Honor 90 vs Google Pixel 8a
59
out of 100
VS
66
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range 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 8a, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 11 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
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 18W)
- Thinner bezels – 9.1% more screen real estate
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8a
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- 64% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1433K versus 873K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Delivers 29% higher peak brightness (1506 against 1165 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Optical image stabilization
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Stereo speakers
- The phone is 11 months newer
Review
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2664 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.98:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 435 ppi | 430 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | 1400 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.4% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | 99.1% |
| PWM | 728 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Honor 90
6.7″ (19.98:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Pixel 8a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.9 mm (6.37 inches) | 152.1 mm (5.99 inches) |
| Width | 74.1 mm (2.92 inches) | 72.7 mm (2.86 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 183 g (6.46 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP67 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue, Green | White, Black, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.52/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2963 | 8490 |
| Single-core score | 1110 | 1491 |
| Multi-core score | 2968 | 3584 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 324311 | 546093 |
| GPU | 119050 | 391230 |
| Memory | 174797 | 195569 |
| UX | 255415 | 300801 |
| Total score | 873573 | 1433693 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 276 | 990 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 857 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10439 | - |
| Video editing | 7300 | - |
| Photo editing | 27068 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9185 | - |
| Writing score | 11979 | - |
Recent User Tests
Honor 90
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-09 (Ka4sen) | AnTuTu 12 | 954645 |
| 📘 2026-09-06 (STEVEN MP) | AnTuTu 11 | 920942 |
| 📘 2026-08-23 (Zamorokk) | AnTuTu 11 | 886048 |
| 📘 2026-05-10 (Damon) | AnTuTu 11 | 805921 |
| 📘 2026-04-01 (MrVolt) | AnTuTu 11 | 836065 |
Google Pixel 8a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-28 (adismsha) | AnTuTu 11 | 1471866 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | Geekbench 6 GPU | 8490 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1491 / 3584 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | AnTuTu 11 | 1397797 |
| 📘 2025-12-17 (jpara_dise) | AnTuTu 11 | 1397797 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| 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 | 18.4 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4492 mAh |
| Max charge power | 66 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (80% in 35 min) | Yes (33% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:12 hr | 2:09 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:26 hr | 08:15 hr |
| Watching video | 11:56 hr | 13:00 hr |
| Gaming | 04:40 hr | 04:54 hr |
| Standby | 84 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16256 x 12192 | 9000 x 7000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| 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° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 | Sony IMX787 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 60 |
| Preview | 64 | 71 |
| Zoom | 86 | 126 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6112 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) 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 6E (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 | 5.3 |
| 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 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2023 | May 2024 |
| Release date | June 2023 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $499 |
| Successor | - Honor 500 Pro | - Google Pixel 10a |
| 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 |
*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 8a is definitely a better buy.
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