Honor 600 vs Fairphone 6 Plus
77
out of 100
VS
69
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.57-inch Honor 600 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4) that was released on April 22, 2026, against the Fairphone 6 Plus, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 and came out 4 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Honor 600
- Comes with 2585 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4415 mAh
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 30W)
- 29% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1426K versus 1101K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Thinner bezels – 7.1% more screen real estate
- Reverse charging feature
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 6 Plus
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.57 inches | 6.31 inches |
| Resolution | 1264 x 2728 pixels | 1116 x 2484 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 458 ppi | 431 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 1400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 8000 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 83.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | - |
| PWM | 60 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Honor 600
6.57″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.4 in2
Fairphone 6 Plus
6.31″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 156 mm (6.14 inches) | 156.6 mm (6.17 inches) |
| Width | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) | 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 9.6 mm (0.38 inches) |
| Weight | 185 g (6.53 oz) | 193 g (6.81 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP55 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Orange | Black, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-520) - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-720) - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-720) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720) - 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 722 | Adreno 810 |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1150 MHz | 895 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1177.6 GFLOPS | ~458.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 7418 | 5110 |
| Single-core score | 1329 | 1303 |
| Multi-core score | 4105 | 3608 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 473212 | 432383 |
| GPU | 321485 | 122338 |
| Memory | 295825 | 258810 |
| UX | 335759 | 288422 |
| Total score | 1426281 | 1101953 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | Less than 3 |
Recent User Tests
Honor 600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-13 (Павел) | AnTuTu 11 | 1324118 |
| 📘 2026-05-22 (Mohamed) | AnTuTu 11 | 1426281 |
Fairphone 6 Plus
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 2048 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | - |
| OS updates | 6 years | 8 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 8 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7000 mAh | 4415 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | Yes |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (71% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 25 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:47 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Web browsing | 13:28 hr | - |
| Watching video | 22:06 hr | - |
| Gaming | 07:11 hr | - |
| Standby | 135 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#29th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16384 x 12288 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| 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) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 3) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP9 | Sony LYTIA-700C |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | - |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1440p 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 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 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 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 |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| 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 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2026 | August 2026 |
| Release date | April 2026 | August 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $649 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | 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 600 is definitely a better buy.
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