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GSMArena team, 15 December 2017

Huawei Mate 10 Lite review

  • Comments (69)
  • User reviews
  • Mate 10 Lite
  • 3.5

5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. Software overview
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phone and loudspeaker, apps, media, audio quality
  7. 7. Camera, image and video quality
  8. 8. Wrapping it up, key test findings, competition, the verdict
  9.  
  10. Huawei Mate 10 Lite specification
  11. User opinions and reviews
  12. Review comments (69)

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Performance

The Huawei Mate 10 Lite is powered by the Kirin 659 chipset developed in-house by Huawei's HiSilicon subsidiary. It's a minor step over the Kirin 658, obviously. It has an octa-core CPU with eight A53 cores. Four of those take the heavy lifting and work at 2.36GHz, while the other four take care of less power-intensive tasks while ticking at 1.7GHz.

The GPU in charge of graphics is a dual-core Mali-T830, and Huawei also throws in 4 gigs of RAM.

Huawei Mate 10 Lite review

The 659 chip has 10MHz higher clock for the faster CPU quarter and newer Bluetooth 4.2 support when compared to the 658 model. It's dropped the 5GHz Wi-Fi connectivity though.

The chip is built on a 16nm fabrication process, which isn't the most power-efficient process used for mid-range chipsets right now, but not that far behind the widespread 14nm either. So we expect the Kirin 659 to keep the phone rather cool at full throttle.

We kick off our benchmark routine with some processor torture as usual. A single A53 core can't get you very far on Geekbench, but at least its result offers consistent midrange performance results.

GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)

Higher is better

  • Honor 9
    1876
  • Oppo R11
    1596
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite
    913
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    901
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    877
  • HTC U11 Life
    873
  • Motorola Moto X4
    866
  • Huawei P10 lite
    834
  • vivo V7+
    767
  • LG Q6
    584

The consistent score continues with the high-performance quartet on the multi-core Geekbench test - the Mate 10 Lite is on par with the mid-range competition. The Snapdragon 660-powered R11 have an edge thanks to the Cortex-A72 pair.

GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Honor 9
    6457
  • Oppo R11
    5777
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    4292
  • HTC U11 Life
    4140
  • Motorola Moto X4
    4136
  • vivo V7+
    3912
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    3783
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite
    3603
  • Huawei P10 lite
    3344
  • LG Q6
    2011

The Mali-T830MP2 isn't a powerful GPU, but the series has proven over the past few months to offer balanced graphic performance for the class - nothing over the top, but enough. And our graphic tests confirm that. All competing Adreno GPUs by Qualcomm are obviously better, while the Mate 10 Lite's Mali offers the bare minimum for the class.

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Honor 9
    33
  • Oppo R11
    15
  • vivo V7+
    13
  • Motorola Moto X4
    11
  • HTC U11 Life
    9.6
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    6.7
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    6.3
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    6.2
  • Huawei P10 lite
    5
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite
    4.6
  • LG Q6
    3.5

GFX 3.1 Car scene (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Honor 9
    14
  • Oppo R11
    8.6
  • vivo V7+
    6.6
  • Motorola Moto X4
    5.8
  • HTC U11 Life
    5.3
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    4
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    3.5
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    3.4
  • Huawei P10 lite
    3
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite
    2.7
  • LG Q6
    1.9

Basemark X

Higher is better

  • Honor 9
    29398
  • Oppo R11
    20350
  • Motorola Moto X4
    14479
  • HTC U11 Life
    14286
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    10472
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    10446
  • vivo V7+
    9955
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    9543
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite
    8721
  • Huawei P10 lite
    7588
  • LG Q6
    6179

Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal

Higher is better

  • Honor 9
    699
  • Oppo R11
    345
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    191
  • Motorola Moto X4
    189
  • HTC U11 Life
    183
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite
    146
  • Huawei P10 lite
    145
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    136
  • vivo V7+
    131
  • LG Q6
    82

Our performance checkup continues with the compound tests - those gauge GPU, CPU, RAM, Web and OS performance. Here the Mate 10 Lite bested most of its competitors with similar chipsets posting some great all-round scores. The Oppo R11 and Honor 9 are obviously better with their premium chips and slashed prices, though.

AnTuTu 6

Higher is better

  • Honor 9
    143583
  • Oppo R11
    118677
  • HTC U11 Life
    72854
  • Motorola Moto X4
    71224
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite
    63068
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    61762
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    61616
  • Huawei P10 lite
    60895
  • vivo V7+
    57791
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    55657
  • LG Q6
    37276

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better

  • Honor 9
    3072
  • Oppo R11
    2386
  • Motorola Moto X4
    1532
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite
    1408
  • HTC U11 Life
    1342
  • vivo V7+
    1290
  • Huawei P10 lite
    1284
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    1262
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    1198
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    1050
  • LG Q6
    275

Huawei Mate 10 Lite is well equipped for the class and won't fail you at any task. It handles organizing tasks hassle-free, and we had no issues playing popular games, though loading takes a while and hiccups do happen. The phone runs cool even at full throttle, so don't expect any heat issues no matter how you use it. It isn't a chart topper, sure, not even next to fellow mid-ranges, but the Mate 10 Lite offers balanced performance, and that's enough.

Next Page » 6. Phone and loudspeaker, apps, media, audio quality
5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. Software overview
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phone and loudspeaker, apps, media, audio quality
  7. 7. Camera, image and video quality
  8. 8. Wrapping it up, key test findings, competition, the verdict
  9.  
  10. Huawei Mate 10 Lite specification
  11. User opinions and reviews
  12. Review comments (69)

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