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Honor 500 Pro vs Honor 200

90 out of 100
Honor 500 Pro
VS
67 out of 100
Honor 200
Honor 500 Pro
Honor 200

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.55-inch Honor 500 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 24, 2025, against the Honor 200, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  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 500 Pro
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 3.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3233K versus 1002K)
  • Comes with 2800 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 5200 mAh
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 1 year and 6 months newer
  • 2.8x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3155 and 1147 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 200
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)

Review

Evaluation of Honor 500 Pro and Honor 200 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
500 Pro
94*
Honor 200
83*
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
500 Pro
90*
Honor 200
67*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
64.3
(Average)
Value Index
68.4
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
500 Pro
vs
Honor 200

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2736 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.98:9
PPI 460 ppi 436 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 4000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Aluminosilicate Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.1% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 155.8 mm (6.13 inches) 161.5 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.75 mm (0.31 inches) 7.7 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 201 g (7.09 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP69 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Pink White, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
500 Pro +1%
91.1%
Honor 200
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 500 Pro and Honor 200
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 4320 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
L3 cache 8 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 1536 512
GPU clock 1100 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 500 Pro and Honor 200
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
500 Pro +175%
3155
Honor 200
1147
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
500 Pro +193%
9430
Honor 200
3214
Compute Score (GPU)
500 Pro +573%
24091
Honor 200
3581
Compute Score (GPU) 24091 3581
Single-core score 3155 1147
Multi-core score 9430 3214
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
500 Pro +223%
3233535
Honor 200
1002480
CPU 1090319 364727
GPU 1124612 228932
Memory 339026 164585
UX 679587 244236
Total score 3233535 1002480
Samples [2 tests] [36 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
500 Pro
n/a
Honor 200
525
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 525
Sources: 3DMark [5]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 500 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Amin7r)AnTuTu3155685
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-09 (e)AnTuTu3233535
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Honor 200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-02 (Ryno)AnTuTu997900
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Empire)AnTuTu1094330
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Seitekx)AnTuTu987155
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 (Pro100Goose)AnTuTu1019297
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-04 -> AlexxAnTuTu1005948
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type - UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 5200 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:45 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2.5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) -
Angle of widest lens 117Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.0
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 68 mm -
Sensor - Sony IMX856
Sensor size 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch) 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
500 Pro
n/a
Honor 200
133
Video quality
500 Pro
n/a
Honor 200
121
Generic main camera score
500 Pro
n/a
Honor 200
130
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 61
Zoom - 124
Samples - Photo samples of Honor 200 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.1
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) 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 6 (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 6.0 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* - Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced November 2025 May 2024
Release date November 2025 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $505 $499
Successor - - Honor 500
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 100 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 500 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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