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Samsung Galaxy A25 vs Honor 90

51 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A25
VS
59 out of 100
Honor 90
Samsung Galaxy A25
Honor 90

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.5-inch Samsung Galaxy A25 (with Exynos 1280) that was released on December 11, 2023, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 6 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 Samsung Galaxy A25
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Stereo speakers
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • The phone is 6 months newer
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • 42% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (873K versus 617K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 25W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (1165 against 1030 nits)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.2% more screen real estate
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy A25 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
4 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
57.0
(Average)
Value Index
18.7
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy A25
vs
Honor 90

Display

Type Super AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.98:9
PPI 396 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.2% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 145.1% 99.7%
PWM 119 Hz 728 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy A25
1030 nits
Honor 90 +13%
1165 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161 mm (6.34 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Yellow Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy A25
84.2%
Honor 90 +7%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy A25 and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1280 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 2400 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.4 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 Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MP4 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 128 768
GPU clock 897 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~229.6 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy A25 and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy A25
957
Honor 90 +16%
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy A25
2095
Honor 90 +42%
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy A25
2348
Honor 90 +26%
2963
Compute Score (GPU) 2348 2963
Single-core score 957 1110
Multi-core score 2095 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy A25
617315
Honor 90 +42%
873573
CPU 246621 324311
GPU 71605 119050
Memory 102085 174797
UX 197004 255415
Total score 617315 873573
Samples [22 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy A25
226
Honor 90 +22%
276
Stability 95% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 226 276
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% -
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy A25
n/a
Honor 90
11977
Web score - 10439
Video editing - 7300
Photo editing - 27068
Data manipulation - 9185
Writing score - 11979
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy A25
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-10 -> Black_KRGMAnTuTu 12765124
📘 2026-10-09 (James)AnTuTu 11612157
📘 2026-07-14 (DJ)AnTuTu 11651423
📘 2026-06-15 (OmPhanLaoRaBien)AnTuTu 11637428
📘 2026-06-02 (MusteryLodall)Geekbench 6 CPU936 / 2053
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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 4 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 14 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 6 MagicOS 8.0
OS size 20 GB 23 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 3 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (49% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 1:24 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:44 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 11:34 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 04:52 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 91 hr 84 hr
General battery life
Galaxy A25
18:26 hr
Honor 90 +4%
19:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 16256 x 12192
Zoom Digital 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 240 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 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 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 27 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN1 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 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
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL (S5K)4HA -
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 -
Stabilization No -

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 13 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.2 -
Sensor Hynix Hi-1339 -
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 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 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 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
Galaxy A25
79.6 dB
Honor 90 +14%
91.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced December 2023 May 2023
Release date December 2023 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $499
Successor - Samsung Galaxy A26 5G - Honor 500 Pro
SAR (head) 0.46 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.19 W/kg -
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
3 (30%)
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Total votes: 10

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