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Honor 70 vs Honor 50

56 out of 100
Honor 70
VS
53 out of 100
Honor 50
Honor 70
Honor 50

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 50, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G and came out 11 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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor 70
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.1
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Honor 70 and Honor 50 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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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
18.7
(Bad)
Value Index
14.3
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 70
vs
Honor 50

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.57 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 392 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 525 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 800 nits 750 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate - 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 100%
PWM 61 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2 ms 2.4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 70 +1%
753 nits
Honor 50
742 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 160 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) 73.8 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 7.91 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 178 g (6.28 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green White, Black, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 70 +1%
90.8%
Honor 50
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 70 and Honor 50
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
Max clock 2500 MHz 2400 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: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Adreno 642L Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 512 512
GPU clock 608 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~622.6 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 70 and Honor 50
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 70 +4%
1064
Honor 50
1025
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 70
3025
Honor 50
3011
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 70
n/a
Honor 50
2132
Compute Score (GPU) - 2132
Single-core score 1064 1025
Multi-core score 3025 3011
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 70
765434
Honor 50 +5%
800677
CPU 293328 307838
GPU 104371 99708
Memory 148940 157428
UX 218795 235703
Total score 765434 800677
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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 50
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Carlos)AnTuTu 12858274
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 (Dako086)AnTuTu 11800677
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-23 -> YoyskaAnTuTu 11751019
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-18 (hailoon)Geekbench 6 GPU2132
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-18 (hailoon)Geekbench 6 CPU1025 / 3011
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels - 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM Magic UI 8 Magic UI 7.1
OS size 21 GB 21 GB

Battery

Capacity 4800 mAh 4300 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes (61% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:50 hr 0:54 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:26 hr 09:06 hr
Watching video 13:55 hr 12:48 hr
Gaming 05:40 hr 05:24 hr
Standby 98 hr 118 hr
General battery life
Honor 70
22:06 hr
Honor 50 +4%
23:01 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 54 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8768 x 6144 12032 x 9024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED 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) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 122Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 54 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 54 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Sensor Sony IMX800 Samsung S5KHM2
Sensor size 1/1.49" (β‰ˆ 0.67 inch) 1/1.52" (β‰ˆ 0.66 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 17 mm
Sensor size - 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Honor 70
115
Honor 50
n/a
Video quality
Honor 70
129
Honor 50
n/a
Generic main camera score
Honor 70
115
Honor 50
n/a
Bokeh 55 -
Preview 60 -
Zoom 77 -
Samples Photo samples of Honor 70 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length - 22 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32C Samsung JD1
Sensor size 1/3.2" (β‰ˆ 0.31 inch) 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
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, QZSS, NAVIC, SBAS
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 No
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 50 +15%
92.7 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2022 June 2021
Release date June 2022 June 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $550 $350
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 camera, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Honor 70. But if the design and sound are more of a priority – go for the Honor 50.

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