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Honor 90 vs 500 Pro

59 out of 100
Honor 90
VS
90 out of 100
Honor 500 Pro
Honor 90
Honor 500 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Honor 90 (with Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition) that was released on May 29, 2023, against the Honor 500 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 2 years and 7 months after. 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
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Weighs 18 grams less
Reasons to consider the Honor 500 Pro
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 3.7x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3233K versus 873K)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Comes with 3000 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • The phone is 2 years and 7 months newer
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 66W)
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Honor 90 and 500 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Honor 90
66
500 Pro
89*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Honor 90
59
500 Pro
94*
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
Honor 90
59
500 Pro
90*
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 95% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Honor 90 to Honor 500 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2664 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.98:9 19.5:9
PPI 435 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Aluminosilicate
Screen-to-body ratio 90.4% 91.1%
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)
Honor 90
1181 nits
500 Pro
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.9 mm (6.37 inches) 155.8 mm (6.13 inches)
Width 74.1 mm (2.92 inches) 74.2 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.75 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz)
Waterproof No IP69
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic -
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green Black, Silver, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 90
90.4%
500 Pro +1%
91.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 90 and Honor 500 Pro
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 2500 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 644 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 443 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 90 and Honor 500 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 90
1110
500 Pro +184%
3155
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 90
2968
500 Pro +218%
9430
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 90
2963
500 Pro +713%
24091
Compute Score (GPU) 2963 24091
Single-core score 1110 3155
Multi-core score 2968 9430
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 90
873573
500 Pro +270%
3233535
CPU 324311 1090319
GPU 119050 1124612
Memory 174797 339026
UX 255415 679587
Total score 873573 3233535
Samples [8 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor 90
276
500 Pro
n/a
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 276 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Honor 90
857
500 Pro
n/a
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 857 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Honor 90
11977
500 Pro
n/a
Web score 10439 -
Video editing 7300 -
Photo editing 27068 -
Data manipulation 9185 -
Writing score 11979 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 90
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 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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Honor 500 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-18 (Amin7r)AnTuTu 123254498
📘 2026-06-25 (Amin7r)AnTuTu 113155685
📘 2026-01-09 (e)AnTuTu 113233535
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 -
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 16
ROM MagicOS 8.0 MagicOS 10
OS size 23 GB -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 8000 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (80% in 35 min) Yes
Full charging time 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
Honor 90
19:10 hr
500 Pro
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16256 x 12192 16384 x 12288
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 117°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
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 Digital Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 68 mm
Sensor size - 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Honor 90
128
500 Pro
n/a
Video quality
Honor 90
126
500 Pro
n/a
Generic main camera score
Honor 90
122
500 Pro
n/a
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 8192 x 6144
Aperture - f/2.0
Sensor - CMOS
Autofocus - Phase autofocus
Stabilization - Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 6.0
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
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes -
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced May 2023 November 2025
Release date June 2023 November 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $505
Successor - Honor 500 Pro -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 W Yes, 80 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 500 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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