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Honor 50 vs Honor 20

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Honor 50 vs Honor 20

66 out of 100
Honor 50
VS
55 out of 100
Honor 20
Honor 50
Honor 20

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.57-inch Honor 50 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G) that was released on June 16, 2021, against the Honor 20, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 980 and came out 25 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
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Shows 35% longer battery life (34:01 vs 25:11 hours)
  • Delivers 57% higher peak brightness (754 against 480 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 22.5W)
  • Has a 0.31 inch larger screen size
  • More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 10
  • Comes with 550 mAh larger battery capacity: 4300 vs 3750 mAh
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • OLED display (versus competitor''s IPS LCD)
  • Thinner bezels – 5.5% more screen real estate
  • The phone is 2-years and 1-month newer
Reasons to consider the Honor 20
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS

Review

Evaluation of Honor 50 and Honor 20 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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation

Value for money

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 50
vs
Honor 20

Display

Type OLED IPS LCD
Size 6.57 inches 6.26 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 392 ppi 412 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 525 nits 450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 750 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 84.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming 		-
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 98.6%
PWM 120 Hz Not detected
Response time 2.4 ms 35.4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 875:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 50 +57%
754 nits
Honor 20
480 nits

Design and build

Height 160 mm (6.3 inches) 154.25 mm (6.07 inches)
Width 73.8 mm (2.91 inches) 74 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Red White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 50 +7%
89.7%
Honor 20
84.2%

Performance

Tests of Honor 50 and Honor 20 in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G HiSilicon Kirin 980
Max clock 2400 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 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) 		- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A76
Lithography process 6 nanometers 7 nanometers
Graphics Adreno 642 Mali-G76 MP10
GPU shading units 768 360
GPU clock 550 MHz 750 MHz
FLOPS ~844 GFLOPS ~518.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 50 +29%
3018
Honor 20
2333
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
Honor 50
550833
Honor 20 +6%
583410
CPU 167637 168638
GPU 141419 174053
Memory 108829 112884
UX 132594 124838
Total score 550833 583410
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Max surface temperature 38.4 °C 38.8 °C
Stability 98% 47%
Graphics test 14 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 2487 2479
PCMark 3.0
Honor 50 +39%
11965
Honor 20
8596
Web score 9805 6278
Video editing 7077 5737
Photo editing 25105 14987
Data manipulation 8753 8110
Writing score 14881 10874

Memory

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

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10)
ROM Magic UI 7.1 Magic 4.0
OS size 21 GB 12 GB

Battery

Capacity 4300 mAh 3750 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 22.5 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (61% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:54 hr 1:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:29 hr 08:48 hr
Watching video 15:11 hr 10:19 hr
Gaming 04:55 hr 03:57 hr
Standby 116 hr 88 hr
General battery life
Honor 50 +35%
34:01 hr
Honor 20
25:11 hr

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 108 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9024 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital 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 240 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 117°
Lenses 4 (108 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) 4 (48 MP + 16 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 108 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9
- Pixel size: 0.7 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.52", Samsung S5KHM2 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- 48 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 28 mm
- Pixel size: 0.8 micron
- Sensor: 1/2", Sony IMX586 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
Ultra-wide lens - 8 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- Focal length: 17 mm
- Sensor: 1/4" (CMOS)
- 16 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2
- Focal length: 13 mm
- Sensor: 1/3.1" (CMOS)
Macro lens - 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- Focal length: 27 mm
- Pixel size: 1.75 micron
Depth lens - 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- Pixel size: 1.75 micron
- Sensor: 1/5.0" (CMOS)
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode 		- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Selfie camera
Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length - 25 mm
Pixel size - 0.8 microns
Sensor type ISOCELL CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.14" 1/2.8"
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard 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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display 		- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5.2 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP 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, QZSS, NAVIC, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
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 21
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor 50 +14%
92.7 dB
Honor 20
81 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced June 2021 May 2019
Release date June 2021 June 2019
SAR (head) - 0.84 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.29 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint 		- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger 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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