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Xiaomi 13T vs Honor 90

65 out of 100
Xiaomi 13T
VS
59 out of 100
Honor 90
Xiaomi 13T
Honor 90

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 13T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra) that was released on September 26, 2023, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 4 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 Xiaomi 13T
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Shows 22% longer battery life (23:22 vs 19:10 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • 35% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1175K versus 873K)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Stereo speakers
  • Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1256 against 1165 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Reverse charging feature
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13T 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
59.4
(Average)
Value Index
18.7
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 13T
vs
Honor 90

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.98:9
PPI 446 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 600 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.6% 99.7%
PWM 120 Hz 728 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 13T +8%
1256 nits
Honor 90
1165 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Green Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 13T
87.5%
Honor 90 +3%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13T and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 3100 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex A55
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex A78
- 1 core at 3.1 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
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 580 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 384 768
GPU clock 950 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~729.6 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13T and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 13T +14%
1261
Honor 90
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 13T +35%
4018
Honor 90
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 13T +18%
3492
Honor 90
2963
Compute Score (GPU) 3492 2963
Single-core score 1261 1110
Multi-core score 4018 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 13T +35%
1175951
Honor 90
873573
CPU 421303 324311
GPU 209708 119050
Memory 221082 174797
UX 323858 255415
Total score 1175951 873573
Samples [9 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 13T +109%
577
Honor 90
276
Stability 91% 98%
Graphics test 4 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 577 276
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 13T +9%
13055
Honor 90
11977
Web score 11689 10439
Video editing 6802 7300
Photo editing 23185 27068
Data manipulation 12111 9185
Writing score 17261 11979
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko)AnTuTu 111130854
📘 2026-07-23 (Maragidyne)AnTuTu 111291153
📘 2026-06-27 (Gadfiq)AnTuTu 111287453
📘 2026-06-15 (notmihnea1)Geekbench 6 CPU1346 / 4133
📘 2026-01-15 (DQP)AnTuTu 111169170
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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 LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 MagicOS 8.0
OS size - 23 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 12:58 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 05:38 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 121 hr 84 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 13T +22%
23:22 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 Optical, 2x 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 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 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/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX707 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/1.9 -
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50D40 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV13B -
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
Xiaomi 13T
121
Honor 90 +6%
128
Video quality
Xiaomi 13T +5%
132
Honor 90
126
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 13T +1%
123
Honor 90
122
Bokeh 65 60
Preview 65 64
Zoom 101 86
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX596 -
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 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 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 5.4 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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes 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* - 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
Xiaomi 13T
91.4 dB
Honor 90
91.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 May 2023
Release date September 2023 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $499
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - 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, 67 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 Xiaomi 13T is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
207 (65.7%)
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Total votes: 315

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