Motorola Moto G5 Plus vs. Huawei Mate 30 Pro

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Motorola Moto G5 Plus and Huawei Mate 30 Pro. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory, and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right phone for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the phone that will best fit your needs.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Motorola Moto G5 Plus vs. Huawei Mate 30 Pro Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Manufacturer Model Number - LIO-L29C
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 150.2 mm 158.1 mm Huawei Mate 30 Pro has greater height than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Width 74 mm 73.1 mm Motorola Moto G5 Plus has greater width than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Depth 9.7 mm 8.8 mm Huawei Mate 30 Pro is narrower than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Weight 155 g 198 g Motorola Moto G5 Plus is lighter than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Body Colour Lunar grey Space Silver
Body Material High-grade aluminium -
Protection Splashproof Dustproof, water-resistant, splash-resistant
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - Yes Huawei Mate 30 Pro is waterproof.
IP rating - IP68
Repairability Index - 7.4 (out of 10)
SAR Value 0.297 W/kg 0.99 W/kg (body), 3.19 W/kg (limb), 0.54 W/kg (head)
Connector Type Micro-USB - 5 pin Micro-USB Type B
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Single-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Display Type LCD display OLED display
Display Technology IPS -
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.2" 6.53" Huawei Mate 30 Pro has larger screen size than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 2400 x 1176 pixels Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better screen resolution than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Display Format Full HD Full HD+
Pixel Density 424 ppi 409 ppi Motorola Moto G5 Plus has better pixel density than Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
Colour Depth - 16.7 million colours
Display Features - Dark mode, Huawei Horizon Display, ultra-curved screen, advanced multi-dimensional cooling system
Display Protection (Screen Protector) Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (scratch resistant glass) -
PROCESSOR Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Processor Type (CPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Hisilicon Kirin 990
Processor Number MSM8953 -
Clock Speed 2 GHz 2.86 GHz Huawei Mate 30 Pro has higher clock speed than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture - Yes Huawei Mate 30 Pro has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) Qualcomm ADRENO 506 Mali-G76
MEMORY Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
RAM 3 GB 8 GB Huawei Mate 30 Pro has more RAM than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 32 GB 256 GB Huawei Mate 30 Pro has more internal memory than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 128 GB NM card - up to 256 GB
CAMERA Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 1 4
Sensor Resolution 12 Megapixel 40 Megapixel Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better camera resolution than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Lens Aperture F/1.7 F/1.8 Motorola Moto G5 Plus has better lens aperture than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Optical Zoom - 3x
Digital Zoom 8x 30x Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better digital zoom than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Special Effects - Dynamic bokeh effect
HDR Mode Auto HDR mode -
Camera Modes Burst mode, slow motion video, Panorama, Best Shot, tap to focus, Professional mode Time-lapse mode, Pro mode, Portrait, ultra low-light video, 256x Ultra Slow-motion Video
Light Source Dual LED flash Dual LED flash
Video Resolutions 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 30 fps -
Camera Features (Functions) Quick Capture, Colour Correlated Temperature (CCT) flash, Drag to focus & exposure, Dual Autofocus Pixels Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), 5x Hybrid Zoom, Contrast Auto-Focus, Huawei AI Image Stabilization (AIS), Huawei SuperSensing Cine Camera
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) - 40 Megapixel
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) - F/1.6
Camera Features (2nd Camera) - OIS (Optical Image Stabilisation), Huawei SuperSensing Cine Camera
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) - 8 Megapixel
Lens Type (3rd Camera) - Telephoto lens
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) - F/2.4
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Huawei Mate 30 Pro has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
FOURTH CAMERA
Camera Functions (4th Camera) - HUAWEI Time-of-Flight (TOF) Camera
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 5 Megapixel 32 Megapixel Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better front camera resolution than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Lens Type (Front) Wide-angle lens -
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.2 F/2.0 Huawei Mate 30 Pro has better front lens aperture than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
HDR Mode (Front) - AI HDR+
Camera Modes (Front) Professional mode, Beautification mode -
Light Source (Front) Display flash -
Camera Features (Front) - 3D Depth Sensing Camera, AI Segmentation
BATTERY AND CHARGING Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 3000 mAh 4500 mAh Huawei Mate 30 Pro has larger battery capacity than Motorola Moto G5 Plus.
Fast Charging Technology - HUAWEI SuperCharge technology, Wireless HUAWEI SuperCharge Huawei Mate 30 Pro has fast charging technology.
Wireless Charging - Yes Huawei Mate 30 Pro can be charged wirelessly.
Battery Technology - Lithium polymer
CELLULAR Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 4G Both phones have the same mobile network generation.
Operating System Android 7.0 Nougat Android 10
User Interface - EMUI 10.0
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
COMMUNICATIONS Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
3G UMTS Band - Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19
3G UMTS Frequency - 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 3, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 19, Band 20, Band 28, Band 38, Band 40 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
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1800+, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2600, TDD 2300 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
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.1 LE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS SMS, MMS
MEDIA Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Supported Digital Audio Standards - WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, LDAC, MP4, SBC, 3GP
Supported Digital Video Standards - 3GP, MP4
FEATURES Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 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 Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, magnetometer, gyro sensor Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, barometer, gyro sensor, hall sensor, gesture, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, colour temperature sensor
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Fingerprint reader (under display)
Additional Phone Features Dual microphones, TurboPower techbnology Huawei Reverse Charge, Tiny-Core NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit)
OTHERS Motorola Moto G5 Plus Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Included Accessories Power adapter Power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, USB-C headphones
Compliant Standards - IP68, TUV Rheinland
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