Honor 500 Pro vs 300 Pro

90 out of 100
Honor 500 Pro
VS
77 out of 100
Honor 300 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.55-inch Honor 500 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 24, 2025, against the Honor 300 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 1 year before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor 500 Pro
  • Comes with 2700 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 5300 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 29% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3233K versus 2508K)
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • 48% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3155 and 2133 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 300 Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)

Review

Evaluation of Honor 500 Pro and 300 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
89*
80*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
94*
67*
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
90*
77*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
64.3
(Average)
Value Index
85.4
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2736 pixels 1224 x 2700 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.85:9
PPI 460 ppi 437 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
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% 90.4%
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) 163.8 mm (6.45 inches)
Width 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) 75.3 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 7.75 mm (0.31 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 201 g (7.09 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Pink White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
500 Pro +1%
91.1%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 500 Pro and Honor 300 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 4320 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 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
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 500 Pro and Honor 300 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
500 Pro +48%
3155
2133
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
500 Pro +42%
9430
6655
Compute Score (GPU)
24091
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 24091 -
Single-core score 3155 2133
Multi-core score 9430 6655
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
500 Pro +29%
3233535
2508188
CPU 1090319 731477
GPU 1124612 781549
Memory 339026 440975
UX 679587 554187
Total score 3233535 2508188
Samples [2 tests] Less than 3
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (72nd and 146th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 500 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-18 (Amin7r)AnTuTu 123254498
📘 2026-06-25 (Amin7r)AnTuTu 113155685
📘 2026-01-09 (e)AnTuTu 113233535
Honor 300 Pro
No benchmark results yet

Memory

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

Software

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

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 5300 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) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes Yes (59% in 15 min)
Full charging time - 0:41 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x 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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 117° 112°
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" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 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" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.1
Sensor 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 Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (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, 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* - No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2025 December 2024
Release date November 2025 December 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $505 $470
Successor - - Honor 500 Pro
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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