Is the Huawei Mate 80 good for gaming?

Summary

The Huawei Mate 80 was announced in 2025 by Huawei and scores 0/100 on Mobileverso for mobile gaming — not recommended for gaming. Does not run Free Fire reliably. The display is 6.75", LTPO OLED, 120Hz and 460 ppi. It packs Kirin 9020 processor (7 nm process), Maleoon 920 GPU and RAM options of 12, 16 GB and storage of 256 GB and 512 GB. Battery life comes from a 5,750 mAh battery, 5W charging and 66W wireless charging. The main camera is 50 MP, handy for streamers who post gameplay with a selfie. Connectivity: 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, USB Type-C 3.1, OTG, DisplayPort 1.2. It has a gyroscope — good for motion aiming in shooters and steering in racing games. The phone weighs 217 g and measures 161.9 x 76 x 8 mm. It ships with HarmonyOS 6.0. For Free Fire, the Huawei Mate 80 does not run — has no version for HarmonyOS. In other popular games: Genshin Impact does not run; Call of Duty Mobile does not run; PUBG Mobile does not run. Not enough hardware for today’s main games — only older casual titles run.