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Huawei Nova 15 Ultra vs Honor Win

76 out of 100
Huawei Nova 15 Ultra
VS
92 out of 100
Honor Win
Huawei Nova 15 Ultra
Honor Win

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.84-inch Huawei Nova 15 Ultra (with HiSilicon Kirin 9010S) that was released on December 22, 2025, against the Honor Win, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. 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 Huawei Nova 15 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
  • Weighs 20 grams less
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor Win
  • 3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3991K versus 1321K)
  • Comes with 3500 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 6500 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • 2.8x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3663 and 1304 points
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0

Review

Evaluation of Huawei Nova 15 Ultra and Honor Win 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
63.7
(Average)
Value Index
54.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Nova 15 Ultra
vs
Honor Win

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.84 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1320 x 2856 pixels 1272 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 185 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Kunlun Glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 100%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Nova 15 Ultra
n/a
Honor Win
1161 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163 mm (6.42 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 78 mm (3.07 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 6.8 mm (0.27 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 229 g (8.08 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Active fan
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Nova 15 Ultra
90.3%
Honor Win
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei Nova 15 Ultra and Honor Win
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 9010S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 2500 MHz 4610 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.55 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.18 GHz: TaiShan V121
- 1 core at 2.3 GHz: TaiShan V121		 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Maleoon 920 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 750 MHz 1200 MHz
FLOPS ~1536 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei Nova 15 Ultra and Honor Win
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Nova 15 Ultra
1304
Honor Win +181%
3663
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Nova 15 Ultra
3624
Honor Win +202%
10928
Compute Score (GPU)
Nova 15 Ultra
2330
Honor Win +1151%
29142
Compute Score (GPU) 2330 29142
Single-core score 1304 3663
Multi-core score 3624 10928
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Nova 15 Ultra
1321223
Honor Win +202%
3991174
CPU 360961 1105325
GPU 286060 1579293
Memory 445494 469071
UX 228708 837485
Total score 1321223 3991174
Samples Less than 3 [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 70%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Graphics score - 2741
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 45 FPS
Section 1 - 53 FPS
Section 2 - 45 FPS
Section 3 - 38 FPS
Graphics score - 11768
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 23048
Video editing - 9158
Photo editing - 40165
Data manipulation - 18912
Writing score - 25912
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei Nova 15 Ultra
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Honor Win
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 (Pyro)AnTuTu3918165
📘 2026-08-21 (Ilya)AnTuTu4007911
📘 2026-08-10 (SmileSoul)AnTuTu4260414
📘 2026-07-29 (SmileSoul)AnTuTu4119462
📘 2026-07-24 (Ilya)AnTuTu3927863
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system HarmonyOS 6 Android 16
ROM - MagicOS 10
OS size - 25 GB
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 10000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 27 min)
Full charging time - 1:05 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 118° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 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 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.4 - 4.0 f/2.0
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor size - 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 88 mm -
Sensor size - 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size - 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 52 mm 22 mm
Sensor - CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 6.0 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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes 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
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Nova 15 Ultra
n/a
Honor Win
88.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced December 2025 December 2025
Release date January 2026 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $699
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 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 Win is definitely a better buy.

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