Honor 90 vs Google Pixel 8 Pro

59 out of 100
Honor 90
VS
71 out of 100
Google Pixel 8 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Honor 90 (with Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition) that was released on May 29, 2023, against the Google Pixel 8 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 4 months 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 Honor 90
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 30W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Weighs 30 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8 Pro
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 57% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1367K versus 873K)
  • Delivers 37% higher peak brightness (1600 against 1165 nits)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 23W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
  • 12% higher pixel density (489 vs 435 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of Honor 90 and Google Pixel 8 Pro 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 128 GB
18.7
(Bad)
Value Index
67.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2664 pixels 1344 x 2992 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.98:9 20:9
PPI 435 ppi 489 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 2400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Tempered glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.4% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 99.5%
PWM 728 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1165 nits
1600 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.9 mm (6.37 inches) 162.6 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 74.1 mm (2.92 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof No IP68
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green Black, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 90 +4%
90.4%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 90 and Google Pixel 8 Pro
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition Google Tensor G3
Max clock 2500 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 9 (1 + 4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 644 Immortalis-G715s MC10
GPU shading units 768 896
GPU clock 443 MHz 890 MHz
FLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS ~1594.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 90 and Google Pixel 8 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1110
1765
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
2968
4297
Compute Score (GPU)
2963
Pixel 8 Pro +122%
6573
Compute Score (GPU) 2963 6573
Single-core score 1110 1765
Multi-core score 2968 4297
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
873573
1367231
CPU 324311 468427
GPU 119050 384941
Memory 174797 182041
UX 255415 331822
Total score 873573 1367231
Samples [8 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
276
Pixel 8 Pro +256%
982
Stability 98% 74%
Graphics test 2 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 276 982
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 75%
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 857 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
11977
Web score 10439 -
Video editing 7300 -
Photo editing 27068 -
Data manipulation 9185 -
Writing score 11979 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 90
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (Ka4sen)AnTuTu 12954645
📘 2026-09-06 (STEVEN MP)AnTuTu 11920942
📘 2026-08-23 (Zamorokk)AnTuTu 11886048
📘 2026-05-10 (Damon)AnTuTu 11805921
📘 2026-04-01 (MrVolt)AnTuTu 11836065
Google Pixel 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-04 (Karlik)AnTuTu 121408420
📘 2026-05-05 (s1mpick)AnTuTu 111338293
📘 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed)AnTuTu 111367231
📘 2026-04-13 -> SpaikleonowAnTuTu 111482218
📘 2026-03-26 (Bilal)AnTuTu 111328640

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM MagicOS 8.0 Stock Android
OS size 23 GB 14 GB
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5050 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (23 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 35 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:12 hr 1:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:26 hr 08:23 hr
Watching video 11:56 hr 12:10 hr
Gaming 04:40 hr 04:58 hr
Standby 84 hr 87 hr
General battery life
19:10 hr
19:29 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16256 x 12192 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 126°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 113 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Sensor size - 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
128
155
Video quality
126
149
Generic main camera score
122
153
Bokeh 60 65
Preview 64 75
Zoom 86 152
Samples Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6112 3648 x 2736
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor size - 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size - 1.22 micron
Autofocus - Phase autofocus
Stabilization - Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 143
Video - 149

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor 90 +2%
91.1 dB
89.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced May 2023 October 2023
Release date June 2023 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $999
Successor - Honor 500 Pro - Google Pixel 10 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Pixel 8 Pro:
    - The smartphone includes a temperature sensor.
*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 Google Pixel 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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