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Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro vs Honor 90

68 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
VS
59 out of 100
Honor 90
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
Honor 90

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on May 23, 2024, against the Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 1 year 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 Poco F6 Pro
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1767K versus 873K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 66W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 21% higher pixel density (526 vs 435 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year newer
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Weighs 26 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
77.2
(Good)
Value Index
18.7
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F6 Pro
vs
Honor 90

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.98:9
PPI 526 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 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 89.1% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 99.7%
PWM 120 Hz 728 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F6 Pro +3%
1200 nits
Honor 90
1165 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.86 mm (6.33 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.21 mm (0.32 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP54 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F6 Pro
89.1%
Honor 90 +1%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 3200 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 Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F6 Pro +73%
1916
Honor 90
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F6 Pro +79%
5305
Honor 90
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F6 Pro +191%
8609
Honor 90
2963
Compute Score (GPU) 8609 2963
Single-core score 1916 1110
Multi-core score 5305 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F6 Pro +102%
1767128
Honor 90
873573
CPU 573925 324311
GPU 430773 119050
Memory 319179 174797
UX 443251 255415
Total score 1767128 873573
Samples [21 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F6 Pro +261%
996
Honor 90
276
Stability 95% 98%
Graphics test 7 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 996 276
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Section 1 21 FPS -
Section 2 18 FPS -
Section 3 16 FPS -
Graphics score 4833 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco F6 Pro
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
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-03 (Fraeier)AnTuTu 111779881
📘 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 121974839
📘 2026-08-25 (kyryl)AnTuTu 111827319
📘 2026-08-21 (Ploxou)AnTuTu 111769525
📘 2026-07-16 (TsukuGuru)AnTuTu 111751309
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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 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 3 MagicOS 8.0
OS size - 23 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (64% in 15 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 0:27 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:12 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 09:49 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 05:17 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 103 hr 84 hr
General battery life
Poco F6 Pro
19:08 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 Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 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/1.6 f/1.9
Sensor OmniVision OVX8000 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 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
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
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 4608 x 3456 8160 x 6112
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q -
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No -
Stabilization Digital -
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No 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
Poco F6 Pro
88.7 dB
Honor 90 +3%
91.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2024 May 2023
Release date May 2024 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $499
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro - 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, 120 W Yes, 66 W
Further details
Notes on Poco F6 Pro:
    - The Chinese version of this phone released under Redmi K70 name.
*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 Poco F6 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
8 (88.9%)
1 (11.1%)
Total votes: 9

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