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Honor 50 Lite vs Honor 50

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Honor 50 Lite vs Honor 50

55 out of 100
Honor 50 Lite
VS
66 out of 100
Honor 50
Honor 50 Lite
Honor 50

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Honor 50 Lite (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 662) that was released on October 25, 2021, against the Honor 50, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G and came out 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  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 Honor 50 Lite
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Honor 50
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (550K versus 244K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Delivers 65% higher peak brightness (754 against 456 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 11
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 778G 5G
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • OLED display (versus competitor''s IPS LCD)

Review

Evaluation of Honor 50 Lite and Honor 50 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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation

Value for money

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
50 Lite
vs
Honor 50

Display

Type IPS LCD OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.57 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2376 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 391 ppi 392 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 430 nits 525 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 750 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.2% 100%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time 28.4 ms 2.4 ms
Contrast 1163:1 ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
50 Lite
456 nits
Honor 50 +65%
754 nits

Design and build

Height 161.8 mm (6.37 inches) 160 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) 73.8 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue White, Black, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Tests of Honor 50 Lite and Honor 50 in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
Max clock 2000 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) 		- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
Lithography process 11 nanometers 6 nanometers
Graphics Adreno 610 Adreno 642
GPU shading units 128 768
GPU clock 950 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~844 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
50 Lite
504
Honor 50 +113%
1073
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
50 Lite
1544
Honor 50 +95%
3018
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
50 Lite
244184
Honor 50 +126%
550833
CPU 81053 167637
GPU 36278 141419
Memory 60281 108829
UX 65631 132594
Total score 244184 550833
3DMark Wild Life Performance
50 Lite
382
Honor 50 +551%
2487
Max surface temperature 38.7 °C 38.4 °C
Stability 99% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 382 2487
PCMark 3.0
50 Lite
6161
Honor 50 +94%
11965
Web score 5694 9805
Video editing 3744 7077
Photo editing 12091 25105
Data manipulation 5175 8753
Writing score 7040 14881

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6, 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128, 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.0 UFS 2.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 11 Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM Magic UI 4.2 Magic UI 7.1
OS size 16 GB 21 GB

Battery

Capacity 4300 mAh 4300 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes, SuperCharge (40% in 10 min) Yes (61% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:54 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 11:29 hr
Watching video - 15:11 hr
Gaming - 04:55 hr
Standby - 116 hr
General battery life

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 64 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 9216 x 6912 12032 x 9024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion No 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 4 (64 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) 4 (108 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 64 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9
- Focal length: 26 mm
- Pixel size: 0.8 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.7", Sony IMX682 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- 108 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9
- Pixel size: 0.7 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.52", Samsung S5KHM2 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
Ultra-wide lens - 8 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- Focal length: 17 mm
- 8 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- Focal length: 17 mm
- Sensor: 1/4" (CMOS)
Macro lens - 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
Depth lens - 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode 		- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Selfie camera
Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Sensor type CMOS ISOCELL CMOS
Sensor size - 1/3.14"
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display 		- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC, SBAS
NFC * Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM * 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support * No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat * - 18
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
50 Lite
89.1 dB
Honor 50 +4%
92.7 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced October 2021 June 2021
Release date November 2021 June 2021
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint 		- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 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 Honor 50 is definitely a better buy.

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