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Samsung Galaxy S10 vs Honor 400

54 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S10
VS
69 out of 100
Honor 400
Samsung Galaxy S10
Honor 400

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S10 (with Exynos 9 Octa 9820) that was released on February 20, 2019, against the Honor 400, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 6 years and 4 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 (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Handles Qi/PMA wireless charging up to 9W
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 20% higher pixel density (551 vs 460 PPI)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 27 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Honor 400
  • Comes with 2600 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3400 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Delivers 88% higher peak brightness (1541 against 818 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 15W)
  • 46% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1087K versus 747K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
  • The phone is 6 years and 4 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S10 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)

Should I update?
No 87% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy S10 to Honor 400 is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: display, camera, and battery life.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S10
vs
Honor 400

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3040 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 19:9 19.5:9
PPI 551 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Max rated brightness 1215 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.1% -
PWM 240 Hz -
Response time 4.8 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
Honor 400
6.55″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
Galaxy S10
6.1″ (19:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S10
818 nits
Honor 400 +88%
1541 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 149.9 mm (5.9 inches) 156.5 mm (6.16 inches)
Width 70.4 mm (2.77 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 157 g (5.54 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP66
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green Black, Silver, Gold, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.63/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S10
88%
Honor 400 +3%
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S10 and Honor 400
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 2730 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.31 GHz: Cortex-A75
- 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Mongoose M4		 - 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 8 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali G76 MP12 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 288 512
GPU clock 702 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~404.4 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S10 and Honor 400
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S10
986
Honor 400 +15%
1136
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S10
2961
Honor 400 +5%
3107
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S10 +19%
4837
Honor 400
4060
Compute Score (GPU) 4837 4060
Single-core score 986 1136
Multi-core score 2961 3107
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S10
747257
Honor 400 +46%
1087525
CPU 303198 403084
GPU 133774 207834
Memory 148749 216538
UX 161536 260069
Total score 747257 1087525
Samples [16 tests] [32 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 81% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
Graphics score 367 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 82% -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 949 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7433 -
Video editing 5772 -
Photo editing 18351 -
Data manipulation 7663 -
Writing score 10349 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S10
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-06 (Nythoxx)AnTuTu777426
📘 2026-08-13 (ODIN_MODE)GeekBench CPU1065 / 2623
📘 2026-07-11 -> Sergo67AnTuTu613741
📘 2026-04-10 (Dio)AnTuTu756403
📘 2026-04-01 (LowbudgetNontecktoker)AnTuTu752759
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Honor 400
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-11 (Baclaven)AnTuTu947758
📘 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg)AnTuTu1102591
📘 2026-07-04 (TheOdin)AnTuTu1098513
📘 2026-06-08 (brozzlex)AnTuTu1089031
📘 2026-06-02 (ElijaHaH)GeekBench GPU3475
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 4.0 MagicOS 10
OS size 9.5 GB -
OS updates 2 years 6 years
Security updates 4 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 3400 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 15 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes, Qi/PMA (9 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (50% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:35 hr 0:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:03 hr 09:20 hr
Watching video 14:48 hr 12:17 hr
Gaming 05:16 hr 05:43 hr
Standby 73 hr 121 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S10
22:50 hr
Honor 400 +2%
23:16 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 16384 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash Dual 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 240FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 123° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 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 12 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.5 - 2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung SAK2L4 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 12 MP -
Aperture f/1.5 -
Focal length 52 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3M3 -
Sensor size 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 16 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm -
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4320 x 2432 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) -
Pixel size 1.22 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 5.4
Bluetooth features PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 20 -
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S10
88 dB
Honor 400
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2019 May 2025
Release date March 2019 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $900 $499
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Honor 500
SAR (head) 0.48 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.59 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - 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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
1 (25%)
3 (75%)
Total votes: 4

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3920120012001200 January 29, 2026 at 02:33 PM
I think that HONOR 400 has an upper hand here,it is far more future proof and more effective.
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