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Honor 90 Lite vs Honor 90

43 out of 100
Honor 90 Lite
VS
60 out of 100
Honor 90
Honor 90 Lite
Honor 90

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Honor 90 Lite (with MediaTek Dimensity 6020) that was released on June 20, 2023, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory
  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor 90 Lite
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • 65% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (873K versus 530K)
  • Higher display refresh rate โ€“ 120 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 35W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
  • 11% higher pixel density (435 vs 391 PPI)
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Honor 90 Lite and Honor 90 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
90 Lite
32*
Honor 90
66
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
90 Lite
58*
Honor 90
59
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
90 Lite
43*
Honor 90
60
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
4 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
16.7
(Bad)
Value Index
19.5
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
90 Lite
vs
Honor 90

Display

Type IPS LCD AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2388 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.9:9 19.98:9
PPI 391 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.6% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.7%
PWM - 728 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - โˆž Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
90 Lite
n/a
Honor 90
1170 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.48 mm (0.29 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 179 g (6.31 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90 Lite
89.6%
Honor 90 +1%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 90 Lite and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 6020 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 2200 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710
L3 cache 2 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G57 MC2 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 64 768
GPU clock 950 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~121.6 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 90 Lite and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
90 Lite
724
Honor 90 +53%
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
90 Lite
2032
Honor 90 +46%
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
90 Lite
1275
Honor 90 +132%
2963
Compute Score (GPU) 1275 2963
Single-core score 724 1110
Multi-core score 2032 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
90 Lite
530583
Honor 90 +65%
873573
CPU 207365 324311
GPU 44155 119050
Memory 133108 174797
UX 145955 255415
Total score 530583 873573
Samples [3 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
90 Lite
134
Honor 90 +106%
276
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 1 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 134 276
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
90 Lite
n/a
Honor 90
857
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
90 Lite
8551
Honor 90 +40%
11977
Web score 7468 10439
Video editing 5056 7300
Photo editing 16809 27068
Data manipulation 6808 9185
Writing score 10740 11979
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 90 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-22 (Adiddasbagels)AnTuTu 12651884
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-16 (Abdullah)AnTuTu 11530583
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-23 (tamas93tech)AnTuTu 11542327
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-08 (ShaqiL)AnTuTu 11527185
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-11-02 (Kazuha)Geekbench 6 GPU1275
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Honor 90
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-06 (STEVEN MP)AnTuTu 11920942
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Zamorokk)AnTuTu 11886048
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Damon)AnTuTu 11805921
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-01 (MrVolt)AnTuTu 11836065
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-19 (Zhiger)AnTuTu 11876570
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM MagicOS 7.1 MagicOS 8.0
OS size - 23 GB

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 35 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (55% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 1:52 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:26 hr
Watching video - 11:56 hr
Gaming - 04:40 hr
Standby - 84 hr
General battery life
90 Lite
n/a
Honor 90
19:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 100 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 11584 x 8688 16256 x 12192
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 112ยฐ
Lenses 1) Standard: 100 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 100 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size - 1/1.4" (โ‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size - 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 5 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
90 Lite
n/a
Honor 90
128
Video quality
90 Lite
n/a
Honor 90
126
Generic main camera score
90 Lite
n/a
Honor 90
122
Bokeh - 60
Preview - 64
Zoom - 86
Samples - Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.5 -
Sensor CMOS -
Autofocus No -
Stabilization Digital -
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
90 Lite
n/a
Honor 90
91.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced June 2023 May 2023
Release date June 2023 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $300 $499
Successor - Honor 400 Lite - Honor 500 Pro
Sensors - Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 35 W Yes, 66 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor 90 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
55 (19.6%)
225 (80.4%)
Total votes: 280

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