Huawei Nova 15 Ultra vs Honor 400 Pro
76
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80
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.84-inch Huawei Nova 15 Ultra (with HiSilicon Kirin 9010S) that was released on December 22, 2025, against the Honor 400 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 7 months before. 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 Huawei Nova 15 Ultra
- Comes with 1200 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5300 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
- The phone is 7 months newer
Reasons to consider the Honor 400 Pro
- 70% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2243K versus 1321K)
- More energy-efficient CPU β Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- 62% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2109 and 1304 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | OLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.84 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1320 x 2856 pixels | 1280 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 1500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | 5000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Kunlun Glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.3% | 90% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163 mm (6.42 inches) | 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 78 mm (3.07 inches) | 76.1 mm (3 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.8 mm (0.27 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 205 g (7.23 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | Black, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.61/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 9010S | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.55 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.18 GHz: TaiShan V121 - 1 core at 2.3 GHz: TaiShan V121 |
- 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 | SMIC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Maleoon 920 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1536 GFLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2330 | 14352 |
| Single-core score | 1304 | 2109 |
| Multi-core score | 3624 | 6695 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 360961 | 702885 |
| GPU | 286060 | 723128 |
| Memory | 445494 | 332058 |
| UX | 228708 | 485733 |
| Total score | 1321223 | 2243804 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [24 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 75% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1492 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 32 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7535 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 17920 |
| Video editing | - | 7685 |
| Photo editing | - | 29553 |
| Data manipulation | - | 14371 |
| Writing score | - | 17125 |
Recent User Tests
Huawei Nova 15 Ultra
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Honor 400 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-09 (Lunka) | AnTuTu 11 | 2094129 |
| π 2026-09-01 (Maska) | AnTuTu 11 | 2163688 |
| π 2026-07-07 -> naufall | AnTuTu 11 | 2162598 |
| π 2026-06-28 (f0NES1k) | AnTuTu 11 | 2306681 |
| π 2026-06-10 (Zhan) | AnTuTu 11 | 2206753 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | HarmonyOS 6 | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | - | MagicOS 10 |
| OS updates | - | 6 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 5300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (93% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 0:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 10:11 hr |
| Watching video | - | 14:23 hr |
| Gaming | - | 06:01 hr |
| Standby | - | 118 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 16384 x 12288 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.7x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Angle of widest lens | 118Β° | 112Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 4.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | - | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/1.4" (β 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 88 mm | 68 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX856 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2" (β 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 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/2.1 |
| Focal length | 52 mm | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (β 0.4 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | - | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 5.4 |
| 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* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| 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 |
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | December 2025 | May 2025 |
| Release date | January 2026 | May 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $600 | $799 |
| Successor | - | - Honor 500 Pro |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Yes, 100 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Honor 400 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority β go for the Huawei Nova 15 Ultra.
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