Honor 100 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro

68 out of 100
Honor 100 Pro
VS
79 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Honor 100 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on November 23, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 2 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor 100 Pro
  • Comes with 1726 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3274 mAh
  • Has a 0.68 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 23W)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 22% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1769K versus 1452K)
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 48% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 1967 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Honor 100 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro 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.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
86.6
(Very good)
Value Index
22.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1224 x 2700 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.85:9 19.5:9
PPI 437 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Tempered glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.9%
PWM - 242 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
100 Pro
6.78″ (19.85:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
iPhone 15 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
n/a
1796 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.7 mm (6.44 inches) 146.6 mm (5.77 inches)
Width 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof - IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material - Glass
Frame material - Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Purple White, Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
100 Pro +3%
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 100 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 3200 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 680 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 100 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1967
2915
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5069
7115
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 28057
Single-core score 1967 2915
Multi-core score 5069 7115
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
100 Pro +22%
1769874
1452754
CPU 584129 368915
GPU 539574 490265
Memory 283577 182600
UX 362594 410974
Total score 1769874 1452754
Samples Less than 3 [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1091
1391
Stability - 71%
Graphics test 8 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 1091 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
5282
6089
Stability - 73%
Graphics test 20 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 29 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 5282 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
3634
3655
Stability - 63%
Graphics test 21 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 3634 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 100 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 GPU26734
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-24 (elips)AnTuTu 111387191
📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r)AnTuTu 111329788

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM MagicOS 7.2 -
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3274 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (66 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 17 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:37 hr 1:33 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:28 hr
Watching video - 17:33 hr
Gaming - 05:41 hr
Standby - 111 hr
General battery life
n/a
24:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 32 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.8
Focal length 27 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 32 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length - 77 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX713
Sensor size - 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX633
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 85
Zoom - 139
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX816 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus - Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 145
Video - 156

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
n/a
79.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2023 September 2023
Release date November 2023 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $500 $999
Successor - - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
*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 Apple iPhone 15 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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