Realme 11 Pro Plus vs Honor 90

56 out of 100
Realme 11 Pro Plus
VS
60 out of 100
Honor 90

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Realme 11 Pro Plus (with MediaTek Dimensity 7050) that was released on May 10, 2023, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 1 month after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Realme 11 Pro Plus
  • Shows 22% longer battery life (23:18 vs 19:10 hours)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 66W)
  • Stereo speakers
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Delivers 49% higher peak brightness (1186 against 798 nits)
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (873K versus 769K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
  • 10% higher pixel density (435 vs 394 PPI)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 38% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1110 and 803 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Realme 11 Pro Plus 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
27.1
(Mediocre)
Value Index
19.5
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
vs

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2412 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.98:9
PPI 394 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 950 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.9% 99.7%
PWM 439 Hz 728 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
798 nits
Honor 90 +49%
1186 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof No No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Gold, Green Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90.7%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme 11 Pro Plus and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7050 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 2600 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.6 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 TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 550 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 128 768
GPU clock 950 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme 11 Pro Plus and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 90 +38%
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 90 +38%
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 90 +22%
2963
Compute Score (GPU) 2428 2963
Single-core score 803 1110
Multi-core score 2156 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
769815
Honor 90 +13%
873573
CPU 294226 324311
GPU 80377 119050
Memory 151294 174797
UX 243918 255415
Total score 769815 873573
Samples Less than 3 [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor 90 +24%
276
Stability - 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 222 276
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
11855
Honor 90 +1%
11977
Web score 10156 10439
Video editing 5831 7300
Photo editing 26004 27068
Data manipulation 9228 9185
Writing score 17071 11979

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme 11 Pro Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-13 (Akarsh)AnTuTu769815
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 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 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM Realme UI 4.0 MagicOS 8.0
OS size 17 GB 23 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 3 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (63% in 15 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 0:28 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:12 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 13:26 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 05:47 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 116 hr 84 hr
General battery life
23:18 hr
19:10 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 16256 x 12192
Zoom Digital (lossless), 4x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical 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 112° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 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 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.75 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
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 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.5 -
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX615 -
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 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 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 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, QZSS, NAVIC 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
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
80.5 dB
Honor 90 +13%
91.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2023 May 2023
Release date May 2023 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $400 $499
Successor - Realme 14 Pro Plus 5G - 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, 100 W Yes, 66 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, performance, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Honor 90. But if the battery life and sound are more of a priority – go for the Realme 11 Pro Plus.

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