Samsung Galaxy S22 vs Honor 90

63 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S22
VS
59 out of 100
Honor 90

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 1 year and 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 Samsung Galaxy S22
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 60% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 873K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Stereo speakers
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3700 mAh
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (19:10 vs 16:55 hours)
  • Delivers 36% higher peak brightness (1165 against 856 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 25W)
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 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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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
68.9
(Good)
Value Index
18.7
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.98:9
PPI 425 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 780 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 99.7%
PWM 239 Hz 728 Hz
Response time 10 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Honor 90
6.7″ (19.98:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
856 nits
Honor 90 +36%
1165 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146 mm (5.75 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.6%
Honor 90 +2%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 2800 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 384 768
GPU clock 1306 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S22 +44%
1600
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S22 +29%
3840
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
2963
Compute Score (GPU) - 2963
Single-core score 1600 1110
Multi-core score 3840 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S22 +60%
1398273
873573
CPU 462329 324311
GPU 376985 119050
Memory 231805 174797
UX 327154 255415
Total score 1398273 873573
Samples [11 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S22 +197%
820
276
Stability 65% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 820 276
3DMark Solar Bay
3751
n/a
Stability 66% -
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Section 1 17 FPS -
Section 2 14 FPS -
Section 3 11 FPS -
Graphics score 3751 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Galaxy S22 +114%
1830
857
Stability 66% -
Graphics test 10 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 1830 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12319
11977
Web score 11192 10439
Video editing 7372 7300
Photo editing 21608 27068
Data manipulation 11423 9185
Writing score 14877 11979

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S22
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGAnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGBattery lifeSOT 5:35 / 7:27
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGGeekbench 6 GPU10630
📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik))AnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal)AnTuTu 111587642
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 8.0 MagicOS 8.0
OS size 30.2 GB 23 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 3700 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 1:03 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:42 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 10:16 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 04:06 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 90 hr 84 hr
General battery life
16:55 hr
Honor 90 +13%
19:10 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 16256 x 12192
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung GN5 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX772 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX713 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) -
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
129
128
Video quality
137
126
Generic main camera score
133
122
Bokeh 70 60
Preview 72 64
Zoom 126 86
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor CMOS -
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 1.22 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) -
Stabilization Digital -
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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 6 (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 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 -
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* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2022 May 2023
Release date March 2022 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $499
Successor - - Honor 500 Pro
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- 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

If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22. But if the display and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Honor 90.

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