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Motorola Moto G54 5G vs Honor 90

50 out of 100
Motorola Moto G54 5G
VS
59 out of 100
Honor 90
Motorola Moto G54 5G
Honor 90

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.5-inch Motorola Moto G54 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 7020) that was released on September 5, 2023, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 3 months before. 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 Motorola Moto G54 5G
  • Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
  • Shows 33% longer battery life (25:29 vs 19:10 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Stereo speakers
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Delivers 148% higher peak brightness (1165 against 469 nits)
  • 37% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (873K versus 639K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 15W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Moto G54 5G 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 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
28.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
18.7
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Moto G54 5G
vs
Honor 90

Display

Type IPS LCD AMOLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.98:9
PPI 405 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 560 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.6% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.7%
PWM Not detected 728 Hz
Response time 24 ms 1 ms
Contrast 1640:1 ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Moto G54 5G
469 nits
Honor 90 +148%
1165 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.56 mm (6.36 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 73.82 mm (2.91 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.89 mm (0.35 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP52 No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Blue, Green Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Moto G54 5G
85.6%
Honor 90 +6%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Moto G54 5G and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7020 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 2200 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 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) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics IMG BXM-8-256 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 128 768
GPU clock 950 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Moto G54 5G and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Moto G54 5G
923
Honor 90 +20%
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Moto G54 5G
2248
Honor 90 +32%
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 2963
Single-core score 923 1110
Multi-core score 2248 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Moto G54 5G
639509
Honor 90 +37%
873573
CPU 249528 324311
GPU 53947 119050
Memory 144109 174797
UX 191925 255415
Total score 639509 873573
Samples [5 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 276
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Moto G54 5G +4%
12479
Honor 90
11977
Web score 13142 10439
Video editing 5885 7300
Photo editing 27513 27068
Data manipulation 9228 9185
Writing score 15527 11979
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Moto G54 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-05 (nnyiskull)AnTuTu 12751682
📘 2026-09-12 (Murilo)AnTuTu 11585043
📘 2026-08-29 (SANDER)AnTuTu 11688346
📘 2026-07-31 (PhosperX)AnTuTu 11662065
📘 2026-03-12 (Mtsls_09)AnTuTu 11637265
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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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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM Hello UI MagicOS 8.0
OS size 19 GB 23 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 15 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 33 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:34 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 13:33 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 05:02 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 140 hr 84 hr
General battery life
Moto G54 5G +33%
25:29 hr
Honor 90
19:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16256 x 12192
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 118° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size - 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 12 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
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 16 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor CMOS -
Pixel size 1 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.3 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 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* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Moto G54 5G
79.7 dB
Honor 90 +14%
91.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 May 2023
Release date September 2023 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $179 $499
Successor - Motorola Moto G56 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, 20 W Yes, 66 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 90 is definitely a better buy.

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