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Honor 90 vs Google Pixel 9a

59 out of 100
Honor 90
VS
67 out of 100
Google Pixel 9a
Honor 90
Google Pixel 9a

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 9a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 1 year and 10 months after. 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 90
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 23W)
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 5.9% more screen real estate
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9a
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 51% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1321K versus 873K)
  • Delivers 65% higher peak brightness (1927 against 1165 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
  • Stereo speakers
  • The phone is 1 year and 10 months newer
  • 51% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1677 and 1110 points

Review

Evaluation of Honor 90 and Google Pixel 9a 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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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
18.7
(Bad)
Value Index
62.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 90
vs
Pixel 9a

Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2664 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.98:9 20:9
PPI 435 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 2700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 90.4% 84.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 98.2%
PWM 728 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Honor 90
6.7″ (19.98:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Pixel 9a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 90
1165 nits
Pixel 9a +65%
1927 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.9 mm (6.37 inches) 154.7 mm (6.09 inches)
Width 74.1 mm (2.92 inches) 73.3 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof No IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green White, Black, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.53/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 90 +7%
90.4%
Pixel 9a
84.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 90 and Google Pixel 9a
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition Google Tensor G4
Max clock 2500 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 644 Mali-G715 MP7
GPU shading units 768 896
GPU clock 443 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 90 and Google Pixel 9a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 90
1110
Pixel 9a +51%
1677
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 90
2968
Pixel 9a +37%
4067
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 90
2963
Pixel 9a +163%
7784
Compute Score (GPU) 2963 7784
Single-core score 1110 1677
Multi-core score 2968 4067
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 90
873573
Pixel 9a +51%
1321069
CPU 324311 445318
GPU 119050 410687
Memory 174797 175537
UX 255415 289527
Total score 873573 1321069
Samples [8 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor 90
276
Pixel 9a +284%
1060
Stability 98% 81%
Graphics test 2 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 276 1060
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Honor 90
857
Pixel 9a
n/a
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 857 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Honor 90
11977
Pixel 9a +8%
12890
Web score 10439 10570
Video editing 7300 7547
Photo editing 27068 21264
Data manipulation 9185 12988
Writing score 11979 16308
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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
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Google Pixel 9a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Leif)AnTuTu 111590049
📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap)AnTuTu 111182042
📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo)AnTuTu 11943849
📘 2026-01-03 (Joy)AnTuTu 111487240
📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD)AnTuTu 111507185
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 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 15 (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 5100 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 35 min) Yes (47% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:12 hr 1:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:26 hr 08:20 hr
Watching video 11:56 hr 12:40 hr
Gaming 04:40 hr 06:06 hr
Standby 84 hr 91 hr
General battery life
Honor 90
19:10 hr
Pixel 9a +6%
20:15 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 16256 x 12192 8000 x 6000
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: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung GN8
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
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
Honor 90
128
Pixel 9a +13%
144
Video quality
Honor 90 +26%
126
Pixel 9a
100
Generic main camera score
Honor 90
122
Pixel 9a +5%
128
Bokeh 60 145
Preview 64 -
Zoom 86 99
Samples Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 9a from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6112 4032 x 3024
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 20 mm
Sensor - CMOS
Sensor size - 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Autofocus - No
Stabilization - Digital
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
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 -
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 +3%
91.1 dB
Pixel 9a
88.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2023 March 2025
Release date June 2023 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $499
Successor - Honor 500 Pro - Google Pixel 10a
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.39 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - 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 9a is definitely a better buy.

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