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Vivo S50 Pro mini vs Honor 500 Pro

85 out of 100
Vivo S50 Pro mini
VS
90 out of 100
Honor 500 Pro
Vivo S50 Pro mini
Honor 500 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.31-inch Vivo S50 Pro mini (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on December 15, 2025, against the Honor 500 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo S50 Pro mini
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 80W)
Reasons to consider the Honor 500 Pro
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 6500 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)

Review

Evaluation of Vivo S50 Pro mini and Honor 500 Pro 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
85.5
(Very good)
Value Index
64.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
S50 Pro mini
vs
500 Pro

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.31 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 461 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Aluminosilicate
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 91.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
500 Pro
6.55β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
S50 Pro mini
6.31β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~7% more screen space

Design and build

Height 150.83 mm (5.94 inches) 155.8 mm (6.13 inches)
Width 71.76 mm (2.83 inches) 74.2 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 7.75 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Purple Black, Silver, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
S50 Pro mini
90.3%
500 Pro +1%
91.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo S50 Pro mini and Honor 500 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3840 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo S50 Pro mini and Honor 500 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
S50 Pro mini
3029
500 Pro +4%
3155
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
S50 Pro mini
9401
500 Pro
9430
Compute Score (GPU)
S50 Pro mini
n/a
500 Pro
24091
Compute Score (GPU) - 24091
Single-core score 3029 3155
Multi-core score 9401 9430
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
S50 Pro mini
2974201
500 Pro +9%
3233535
CPU 869186 1090319
GPU 1016895 1124612
Memory 392372 339026
UX 695748 679587
Total score 2974201 3233535
Samples [4 tests] [2 tests]
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (104th and 59th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo S50 Pro mini
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 -> Ruddy3410Battery lifeSOT 8:29 / 16:30
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 -> Ruddy3410CPU Throttle83%
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 -> Ruddy3410AnTuTu2974201
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (Quα»³nh)AnTuTu3185790
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 -> Ruddy3410AnTuTu2902731
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Honor 500 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Amin7r)AnTuTu3155685
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-09 (e)AnTuTu3233535
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 -
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM OriginOS 6 MagicOS 10
OS updates 5 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 8000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (48% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:58 hr -
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16384 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 110Β° 117Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) 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/1.6 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX921 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.4
Focal length 70 mm 68 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor - CMOS
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 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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* 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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2025 November 2025
Release date December 2025 November 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $525 $505
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Honor 500 Pro. It has a better camera, gaming, battery life, software, and design.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
33 (49.3%)
34 (50.7%)
Total votes: 67

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