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Huawei Nova 15 Max vs Honor 600

68 out of 100
Huawei Nova 15 Max
VS
77 out of 100
Honor 600
Huawei Nova 15 Max
Honor 600

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.84-inch Huawei Nova 15 Max (with HiSilicon Kirin 8000) that was released on May 7, 2026, against the Honor 600, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory 8 / 256 GB
  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 Huawei Nova 15 Max
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 8500 vs 7000 mAh
Reasons to consider the Honor 600
  • 86% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1426K versus 768K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 40W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Huawei Nova 15 Max and Honor 600 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
62.7
(Average)
Value Index
59.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Nova 15 Max
vs
Honor 600

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.84 inches 6.57 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2756 pixels 1264 x 2728 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 444 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 8000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 90.9%
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
Screen space comparison
Nova 15 Max
6.84″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.8 in2
Honor 600
6.57″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.4 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Nova 15 Max
n/a
Honor 600
6177 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) 156 mm (6.14 inches)
Width 78 mm (3.07 inches) 74.7 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 232 g (8.18 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP69
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gold, Blue White, Black, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Nova 15 Max
90.1%
Honor 600 +1%
90.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei Nova 15 Max and Honor 600
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max clock 2400 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.84 GHz: A55
- 3 cores at 2.19 GHz: 1xA77 L
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: 1xA77 H		 - 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)
L3 cache - 3 MB
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MP4 Adreno 722
GPU shading units - 512
GPU clock 864 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~442.3 GFLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei Nova 15 Max and Honor 600
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Nova 15 Max
909
Honor 600 +46%
1329
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Nova 15 Max
2399
Honor 600 +71%
4105
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 7418
Single-core score 909 1329
Multi-core score 2399 4105
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Nova 15 Max
768256
Honor 600 +86%
1426281
CPU 286921 473212
GPU 99696 321485
Memory 198324 295825
UX 201315 335759
Total score 768256 1426281
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei Nova 15 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 (أبْا صَالِحُ)AnTuTu 12863749
📘 2026-07-27 (أبْا صَالِحُ)Geekbench 6 CPU909 / 2399
📘 2026-07-25 (أبْا صَالِحُ)Geekbench 6 GPU2309
📘 2026-07-23 (أبْا صَالِحُ)Geekbench 6 CPU909 / 2382
📘 2026-07-23 (أبْا صَالِحُ)AnTuTu 11768256
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Honor 600
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-13 (Павел)AnTuTu 111324118
📘 2026-05-22 (Mohamed)AnTuTu 111426281
Add View all (2)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type - UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 Android 16
ROM 14.2 MagicOS 10
OS updates - 6 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 8500 mAh 7000 mAh
Max charge power 40 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 Yes (71% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:47 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 13:28 hr
Watching video - 22:06 hr
Gaming - 07:11 hr
Standby - 135 hr
General battery life
Nova 15 Max
n/a
Honor 600
31:54 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16384 x 12288
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL HP9
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size - 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 12 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size - 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size - 0.61 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.2 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
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
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
Nova 15 Max
n/a
Honor 600
87.8 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2026 April 2026
Release date May 2026 April 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $649
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- 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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
8 (44.4%)
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Total votes: 18

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