Honor 400 Pro vs 400 Lite

80 out of 100
Honor 400 Pro
VS
58 out of 100
Honor 400 Lite

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Honor 400 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on May 22, 2025, against the Honor 400 Lite, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7025 Ultra and came out 1 month 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 400 Pro
  • 3.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2243K versus 635K)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 35W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
  • 17% higher pixel density (460 vs 394 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Honor 400 Lite
  • Weighs 44 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Honor 400 Pro and 400 Lite crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
85*
59*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
71
65*
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
80*
58*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
48.3
(Average)
Value Index
25.6
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2800 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20.1:9
PPI 460 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 3500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Peak brightness test (auto)
1482 nits
n/a

Design and build

Height 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) 161 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 76.1 mm (3 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 161 g (5.68 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Blue Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.61/5) Good (3.63/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 400 Pro and Honor 400 Lite
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 MediaTek Dimensity 7025 Ultra
Max clock 3000 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 550
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 IMG BXM-8-256
GPU shading units 1536 128
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 400 Pro and Honor 400 Lite
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
400 Pro +121%
2109
956
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
400 Pro +191%
6695
2303
Compute Score (GPU)
400 Pro +9936%
14352
143
Compute Score (GPU) 14352 143
Single-core score 2109 956
Multi-core score 6695 2303
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
400 Pro +253%
2243804
635368
CPU 702885 236207
GPU 723128 56191
Memory 332058 182963
UX 485733 160007
Total score 2243804 635368
Samples [24 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1492
n/a
Stability 75% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Graphics score 1492 -
3DMark Solar Bay
7535
n/a
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 32 FPS -
Section 2 29 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
Graphics score 7535 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
400 Pro +30%
16036
12296
Web score 17920 14361
Video editing 7685 5525
Photo editing 29553 23703
Data manipulation 14371 10873
Writing score 17125 15057

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 400 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Lunka)AnTuTu 112094129
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Maska)AnTuTu 112163688
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 -> naufallAnTuTu 112162598
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-28 (f0NES1k)AnTuTu 112306681
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (Zhan)AnTuTu 112206753
Honor 400 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (kilobyte.tech)AnTuTu 12704537
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Dud)AnTuTu 11658200
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Dud)AnTuTu 11635368
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-26 (Yoi)AnTuTu 11604873
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 (ElJavi)AnTuTu 11707759

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
OS updates 6 years 2 years
Security updates 6 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5300 mAh 5230 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 35 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (93% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 35 min)
Full charging time 0:38 hr 1:25 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 1400 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:11 hr -
Watching video 14:23 hr -
Gaming 06:01 hr -
Standby 118 hr -
General battery life
24:36 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 12000 x 9000
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Angle of widest lens 112Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung ISOCELL HM6
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 68 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX856 -
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.5
Sensor - CMOS
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2025 April 2025
Release date May 2025 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $299
Successor - Honor 500 Pro -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
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 Honor 400 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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