Samsung Galaxy S26 (Snapdragon) vs Honor 600 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.3-inch Samsung Galaxy S26 (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on February 25, 2026, against the Honor 600 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 month after. 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 Samsung Galaxy S26 (Snapdragon)
- 28% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3898K versus 3038K)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 33 grams less
- 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3551 and 3058 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 600 Pro
- Comes with 2700 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4300 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 25W)
- The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 11% higher pixel density (458 vs 411 PPI)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Has a built-in infrared port
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 | Dynamic AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.3 inches | 6.57 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1264 x 2728 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 411 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1500 nits | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 8000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Screen space comparison
600 Pro
6.57β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.4 in2
Galaxy S26 (Snapdragon)
6.3β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) | 156 mm (6.14 inches) |
| Width | 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 200 g (7.05 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Pink, Purple | White, Black, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.01/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 4740 MHz | 4470 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 28096 | 23977 |
| Single-core score | 3551 | 3058 |
| Multi-core score | 10235 | 9377 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1173242 | 968049 |
| GPU | 1544662 | 1129416 |
| Memory | 410536 | 325572 |
| UX | 770452 | 615436 |
| Total score | 3898892 | 3038473 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [3 tests] |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (35th and 107th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-12 (Fahad Nadeem) | CPU Throttle | 51% |
| π 2026-08-12 (Fahad Nadeem) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 22177 |
| π 2026-08-12 (Fahad Nadeem) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3551 / 10235 |
| π 2026-08-12 (Fahad Nadeem) | AnTuTu 11 | 3898892 |
| π 2026-08-08 (Fahad Nadeem) | CPU Throttle | 80% |
Honor 600 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-26 (Peltsi) | AnTuTu 12 | 3198303 |
| π 2026-08-31 (thor) | AnTuTu 11 | 3101294 |
| π 2026-08-17 (FuSi) | AnTuTu 11 | 2975404 |
| π 2026-07-20 (JIUCH) | AnTuTu 11 | 3104319 |
| π 2026-06-04 (Alexis) | AnTuTu 11 | 3038473 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS size | 31.6 GB | - |
| OS updates | 7 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 7000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (71% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 0:48 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | - | 11:25 hr |
| Watching video | - | 19:55 hr |
| Gaming | - | 08:33 hr |
| Standby | - | 136 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#49th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 16384 x 12288 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3.5x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | 112Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Samsung ISOCELL HP9 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.4" (β 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 67 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (β 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (β 0.39 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (β 0.31 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | 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 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 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| 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, DP 1.2 | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2026 | April 2026 |
| Release date | March 2026 | April 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $999 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 80 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Honor 600 Pro. But if the gaming and sound are more of a priority β go for the Samsung Galaxy S26 (Snapdragon).
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