Upper mid-range · 2021

Huawei P50

Name: Huawei P50
Brand: Huawei

Our Take CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

A well-rounded upper mid-ranger with 66W fast charging and an AMOLED screen — but a smaller battery shows its age.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength 66W fast charging, AMOLED screen

Watch out Smaller battery (4100mAh)

6.5″ OLED · 90Hz

Snapdragon 888 4G 8 / 128 GB

4100 mAh 66W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 13 MP selfie

4G LTE NFC

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Full specifications

What stands out

Dolby Atmos for higher-quality listening

Pro camera extras: optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

960 fps slow motion for action clips

Display

6.5″ · OLED · 1224 × 2700 · 90 Hz · HDR

OLED display

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.5"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1224 × 2700 px

Refresh rate

90 Hz

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 4G (5 nm) · 8-core 2.84 GHz · Adreno 660

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 4G (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

Launch class

High-end

AnTuTu

887,900

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.84 GHz

GPU

Adreno 660

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex X1 2.84GHz + 3x Cortex A78 2.42GHz + 4x Cortex A55 1.8GHz

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 13 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.8

OIS

Telephoto

12 MP f/3.4

Ultrawide

13 MP f/2.2

Front camera

13 MP f/2.4

Main sensor

Omnivision OV50A, 1/1.55", 1µm

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4100 mAh · 66 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4100 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Expandable

Connectivity

4G LTE · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

181 g · 7.9 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

156.5 mm

Width

73.8 mm

Thickness

7.9 mm

Weight

181 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 13

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

90 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1224 × 2700 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 6.5″ vs 6.1″ screen

Higher-res main camera

50 MP vs 12 MP main

27% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 15 W charging · 4,100 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

888k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

No 5G

No 5G vs 5G

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Loses on most 1 win 3 losses

Faster charging

66 W vs 25 W charging

Less smooth display

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 90 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 1224 × 2700 vs 1080 × 2400 resolution

No 5G

No 5G vs 5G

Heavier in hand

181 g vs 169 g

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