Upper mid-range · 2022

ZTE nubia Z40 Pro

Name: ZTE nubia Z40 Pro
Brand: ZTE

Our Take CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Google Pixel 7 Pro

A well-rounded upper mid-ranger with all-day battery and 66W fast charging.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength All-day battery (5000mAh), 66W fast charging

6.67″ AMOLED · 144Hz

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 8 / 128 GB

5000 mAh 66W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G NFC

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What stands out

Hi-Res audio for higher-quality listening

Pro camera extras: 8K video, optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, laser AF

480 fps slow motion for action clips

Display

6.67″ · AMOLED · 1080 × 2400 · 144 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.67"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

1000 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.0 GHz · Adreno 730

Everyday capable

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

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

Launch class

Flagship

AnTuTu

1,058,200

v10

CPU

8-core, 3.0 GHz

GPU

Adreno 730

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x3.0GHz Cortex X2 + 3x2.5GHz Cortex A710 + 4x1.80GHz Cortex A510

Camera

64 MP f/1.7 main · OIS · 16 MP selfie

Stabilised

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

Main camera

64 MP f/1.7

OIS

Telephoto

8 MP f/3.4

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.2

Front camera

16 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Sony IMX787, 1/1.72", 0.7µm

Slow motion

Yes, 480 fps

Camera extras

8K video, optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, laser AF

Battery

5000 mAh · 66 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), Galileo (E1+E5a)

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

199 g · 8.4 mm

Height

161.9 mm

Width

72.9 mm

Thickness

8.4 mm

Weight

199 g

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 14

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

144 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.67″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2400 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

Higher-res main camera

64 MP vs 12 MP main · 16 MP vs 12 MP selfie

52% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 15 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,279 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

1.1M vs 1.4M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 199 g vs 172 g

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Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

Higher-res main camera

64 MP vs 50 MP main · 16 MP vs 10 MP selfie

35% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,700 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.67″ vs 6.1″ screen

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 199 g vs 167 g

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