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Honor 70 vs Honor 90

56 out of 100
Honor 70
VS
60 out of 100
Honor 90
Honor 70
Honor 90

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Honor 70 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus) that was released on May 30, 2022, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 1 year and 1 month 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 70
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (22:06 vs 19:10 hours)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Delivers 55% higher peak brightness (1170 against 753 nits)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 14% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (873K versus 765K)
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
  • 10% higher pixel density (435 vs 395 PPI)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Honor 70 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
18.7
(Bad)
Value Index
19.5
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 70
vs
Honor 90

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.98:9
PPI 395 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 800 nits 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		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.7%
PWM 61 Hz 728 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 70
753 nits
Honor 90 +55%
1170 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.91 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 178 g (6.28 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 70
90.8%
Honor 90
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 70 and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 2500 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (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 TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 642L Adreno 644
GPU shading units 512 768
GPU clock 608 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~622.6 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 70 and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 70
1064
Honor 90 +4%
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 70 +2%
3025
Honor 90
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 70
n/a
Honor 90
2963
Compute Score (GPU) - 2963
Single-core score 1064 1110
Multi-core score 3025 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 70
765434
Honor 90 +14%
873573
CPU 293328 324311
GPU 104371 119050
Memory 148940 174797
UX 218795 255415
Total score 765434 873573
Samples [3 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor 70
n/a
Honor 90
276
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 276
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Honor 70
n/a
Honor 90
857
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Honor 70
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 70
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Fizzo)AnTuTu 11806003
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-11 (samsudin)AnTuTu 11787971
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-08 (pakarudin)AnTuTu 11765434
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-06 (samkuek)AnTuTu 11668918
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Honor 90
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (STEVEN MP)AnTuTu 11920942
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Zamorokk)AnTuTu 11886048
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Damon)AnTuTu 11805921
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-01 (MrVolt)AnTuTu 11836065
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-19 (Zhiger)AnTuTu 11876570
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels - 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM Magic UI 8 MagicOS 8.0
OS size 21 GB 23 GB

Battery

Capacity 4800 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 0:50 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:26 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 13:55 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 05:40 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 98 hr 84 hr
General battery life
Honor 70 +15%
22:06 hr
Honor 90
19:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 54 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8768 x 6144 16256 x 12192
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual 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 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 122Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 54 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Depth: 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 54 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Sensor Sony IMX800 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.49" (β‰ˆ 0.67 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 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 70
115
Honor 90 +11%
128
Video quality
Honor 70 +2%
129
Honor 90
126
Generic main camera score
Honor 70
115
Honor 90 +6%
122
Bokeh 55 60
Preview 60 64
Zoom 77 86
Samples Photo samples of Honor 70 from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV32C -
Sensor size 1/3.2" (β‰ˆ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
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 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 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 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* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor 70
80.6 dB
Honor 90 +13%
91.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2022 May 2023
Release date June 2022 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $550 $499
Successor - - 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, 66 W Yes, 66 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display and camera are more important to you, then choose the Honor 90. But if the gaming and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Honor 70.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
316 (46.4%)
365 (53.6%)
Total votes: 681

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