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Honor X9c vs Honor 400

62 out of 100
Honor X9c
VS
69 out of 100
Honor 400
Honor X9c
Honor 400

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch Honor X9c (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1) that was released on November 5, 2024, against the Honor 400, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 7 months after. 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 400
  • 43% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1087K versus 760K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Water-resistant body (IP66 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 66W)
  • 21% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1136 and 935 points
  • The phone is 7 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Honor X9c 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
99.0
(Very good)
Value Index
53.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor X9c
vs
Honor 400

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1224 x 2700 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.85:9 19.5:9
PPI 437 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 4000 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 5000 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor X9c
n/a
Honor 400
1541 nits

Design and build

Height 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) 156.5 mm (6.16 inches)
Width 75.5 mm (2.97 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 189 g (6.67 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP66
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Purple 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 X9c +1%
90.7%
Honor 400
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor X9c and Honor 400
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 2200 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 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
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 676 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~346.1 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor X9c and Honor 400
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor X9c
935
Honor 400 +21%
1136
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor X9c
2719
Honor 400 +14%
3107
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor X9c
246
Honor 400 +1550%
4060
Compute Score (GPU) 246 4060
Single-core score 935 1136
Multi-core score 2719 3107
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor X9c
760332
Honor 400 +43%
1087525
CPU 284852 403084
GPU 55762 207834
Memory 201468 216538
UX 218250 260069
Total score 760332 1087525
Samples [12 tests] [32 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 1 FPS -
Graphics score 200 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Honor X9c
12708
Honor 400
n/a
Web score 12996 -
Video editing 7162 -
Photo editing 24195 -
Data manipulation 10073 -
Writing score 15092 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor X9c
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (LenslyWhite)AnTuTu764283
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (Ааа)AnTuTu611007
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-19 (trixeee)AnTuTu603217
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (Zver)AnTuTu773303
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Mohammed)AnTuTu743177
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Honor 400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Baclaven)AnTuTu947758
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg)AnTuTu1102591
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (TheOdin)AnTuTu1098513
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 (brozzlex)AnTuTu1089031
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-02 (ElijaHaH)GeekBench GPU3475
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 2750 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 9.0 MagicOS 10
OS updates 2 years 6 years
Security updates 3 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6600 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 66 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 No Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 40 min) Yes (80% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 0:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:20 hr
Watching video - 12:17 hr
Gaming - 05:43 hr
Standby - 121 hr
General battery life
Honor X9c
n/a
Honor 400
23:16 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 12000 x 9000 16384 x 12288
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens - 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Sensor Samsung HM6 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 5 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3456 x 4608 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.0
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.1 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 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* No 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 Mid-range Mid-range
Announced November 2024 May 2025
Release date November 2024 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $499
Successor - Honor X9d - Honor 500
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 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 400 is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 157

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