Honor 8 vs Honor 90 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 11, 2016
Prices (MSRP)
$499

Design

Dimensions
5.73 x 2.80 x 0.29 inches 145.5 x 71 x 7.45 mm	6.37 x 2.92 x 0.31 inches 161.9 x 74.1 x 7.8 mm
Weight
5.40 oz / 153.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Pink, Blue, White	Midnight Black, Emerald Green, Diamond Silver, Peacock Blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 72.02% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 90.37% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1600 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2664x1200px, 436 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
5 (Poor)	2.4 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm)	Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Processor
Octa-core 2300 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x2.5GHz Cortex-A710 3x2.3​6 GHz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 644
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 3GB/32GB 4GB/32GB	8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (13)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1102
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3195
3D Mark High
Untested	864
3D Mark Low
Untested	860

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Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 66.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 35 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	200 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/1.4" Pixel size: 0.56 μm
Second camera
12 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 35 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (60 fps), 720p (120 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
8 MP	50 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.2
WLAN
b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

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Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n5, n8, n28, n41, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20	1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 19, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Sep 20, 2016 FCC ID value: QISFRD-L04
Measured SAR
Head: 1.07 W/kg Body: 0.24 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.17 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	$399

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes