Huawei Nova 16 Pro vs Honor 600
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.84-inch Huawei Nova 16 Pro (with HiSilicon Kirin 9010S) that was released on June 1, 2026, against the Honor 600, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and came out 1 month 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 16 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
Reasons to consider the Honor 600
- 21% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1426K versus 1177K)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
- Weighs 33 grams less
- 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 | 6.57 inches |
| Resolution | 1320 x 2856 pixels | 1264 x 2728 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 6000 nits | 8000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Kunlun Glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.3% | 90.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 60 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Nova 16 Pro
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)
Design and build
| Height | 163 mm (6.42 inches) | 156 mm (6.14 inches) |
| Width | 78 mm (3.07 inches) | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.1 mm (0.28 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 185 g (6.53 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Pink | White, Black, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 9010S | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) |
| 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 |
- 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 | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Yes |
| Graphics | Maleoon 920 | Adreno 722 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 512 |
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1536 GFLOPS | ~1177.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2620 | 7418 |
| Single-core score | 1314 | 1329 |
| Multi-core score | 3587 | 4105 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 512832 | 473212 |
| GPU | 131160 | 321485 |
| Memory | 270499 | 295825 |
| UX | 262705 | 335759 |
| Total score | 1177196 | 1426281 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [2 tests] |
Recent User Tests
Huawei Nova 16 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Honor 600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-13 (Павел) | AnTuTu 11 | 1324118 |
| 📘 2026-05-22 (Mohamed) | AnTuTu 11 | 1426281 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | HarmonyOS 6.1 | Android 16 |
| ROM | - | MagicOS 10 |
| OS updates | - | 6 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7000 mAh | 7000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 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 |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (71% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 0:47 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 | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12288 x 16384 | 16384 x 12288 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.7x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | 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 |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 118° | 112° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung ISOCELL HP9 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | - |
| Focal length | 88 mm | - |
| Stabilization | 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/2.4 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 52 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | - | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.61 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) 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 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Depends on the region |
| 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 |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | June 2026 | April 2026 |
| Release date | June 2026 | April 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $545 | $649 |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Honor 600. But if the design is more of a priority – go for the Huawei Nova 16 Pro.
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