Huawei Nova 8i vs Huawei Nova Y90

Comparing the Huawei Nova 8i vs Huawei Nova Y90 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Huawei Nova Y90 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.4 GHz, while Huawei Nova 8i runs at 2.0 GHz, making Huawei Nova Y90 the better performer.

Display: Huawei Nova Y90 offers a screen size of 6.7 inches, while Huawei Nova 8i offers 6.67 inches, making Huawei Nova Y90 the larger display of the two. Both Huawei Nova 8i and Huawei Nova Y90 feature the same IPS LCD display.

Rear Camera: Huawei Nova 8i offers a higher rear camera resolution with 64 MP, while Huawei Nova Y90 offers 50 MP, making Huawei Nova 8i better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Huawei Nova 8i offers a higher front camera resolution with 16 MP, while Huawei Nova Y90 offers 8 MP, making Huawei Nova 8i better for front camera photography.

Battery: Huawei Nova Y90 offers a higher battery capacity with 5000 mAh, while Huawei Nova 8i offers 4300 mAh, making Huawei Nova Y90 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Huawei Nova 8i and Huawei Nova Y90 offer the same internal storage of 128 GB.

Huawei Nova 8i

₹22,990

(Not Released in India)

Huawei Nova Y90

₹14,990

(Not Released in India)

Summary

Release Date

25 Dec, 2021

21 Jul, 2022

06 May, 2026

Performance

	N/A
Snapdragon 662	Snapdragon 680	Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.4 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display

	N/A
6.67 inches (16.94 cm)	6.7 inches (17.02 cm)	6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
IPS LCD	IPS LCD	AMOLED
1080x2376 px (FHD+)	1080x2388 px (FHD+)	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
N/A	90 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

	N/A
64 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	2 MP Macro Camera	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
2 MP Macro Camera	2 MP Depth Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
2 MP Depth Camera	N/A	N/A

Front Camera

	N/A
16 MP Wide Angle Lens	8 MP	50 MP

Battery

	N/A
4300 mAh	5000 mAh	6500 mAh
66W Super Charging	40W Super Charging	90W Flash Charging
No Wireless Charging	N/A	Wireless Charging

Storage

128 GB	128 GB	256 GB
N/A	N/A	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A

8.4/10

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Pros

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

Compact, premium design
Excellent battery life
Reliable performance
Strong portrait photography

Cons

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

Video recording inconsistencies
Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

N/A

4.5/5

(140 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	N/A	3,000,897 AnTuTu Score
N/A	N/A	16h 04m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v10 (Q)

N/A

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

EMUI

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

N/A

Excellent

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 662

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Octa core

2 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260

Octa core

2.4 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 265 1.9 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260

Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

11 nm

6 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 610

Adreno 829

RAM

8 GB

12 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A

3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A

5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A

17.4 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

N/A

Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.67 inches (16.94 cm)

6.7 inches (17.02 cm)

6.31 inches (16.03 cm)

Resolution

1080x2376 px (FHD+)

1080x2388 px (FHD+)

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

5000 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

90 Hz

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

19.5:9

Pixel Density

391 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

88.87 %

88.85 %

90.11 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

94.38 %

Display Colour

N/A

16M

N/A

Design

Height

161.8 mm

163.3 mm

150.83 mm

Width

74.7 mm

71.76 mm

Thickness

8.5 mm

8.4 mm

7.99 mm

Weight

190 grams

195 grams

191 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

N/A

Excellent

Resolution

64 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.9 Wide Angle26 mm focal length

50 MP
+ 2 MP
+ 2 MP
Triple Primary Cameras

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921

8 MP
f/2.4 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera17 mm focal length

N/A

50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera

N/A

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

N/A

Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

9000 x 7000 Pixels

8150 x 6150 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Continuous Shooting

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

N/A

Best In Class

Resolution

16 MP
f/2 Wide Angle Primary Camera

8 MP
Front Camera

50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

N/A

Excellent

Capacity

4300 mAh

5000 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

Quick Charging

Yes 66W Super Charging 60% in 17 minutes

Yes 40W Super Charging 50% in 30 minutes

Yes 90W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A

16h 04m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A

0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

N/A

SIM 2

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.1

Yes v5.0

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Video Player

N/A

Yes Video Formats: 3GP MKV MP4 WebM

N/A

Ring Tone

N/A

Music ringtones Vibration

N/A

Music

N/A

Yes Music Formats: 3GP AAC AMR FLAC M4A (Apple lossless) MID MP3 MP4 OGG WAV

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Side

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

N/A

Yes

N/A

Browser

N/A

Yes HTML

N/A

Phone Book

N/A

Yes Practically Unlimited

N/A

Email

N/A

Yes

N/A

Instant Messaging

N/A

Yes

N/A

Other Facilities

N/A

Android Market World clock Calendar Alarm Document viewer

N/A

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