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Samsung Galaxy S23 vs Honor 90

69 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S23
VS
59 out of 100
Honor 90
Samsung Galaxy S23
Honor 90

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 (with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy) that was released on February 1, 2023, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 4 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 Samsung Galaxy S23
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1712K versus 873K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (22:02 vs 19:10 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 10W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Stereo speakers
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1100 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3900 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 25W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S23 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
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
80.6
(Good)
Value Index
18.7
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S23
vs
Honor 90

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 (24-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1750 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% 99.7%
PWM 240 Hz 728 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Honor 90
6.7″ (19.98:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Galaxy S23
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S23 +2%
1191 nits
Honor 90
1165 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146.3 mm (5.76 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 70.9 mm (2.79 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 168 g (5.93 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S23
88%
Honor 90 +3%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S23 and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 3360 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3		 - 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 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 680 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S23 and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S23 +79%
1987
Honor 90
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S23 +74%
5171
Honor 90
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S23 +218%
9410
Honor 90
2963
Compute Score (GPU) 9410 2963
Single-core score 1987 1110
Multi-core score 5171 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S23 +96%
1712393
Honor 90
873573
CPU 587063 324311
GPU 434955 119050
Memory 275390 174797
UX 414985 255415
Total score 1712393 873573
Samples [29 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S23 +287%
1069
Honor 90
276
Stability 76% 98%
Graphics test 8 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 1069 276
3DMark Solar Bay
Galaxy S23
5348
Honor 90
n/a
Stability 73% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Section 1 23 FPS -
Section 2 20 FPS -
Section 3 18 FPS -
Graphics score 5348 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Galaxy S23 +328%
3669
Honor 90
857
Stability 61% -
Graphics test 21 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 3669 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S23 +33%
15924
Honor 90
11977
Web score 15188 10439
Video editing 7873 7300
Photo editing 33939 27068
Data manipulation 12935 9185
Writing score 19390 11979
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S23
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (Ct)AnTuTu 121868238
📘 2026-09-21 (Mil)AnTuTu 121763249
📘 2026-09-16 (Fluffyicebite:3)AnTuTu 121835927
📘 2026-09-09 -> Rafarobbie22AnTuTu 111708074
📘 2026-09-09 (Rafa)AnTuTu 111708074
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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
Add View all (14)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 8.0 MagicOS 8.0
OS size 29.7 GB 23 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 3900 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (10 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 1:16 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:12 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 13:41 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 05:20 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 109 hr 84 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S23 +15%
22:02 hr
Honor 90
19:10 hr
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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 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 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 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KGN3 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 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 Samsung S5K3K1 -
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 IMX564 -
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
Galaxy S23 +1%
129
Honor 90
128
Video quality
Galaxy S23 +9%
137
Honor 90
126
Generic main camera score
Galaxy S23 +9%
133
Honor 90
122
Bokeh 70 60
Preview 72 64
Zoom 126 86
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU -
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 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 6E (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 5.3 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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 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
Galaxy S23
91.5 dB
Honor 90
91.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2023 May 2023
Release date February 2023 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $499
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Honor 500 Pro
SAR (head) 0.96 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg -
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
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S23:
    - The 128GB version uses slower UFS 3.1 memory, while the 256GB and 512GB models have UFS 4.0.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S23 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
31 (62%)
19 (38%)
Total votes: 50

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