%
Xiaomi 12 Pro (Chrome 97)	1330 ms * ∼67% +28%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro (Safari 15)	413.6 ms * ∼21% +77%

* ... smaller is better

	Huawei P50 Pro	Huawei P40 Pro	Xiaomi 12 Pro	Samsung Galaxy S21+	Average 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	Average of class Smartphone
AndroBench 3-5		-21%	35%	7%	9%	-24%
Sequential Read 256KB	1836	1775 -3%	1620 -12%	1623 -12%	1777 ?(1014 - 2037, n=70) -3%	1180 ?(215 - 4512, n=235, last 2 years) -36%
Sequential Write 256KB	755	395.7 -48%	1465 94%	1037 37%	1075 ?(452 - 1833, n=70) 42%	741 ?(13.6 - 3062, n=235, last 2 years) -2%
Random Read 4KB	269.3	228.1 -15%	324.9 21%	309.6 15%	279 ?(173.5 - 543, n=70) 4%	207 ?(22.2 - 543, n=235, last 2 years) -23%
Random Write 4KB	329.6	271.8 -18%	448.9 36%	283.3 -14%	304 ?(197.5 - 496, n=71) -8%	217 ?(13 - 572, n=236, last 2 years) -34%

Emissions - Huawei is also unable to manage the 888 SoC

Temperatures

The surface temperatures of the Huawei P50 Pro remain low during idle operation. While they increase under constant load, the smartphone only becomes hand warm in some areas.

During the stress test of 3DMark Wild Life, we see a performance drop of almost 50% already after a short time, so it behaves almost the same way as the Galaxy S21 FE. But this is without the performance mode activated. If it is activated, the P50 Pro overheats after 18 of the 20 runs and interrupts the test. During this time, we measure surface temperatures of up to 41.7 °C (107 °F), which gives absolutely no reason for concern. However, the performance drops themselves are significant enough to cause some stutters during demanding games.

Max. Load

Idle


35 °C 95 F	34.5 °C 94 F	32.2 °C 90 F
35.1 °C 95 F	34.8 °C 95 F	32.2 °C 90 F
34.1 °C 93 F	33.8 °C 93 F	32.4 °C 90 F

Maximum: 35.1 °C = 95 F
Average: 33.8 °C = 93 F


31.1 °C 88 F	32.9 °C 91 F	32.7 °C 91 F
30.4 °C 87 F	32.5 °C 91 F	33.4 °C 92 F
30 °C 86 F	30.4 °C 87 F	34 °C 93 F

Maximum: 34 °C = 93 F
Average: 31.9 °C = 89 F

Power Supply (max.) 28.3 °C = 83 F | Room Temperature 22 °C = 72 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated) & Voltcraft IR-260

(±) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 33.8 °C / 93 F, compared to the average of 32.6 °C / 91 F for the devices in the class Smartphone.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 35.1 °C / 95 F, compared to the average of 34.9 °C / 95 F, ranging from 21.9 to 52.9 °C for the class Smartphone.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 34 °C / 93 F, compared to the average of 33.7 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 28.1 °C / 83 F, compared to the device average of 32.6 °C / 91 F.

3DMark Wild Life Stress Test

3DMark
Wild Life Stress Test Stability
Huawei P40 Pro Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G, 256 GB UFS 3.0 Flash	99.8 % ∼100% +87%
Apple iPhone 13 Pro A15 GPU 5-Core, A15, 256 GB NVMe	81.2 (47.5^min) % ∼81% +52%
Samsung Galaxy S21+ Mali-G78 MP14, Exynos 2100 5G, 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	65.8 (3805^min) % ∼66% +23%
Huawei P50 Pro Adreno 660, SD 888 4G, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	53.3 (18.9^min) % ∼53%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Adreno 730, SD 8 Gen 1, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	47.2 (27.4^min) % ∼47% -11%
Wild Life Extreme Stress Test
Apple iPhone 13 Pro A15 GPU 5-Core, A15, 256 GB NVMe	70.7 (13.1^min) % ∼100% +21%
Huawei P50 Pro Adreno 660, SD 888 4G, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	58.2 (5.47^min) % ∼82%
Xiaomi 12 Pro Adreno 730, SD 8 Gen 1, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash	% ∼0% -100%

Huawei P50 Pro Adreno 660, SD 888 4G, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash; Wild Life Extreme Stress Test; 1.0.4.2: Ø6.26 (5.47-9.41)

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Adreno 660, SD 888 5G, 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash; Wild Life Extreme Stress Test; 1.0.7.2: Ø5.44 (5.09-9.07)

Huawei P50 Pro Adreno 660, SD 888 4G, 256 GB UFS 3.1 Flash; Wild Life Stress Test Stability: Ø22.2 (18.9-35.5)

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Adreno 660, SD 888 5G, 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash; Wild Life Stress Test Stability: Ø22.6 (20-34.1)

Speakers

The two speakers of the Huawei P50 Pro produce a relatively balanced sound, where you can even hear a little bit of bass. At higher volumes, the highs are slightly too dominant, but otherwise the Huawei smartphone sounds good, particularly at more moderate volumes.

While there is no audio port, you can optionally purchase the corresponding adapter for the USB-C port. For Bluetooth, the only available audio codecs are SBC, AAC, and LDAC.

Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)

Huawei P50 Pro audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (86.4 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 20% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (13.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.5% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (4% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4.9% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (2.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (15.8% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 4% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 94% worse
» The best had a delta of 11%, average was 23%, worst was 65%
Compared to all devices tested
» 25% of all tested devices were better, 5% similar, 70% worse
» The best had a delta of 3%, average was 20%, worst was 65%

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (88.9 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 23% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6.3% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (4.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 7.7% higher than median
(+) | highs are linear (3.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (20.2% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 28% of all tested devices in this class were better, 10% similar, 61% worse
» The best had a delta of 11%, average was 23%, worst was 65%
Compared to all devices tested
» 53% of all tested devices were better, 9% similar, 38% worse
» The best had a delta of 3%, average was 20%, worst was 65%

Battery Life - Huawei smartphone with 4360 mAh

Power Consumption

The power consumption is increased particularly during idle operation, but at an adjusted brightness of 150 cd/m², it is slightly lower than that of the Galaxy S21 FE, which uses the same SoC.

The Huawei P50 Pro supports wired charging at up to 66 watts and wireless charging at up to 50 watts. Reverse wireless charging is also supported.

Power Consumption

Off / Standby	0.09 / 0.27 Watt
Idle	1.24 / 2.14 / 2.2 Watt
Load	3.95 / 10.45 Watt


Key: min: , med: , max: Metrahit Energy Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.

	Huawei P50 Pro 4360 mAh	Huawei P40 Pro 4200 mAh	Xiaomi 12 Pro 4600 mAh	Apple iPhone 13 Pro 3095 mAh	Samsung Galaxy S21+ 4800 mAh	Average Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G	Average of class Smartphone
Power Consumption		29%	17%	39%	14%	3%	21%
Idle Minimum *	1.24	0.92 26%	0.94 24%	0.51 59%	0.74 40%	1.285 ?(1.24 - 1.33, n=2) -4%	0.884 ?(0.12 - 2.37, n=172, last 2 years) 29%
Idle Average *	2.14	1.41 34%	1.24 42%	1.54 28%	1.27 41%	1.955 ?(1.77 - 2.14, n=2) 9%	1.485 ?(0.65 - 2.98, n=172, last 2 years) 31%
Idle Maximum *	2.2	1.47 33%	1.34 39%	1.57 29%	1.33 40%	2.05 ?(1.89 - 2.2, n=2) 7%	1.699 ?(0.69 - 3.11, n=172, last 2 years) 23%
Load Average *	3.95	3.35 15%	5.7 -44%	3.06 23%	6.32 -60%	4.1 ?(3.95 - 4.25, n=2) -4%	4.27 ?(2.1 - 10, n=172, last 2 years) -8%
Load Maximum *	10.45	6.37 39%	8.12 22%	4.59 56%	9.61 8%	9.82 ?(9.19 - 10.5, n=2) 6%	7.08 ?(3.56 - 13.7, n=172, last 2 years) 32%

* ... smaller is better

Power Consumption: Geekbench (150 cd/m²)

Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G: Ø5.84 (1.303-11.6)

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G: Ø6.17 (1.767-12)

Power Consumption: GFXBench (150 cd/m²)

Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G; 1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Offscreen: Ø10.5 (10.1-11)

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G; 1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Offscreen: Ø11.3 (10.6-13.1)

Huawei P50 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G; Idle 150cd/m2: Ø1.426 (1.377-1.524)

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G; Idle 150cd/m2: Ø1.567 (1.467-1.827)

Battery Life

In the realistic WLAN test at an adjusted display brightness (150 cd/m²), the Huawei P50 Pro lasts less than 10 hours. With that, it stops running much earlier than the P40 Pro, despite having a larger battery. We already observed a similar behavior in the P50 Pocket.

Battery Runtime


WiFi Websurfing (HuaweiBrowser 12)		9h 50min

	Huawei P50 Pro 4360 mAh	Huawei P40 Pro 4200 mAh	Xiaomi 12 Pro 4600 mAh	Apple iPhone 13 Pro 3095 mAh	Samsung Galaxy S21+ 4800 mAh
Battery Runtime		26%	30%	68%	10%
WiFi v1.3	590	743 26%	766 30%	993 68%	651 10%
Reader / Idle		1474	2036	2614	1780
H.264		1137	788	1493	1174
Load		198	337	333	282

Pros

+ accurate 120-Hz OLED display

+ good cameras

+ dust and waterproof

+ USB 3.2 with image output

+ great voice quality

+ storage can be expanded ...

Cons

- ... but supports only NM cards

- performance drops under load

- neither 5G nor Wi-Fi 6E

- only few Bluetooth audio codecs supported

- no Google Services

Verdict - Not everybody's favorite

Testing the Huawei P50 Pro. Test unit provided by Huawei Germany.

In terms of the hardware, the Huawei P50 Pro is a very successful smartphone, and only the integration of a high-end snapdragon for the first time did not succeed optimally. This can be seen in the rather middling battery life and the mediocre cooling, among other things.

On the positive side, we see an accurate 120-Hz display and a really good camera setup. In addition, Huawei offers an IP68 certification, fast wireless and wired charging, and a great voice quality.

The Huawei P50 Pro is a very good smartphone, but it lacks some feature characteristics that are customary in its price class at this point.

The effects of the trade embargo become even more noticeable in the P50 Pro than in its predecessor. In terms of the display brightness, Huawei drops far behind the competitors. In addition, the panel is unable to lower the refresh rate below 60 Hz. There are also neither 5G nor Wi-Fi 6E, and you have to make do without the aptX codecs.

For those who are looking for a great premium smartphone with a powerful camera and don't mind the lack of Google services or don't need them at all, the P50 Pro might represent an attractive alternative. If you don't want to make do without 5G, a look at the predecessor, which is currently available for less than 650 Euros (~$719), might be worthwhile. In addition, the Xiaomi 12 Pro or the new Galaxy S22 series are also powerful competitors.