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Honor 90 Pro vs Huawei P30 Pro

72 out 100
Honor 90 Pro
VS
54 out 100
Huawei P30 Pro
Honor 90 Pro
Huawei P30 Pro

Compared 2 smartphones : Honor 90 Pro Manufactured in June, 2023, with display 6.78 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, vs Huawei P30 Pro, Manufactured in May, 2019 with chipsetHiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery Life
  6. Cameras
  7. Comments (0)

Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose Honor 90 Pro
  • Larger display: 6.78in
  • Higher pixel density: 437ppi
  • Higher refresh rate: 120Hz
  • Higher battery capacity: 5000mAh vs 4200mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version: 5.2 vs 5
  • Includes charger
Reasons to choose Huawei P30 Pro
  • Supports newer USB: 3.1 vs 2
  • Supports Dolby Atmos
  • Infrared port

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Memory Options - 12/256 GB
- 16/256 GB
- 16/512 GB		 - 6/128 GB
- 8/128 GB
- 8/256 GB
- 8/512 GB

Review

Key Specs Honor 90 Pro and Huawei P30 Pro
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Camera
Main & front camera tests
Performance
App & system performance
Games
3D gaming performance
Battery
Battery life, charging speed & type
Connectivity
Connectivity features
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Smartphones:
Honor 90 Pro
vs
Huawei P30 Pro

Display

Display quality comparison
Type OLED OLED
Size 6.78 in 6.47 in
Resolution 1224x2700 pixels 1080x2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.89:9 19.5:9
Pixel density 437 ppi 398 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max brightness 1600 nits 570 nits
HDR support Yes HDR10+ Yes HDR10
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8 % 88.6 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
601 nits
sRGB gamutn/a99 %
PWM (Flicker)n/a231 Hz
Response timen/a3.6 ms
Contrastn/a∞ Infinite
Sources: NotebookCheck [Huawei P30 Pro]

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 163.8 mm (6.45 in) 158 mm (6.22 in)
Width 74.9 mm (2.95 in) 73.4 mm (2.89 in)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 in) 8.4 mm (0.33 in)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
Water resistance No IP68
Cooling system n/a Vapor chamber
Back panel Glass Glass
Frame Metal Metal
Colors - Black
- Silver
- Blue
- Green		 - White
- Black
- Blue
- Orange
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display Yes In-Display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 90 Pro
90.8 %
Huawei P30 Pro
88.6 %

Performance

Testing Honor 90 Pro and Huawei P30 Pro In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 HiSilicon Kirin 980
Max Frequency 3200 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 4/2 (Cortex-A510)
- 3/2.75 (Cortex-A710)
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X2)		 - 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
Process TSMC TSMC
Transistor Size 4 nm 7 nm
Neural Processor Hexagon Yes
Graphics Adreno 730 Mali-G76 MP10
GPU Cores 1024 360
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 720 MHz
FLOPS 1843.2 GFLOPS 518.4 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 90 Pro
1705
Huawei P30 Pro
912
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 90 Pro
4464
Huawei P30 Pro
2259
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)1705912
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)44642259
Sources: Geekbench v6 [Honor 90 Pro]
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Honor 90 Pro
1307216
Huawei P30 Pro
601688
CPU358602195913
GPU494153159297
Memory221955117921
UX232506128557
NanoReview Score1307216601688
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
2490
Max Surface Temp.n/a40 °C
Stabilityn/a48 %
Graphics Testn/a14 fps
Graphics Scoren/a2490
Sources: 3DMark [Huawei P30 Pro]
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
8525
Writing scoren/a10855
Web scoren/a7067
Video editingn/a5710
Data manipulationn/a7553
NanoReview Scoren/a8525

Memory

RAM
RAM Size - 12 GB
- 16 GB		 - 6 GB
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage Capacity- 256 GB
- 512 GB		- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- 512 GB
Storage TypeUFS 3.1UFS 2.1
Memory CardNoNano Memory

Software

OS Android 13 (Upgradeable to Android 14) Android 9.0 (Upgradeable to Android 10)
OS Size n/a 13.4 GB
UI Skin MagicOS 8.0 EMUI 12

Battery

Volume 5000 mAh 4200 mAh
Max Charging Power 90 W 40 W
Battery Type Li-Po Li-Po
Removable No No
Wireless Charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse Charging Yes Yes (Wireless)
Fast Charging Yes (56% in 15 min) Yes SuperCharge (70% in 30 min)
Full Charge Time 0:37 h 1:05 h
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
21:15
Web Browsingn/a08:25 h
Video Playbackn/a13:36 h
Gamesn/a05:24 h
Standby Moden/a99 h

Main camera

Matrix 200 MP 40 MP
Photo resolution 16256x12192 pixels 7360x4912 pixels
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K Recording No No
4K Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 30 fps)
1080p Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
Slow Motion 960 fps (1080p) 960 fps (720p)
Wide-angle lens 112 ° 120 °
Lenses count Standard: 200 MP
Telephoto: 32 MP
Ultra-wide: 12 MP		 Standard: 40 MP
Telephoto: 8 MP
Ultra-wide: 20 MP
Depth
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Main lens
Matrix200 MP40 MP
Aperturef/1.9f/1.6
Focal lengthn/a27 mm
SensorSamsung ISOCELL HP3Sony IMX650
Sensor size1/1.41/1.7
Pixel size0.56 μm1 μm
AutofocusPhase autofocusPhase autofocus
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Telephoto
Matrix32 MP8 MP
Aperturef/2.4f/3.4
Focal lengthn/a125 mm
Sensor sizen/a1/4
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix12 MP20 MP
Aperturef/2.2f/2.2
Focal lengthn/a16 mm
Sensor sizen/a1/2.7
Pixel size1.12 μmn/a
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
119
Video quality
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
97
Overall camera score
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
112
Sources: DxOMark [Huawei P30 Pro]

Front camera

Matrix 50 MP 32 MP
Photo resolution 8160x6112 pixels 6528x4896 pixels
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length n/a 29 mm
Sensor CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size n/a 1/2.8
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 fps 1080p (Full HD) at 30 fps
TOF 3D sensor Yes No
Selfie camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
110
Video quality
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
130

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5.2 5
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
GPS - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS		 - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port No Yes
Connectivity
SIM Count*22
SIM TypeNanoNano
SIM ModeDual SIM StandbyDual SIM Standby
eSIM Support *NoNo
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G Bandsn/aGSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
3G Bandsn/aHSDPA 850, HSDPA 900, HSDPA 1900, HSDPA 2100
LTE Bands*n/aLTE (B700/B800/B850/B900/B1700/B1800/B1900/B2100/B2300/B2600)
LTE category2021
5G SupportYesNo

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
3.5 mm Jack No No
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speaker Test
Max Volume
Honor 90 Pro
n/a
Huawei P30 Pro
87.5 dB

Other

Class Flagship Flagship
Announced May, 2023 yr March, 2019 yr
Release Date June, 2023 yr May, 2019 yr
Launch Price ($) 490 1000
Sensors - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor		 - Hall Sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
Charger Included Yes 90 W n/a
* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Honor 90 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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