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Honor X9b vs Honor 90

55 out of 100
Honor X9b
VS
60 out of 100
Honor 90
Honor X9b
Honor 90

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch Honor X9b (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1) that was released on October 18, 2023, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 4 months before. 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 (2)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor X9b
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Comes with 800 mAh larger battery capacity: 5800 vs 5000 mAh
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 35W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (873K versus 701K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1110 and 936 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Honor X9b and Honor 90 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
35.0
(Mediocre)
Value Index
19.5
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor X9b
vs
Honor 90

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2652 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.98:9
PPI 431 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 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 91.4% 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)
Honor X9b
n/a
Honor 90
1186 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 75.5 mm (2.97 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Orange Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor X9b +1%
91.4%
Honor 90
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor X9b and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 2200 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 676 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~346.1 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor X9b and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor X9b
936
Honor 90 +19%
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor X9b
2796
Honor 90 +6%
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor X9b
n/a
Honor 90
2963
Compute Score (GPU) - 2963
Single-core score 936 1110
Multi-core score 2796 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor X9b
701054
Honor 90 +25%
873573
CPU 283602 324311
GPU 56029 119050
Memory 154312 174797
UX 207111 255415
Total score 701054 873573
Samples [11 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 276
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Honor X9b
n/a
Honor 90
11977
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 X9b
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-25 (morosov)AnTuTu697980
📘 2025-12-25 (Sanechka Sanechek)AnTuTu757614
📘 2025-11-28 -> SgbarnuevoAnTuTu735717
📘 2025-11-25 -> SgbarnuevoAnTuTu653874
📘 2025-11-22 (Era)AnTuTu695721
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Honor 90
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-06 (STEVEN MP)AnTuTu920942
📘 2026-08-23 (Zamorokk)AnTuTu886048
📘 2026-05-10 (Damon)AnTuTu805921
📘 2026-04-01 (MrVolt)AnTuTu836065
📘 2026-02-19 (Zhiger)AnTuTu876570
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2750 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 Magic UI 8.0 MagicOS 8.0
OS size - 23 GB

Battery

Capacity 5800 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 Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (80% in 60 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 1:57 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
Honor X9b
n/a
Honor 90
19:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 12000 x 9000 16256 x 12192
Zoom Digital (lossless), 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 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
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Sensor Samsung HM6 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 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
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 60
Preview - 64
Zoom - 86
Samples - Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3456 x 4608 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 5.1 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
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port - 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 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
Honor X9b
n/a
Honor 90
91.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced October 2023 May 2023
Release date October 2023 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $375 $499
Successor - Honor X9d - 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, 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.

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Maztah May 26, 2024 at 01:22 AM
Does Honor 90 use the same front glass as X9B, claiming it to be tough?
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False information March 11, 2024 at 04:47 AM
honor 90 ufs 3.1 and 1000 nit brightness, yes 1600 nit hdr brightness x9b
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