Honor 50 Lite vs Honor 20
55
out of 100
VS
55
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Honor 50 Lite (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 662) that was released on October 25, 2021, against the Honor 20, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 980 and came out 30 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Honor 50 Lite
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 22.5W)
- Has a 0.41 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 550 mAh larger battery capacity: 4300 vs 3750 mAh
- More recent OS version: Android 11 versus 10
- The phone is 2-years and 6-months newer
- Thinner bezels – 5.3% more screen real estate
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Honor 20
- 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (583K versus 244K)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- More energy-efficient CPU – Kirin 980
- Faster storage type - UFS 2.1 versus UFS 2.0
- 83% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 924 and 504 points
- Weighs 16 grams less
Review
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 (
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) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Value for money
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.26 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2376 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 391 ppi | 412 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 430 nits | 450 nits |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.5% | 84.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 98.6% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | 28.4 ms | 35.4 ms |
| Contrast | 1163:1 | 875:1 |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.8 mm (6.37 inches) | 154.25 mm (6.07 inches) |
| Width | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) | 74 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 174 g (6.14 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | White, Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 | HiSilicon Kirin 980 |
| Max clock | 2000 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 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: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
| Lithography process | 11 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 610 | Mali-G76 MP10 |
| GPU shading units | 128 | 360 |
| GPU clock | 950 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~243.2 GFLOPS | ~518.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 81053 | 168638 |
| GPU | 36278 | 174053 |
| Memory | 60281 | 112884 |
| UX | 65631 | 124838 |
| Total score | 244184 | 583410 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 38.7 °C | 38.8 °C |
| Stability | 99% | 47% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 382 | 2479 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5694 | 6278 |
| Video editing | 3744 | 5737 |
| Photo editing | 12091 | 14987 |
| Data manipulation | 5175 | 8110 |
| Writing score | 7040 | 10874 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6, 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| 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 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) |
| ROM | Magic UI 4.2 | Magic 4.0 |
| OS size | 16 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, SuperCharge (40% in 10 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:45 hr | 1:25 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 08:48 hr |
| Watching video | - | 10:19 hr |
| Gaming | - | 03:57 hr |
| Standby | - | 88 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9216 x 6912 | 8000 x 6000 |
| 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 | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 117° |
| Lenses | 4 (64 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) | 4 (48 MP + 16 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 |
- 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 |
- 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 |
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 25 mm |
| Pixel size | - | 0.8 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.8" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | 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 | 5 |
| 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 |
| NFC * | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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 * | - | 21 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2021 | May 2019 |
| Release date | November 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 | - |
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Disclaimer!
NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, battery life, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Honor 50 Lite . But if the camera, performance, and gaming are more of a priority – go for the Honor 20 .
