Samsung Galaxy S25 FE vs Honor 600

74 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
VS
77 out of 100
Honor 600

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 FE (with Exynos 2400) that was released on September 4, 2025, against the Honor 600, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 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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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 46% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2087K versus 1426K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 60% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2126 and 1329 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 600
  • Delivers 394% higher peak brightness (6182 against 1251 nits)
  • Comes with 2100 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4900 mAh
  • Shows 31% longer battery life (31:54 vs 24:20 hours)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 45W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 19% higher pixel density (458 vs 385 PPI)
  • The phone is 7 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE 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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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
69.8
(Good)
Value Index
59.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.57 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1264 x 2728 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 385 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 8000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.2% 90.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM - 60 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1251 nits
Honor 600 +394%
6182 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 156 mm (6.14 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 74.7 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow White, Black, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.19/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 600 +2%
90.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and Honor 600
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max clock 3200 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 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 Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Adreno 722
GPU shading units 768 512
GPU clock 1095 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and Honor 600
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2126
1329
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6910
4105
Compute Score (GPU)
18209
7418
Compute Score (GPU) 18209 7418
Single-core score 2126 1329
Multi-core score 6910 4105
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2087886
1426281
CPU 714011 473212
GPU 653511 321485
Memory 303868 295825
UX 416496 335759
Total score 2087886 1426281
Samples [48 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 62% -
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Graphics score 1840 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 32 FPS -
Section 1 37 FPS -
Section 2 31 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
Graphics score 8302 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12949 -
Video editing 8051 -
Photo editing 34315 -
Data manipulation 13202 -
Writing score 23460 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-03 (matthew ajero)AnTuTu 122377317
📘 2026-09-27 (Halil)AnTuTu 122426875
📘 2026-09-25 (Omar_syriangamerr)AnTuTu 122245977
📘 2026-09-12 -> Viljami22AnTuTu 122321618
📘 2026-09-11 -> S25fe6833AnTuTu 122388378
Honor 600
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-13 (Павел)AnTuTu 111324118
📘 2026-05-22 (Mohamed)AnTuTu 111426281

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM One UI 8.0 MagicOS 10
OS size 23.8 GB -
OS updates 7 years 6 years
Security updates 7 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 7000 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (52% in 30 min) Yes (71% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 0:47 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:29 hr 13:28 hr
Watching video 14:24 hr 22:06 hr
Gaming 06:03 hr 07:11 hr
Standby 87 hr 135 hr
General battery life
24:20 hr
Honor 600 +31%
31:54 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 16384 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung ISOCELL HP9
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 75 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV08A10 -
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 16 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3L6 -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 150 -
Zoom 83 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.61 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.4 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
87.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced September 2025 April 2026
Release date September 2025 April 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $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

If the display, camera, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Honor 600. But if the performance, gaming, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE.

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