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Honor 90 Pro vs Honor 90

66 out of 100
Honor 90 Pro
VS
60 out of 100
Honor 90
Honor 90 Pro
Honor 90

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Honor 90 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on May 29, 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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  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 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • 68% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1463K versus 873K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 66W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Stereo speakers
  • 54% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1705 and 1110 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Honor 90 Pro and Honor 90 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
90 Pro
71*
Honor 90
66
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
90 Pro
59*
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 Pro
66*
Honor 90
60
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
526.3
(Excellent)
Value Index
19.5
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1224 x 2700 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.89:9 19.98:9
PPI 437 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.7%
PWM - 728 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
90 Pro
n/a
Honor 90
1181 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 74.9 mm (2.95 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90 Pro
90.8%
Honor 90
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 90 Pro and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 3200 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2		 - 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 6 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 1024 768
GPU clock 900 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 90 Pro and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
90 Pro +54%
1705
Honor 90
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
90 Pro +50%
4464
Honor 90
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
90 Pro
n/a
Honor 90
2963
Compute Score (GPU) - 2963
Single-core score 1705 1110
Multi-core score 4464 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
90 Pro +68%
1463370
Honor 90
873573
CPU 448220 324311
GPU 415642 119050
Memory 226296 174797
UX 373212 255415
Total score 1463370 873573
Samples Less than 3 [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
90 Pro +207%
846
Honor 90
276
Stability 75% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 846 276
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
90 Pro +231%
2835
Honor 90
857
Graphics test 16 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 2835 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
90 Pro
n/a
Honor 90
11977
Web score - 10439
Video editing - 7300
Photo editing - 27068
Data manipulation - 9185
Writing score - 11979
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📘 2026-09-06 (STEVEN MP)AnTuTu 11920942
📘 2026-08-23 (Zamorokk)AnTuTu 11886048
📘 2026-05-10 (Damon)AnTuTu 11805921
📘 2026-04-01 (MrVolt)AnTuTu 11836065
📘 2026-02-19 (Zhiger)AnTuTu 11876570
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

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

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (56% in 15 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 0:37 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 Pro
n/a
Honor 90
19:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16256 x 12192 16256 x 12192
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 32 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 32 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

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

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6112 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor CMOS -
Autofocus No -
Stabilization Digital -
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- 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 5.2 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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No 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* 20 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced May 2023 May 2023
Release date June 2023 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $490 $499
Successor - Honor 100 Pro - Honor 500 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 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 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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So, which phone would you choose?
190 (70.6%)
79 (29.4%)
Total votes: 269

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