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Honor 600 vs Honor 400

77 out of 100
Honor 600
VS
69 out of 100
Honor 400
Honor 600
Honor 400

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 Honor 400, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (2)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor 600
  • Delivers 298% higher peak brightness (6113 against 1535 nits)
  • Shows 37% longer battery life (31:54 vs 23:16 hours)
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 6000 mAh
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1426K versus 1087K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • 17% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1329 and 1136 points

Review

Evaluation of Honor 600 and Honor 400 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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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
59.2
(Average)
Value Index
53.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 600
vs
Honor 400

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.57 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2728 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 458 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 8000 nits 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% -
PWM 60 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 600 +298%
6113 nits
Honor 400
1535 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 156 mm (6.14 inches) 156.5 mm (6.16 inches)
Width 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP66
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Orange Black, Silver, Gold, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.63/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 600 +1%
90.9%
Honor 400
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 600 and Honor 400
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 2800 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)		 - 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 3 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 722 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 512 512
GPU clock 1150 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 600 and Honor 400
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 600 +17%
1329
Honor 400
1136
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 600 +32%
4105
Honor 400
3107
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 600 +83%
7418
Honor 400
4060
Compute Score (GPU) 7418 4060
Single-core score 1329 1136
Multi-core score 4105 3107
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 600 +31%
1426281
Honor 400
1087525
CPU 473212 403084
GPU 321485 207834
Memory 295825 216538
UX 335759 260069
Total score 1426281 1087525
Samples [2 tests] [32 tests]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (ПавСл)AnTuTu 111324118
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 (Mohamed)AnTuTu 111426281
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Honor 400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-30 -> SOLIKan_techAnTuTu 121101502
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (Bro)AnTuTu 12956529
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Baclaven)AnTuTu 11947758
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg)AnTuTu 111102591
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (TheOdin)AnTuTu 111098513
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

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

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 0:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:28 hr 09:20 hr
Watching video 22:06 hr 12:17 hr
Gaming 07:11 hr 05:43 hr
Standby 135 hr 121 hr
General battery life
Honor 600 +37%
31:54 hr
Honor 400
23:16 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 16384 x 12288
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual 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 112Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP9 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 micron
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 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, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region 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 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
Honor 600
87.8 dB
Honor 400
n/a

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced April 2026 May 2025
Release date April 2026 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $499
Successor - - Honor 600
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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 600 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
158 (47.7%)
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Total votes: 331

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cat April 23, 2026 at 09:34 AM
I'm torn between the Xiaomi 15t and the Honor 600. I want a Snapdragon phone but it should also be good at recording videos. Which one should I choose?
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Real June 22, 2026 at 06:49 PM
Xiaomi 15t slihtly bettere
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