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Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G vs Camon 40

65 out of 100
Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G
VS
56 out of 100
Tecno Camon 40
Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G
Tecno Camon 40

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Ultimate) that was released on March 3, 2025, against the Tecno Camon 40, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G100 Ultimate. 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 (2)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G
  • 58% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (910K versus 575K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Dimensity 7300 Ultimate
  • 37% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 994 and 726 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Tecno Camon 40
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB

Review

Evaluation of Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G and Camon 40 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)

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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
70.3
(Good)
Value Index
46.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Camon 40 Pro 5G
vs
Camon 40

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2436 pixels 1080 x 2436 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 393 ppi 393 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 550 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1100 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Panda King Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.6% 90.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Peak brightness test (auto)
Camon 40 Pro 5G
1054 nits
Camon 40
n/a

Design and build

Height 164.32 mm (6.47 inches) 164.1 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 74.56 mm (2.94 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.29 mm (0.29 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 179 g (6.31 oz) 177.2 g (6.25 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP66
Rear material - Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green White, Gray, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G and Tecno Camon 40
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Ultimate MediaTek Helio G100 Ultimate
Max clock 2500 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MP2 Mali-G57 MP2
GPU shading units 256 64
GPU clock 1047 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~536.1 GFLOPS ~128 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G and Tecno Camon 40
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Camon 40 Pro 5G +37%
994
Camon 40
726
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Camon 40 Pro 5G +45%
2889
Camon 40
1986
Compute Score (GPU)
Camon 40 Pro 5G +72%
2509
Camon 40
1460
Compute Score (GPU) 2509 1460
Single-core score 994 726
Multi-core score 2889 1986
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Camon 40 Pro 5G +58%
910112
Camon 40
575113
CPU 250000 220368
GPU 250000 47993
Memory 250000 148214
UX 160112 158538
Total score 910112 575113
Samples [29 tests] [13 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Camon 40 Pro 5G +147%
360
Camon 40
146
Stability 98% 97%
Graphics test 3 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 360 146
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Camon 40 Pro 5G +33%
14056
Camon 40
10552
Web score 12921 10711
Video editing 6712 6289
Photo editing 38335 24286
Data manipulation 9111 6552
Writing score 18265 12715
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-18 (Glace)AnTuTu 121029221
📘 2026-09-09 -> kramnebianAnTuTu 12993706
📘 2026-08-09 (RedmiNote7)AnTuTu 11915336
📘 2026-07-28 (Mazee)AnTuTu 11950450
📘 2026-07-15 (LN4)AnTuTu 11936617
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Tecno Camon 40
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-07 (Keoboris ezz)AnTuTu 11613830
📘 2026-07-13 (vbruh27)AnTuTu 11570340
📘 2026-05-26 (golam rabbi)AnTuTu 11623340
📘 2026-04-27 (Aldo)AnTuTu 11606119
📘 2026-04-25 -> 221133221133ilyaCPU Throttle93%
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 15
ROM HIOS 15 HIOS 15

Battery

Capacity 5200 mAh 5200 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (54% in 30 min) Yes (51% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:00 hr 1:05 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:41 hr -
Watching video 14:40 hr -
Gaming 06:09 hr -
Standby 98 hr -
General battery life
Camon 40 Pro 5G
23:24 hr
Camon 40
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700C Sony LYT-700C
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 75 -
Preview 69 -
Zoom 110 -
Samples Photo samples of Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor - CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
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, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes

Other

Category Mid-range Budget
Announced March 2025 March 2025
Release date April 2025 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $230 $199
Successor - Tecno Camon 50 Pro 5G - Tecno Camon 50 4G
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 45 W Yes, 45 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 Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G is definitely a better buy.

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Ernuthin October 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Pls update this cuz the camera sensor of the pro version is the same as the non pro version (Sony LYT-700C)
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Gift malonje August 17, 2025 at 07:17 AM
Camon 40 Pro 5G is best according to the features compared.
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