Xiaomi 17 Pro vs Honor 400 Pro

91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro
VS
80 out of 100
Honor 400 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.3-inch Xiaomi 17 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on September 25, 2025, against the Honor 400 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 4 months before. 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 Xiaomi 17 Pro
  • 59% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3569K versus 2243K)
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6300 vs 5300 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 84% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3871 and 2109 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 400 Pro
  • Delivers 42% higher peak brightness (1479 against 1039 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Honor 400 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
90
90
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
91*
85*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
96
78
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
91
65
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
96*
71
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
89
88
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Final comparison evaluation
91*
80*
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
38.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
48.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2656 pixels 1280 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 464 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Dragon Crystal Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 102.8% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
400 Pro
6.7β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
17 Pro
6.3β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1039 nits
400 Pro +42%
1479 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 160.8 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 76.1 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.61/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Honor 400 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 4610 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Honor 400 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Pro +84%
3871
2109
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro +80%
12033
6695
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Pro +91%
27343
14352
Compute Score (GPU) 27343 14352
Single-core score 3871 2109
Multi-core score 12033 6695
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro +59%
3569354
2243804
CPU 1004041 702885
GPU 1307517 723128
Memory 470024 332058
UX 787772 485733
Total score 3569354 2243804
Samples [4 tests] [24 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
17 Pro +61%
2404
1492
Stability 81% 75%
Graphics test 18 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 2404 1492
3DMark Solar Bay
17 Pro +43%
10752
7535
Graphics test 41 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 49 FPS 32 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 29 FPS
Section 3 34 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 10752 7535
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
17 Pro +15%
18486
16036
Web score 17802 17920
Video editing 8078 7685
Photo editing 37143 29553
Data manipulation 17701 14371
Writing score 24706 17125

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-30 (Mmm.)AnTuTu 113569354
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (Mm)AnTuTu 113433545
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-28 (aabdy)AnTuTu 113705564
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-09 (.)AnTuTu 113554073
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-13 -> JuubidaraGeekbench 6 CPU3860 / 12136
Honor 400 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Lunka)AnTuTu 112094129
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Maska)AnTuTu 112163688
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 -> naufallAnTuTu 112162598
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-28 (f0NES1k)AnTuTu 112306681
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (Zhan)AnTuTu 112206753

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 MagicOS 10
OS size 54 GB -
OS updates 6 years 6 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6300 mAh 5300 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (93% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 0:38 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:11 hr
Watching video - 14:23 hr
Gaming - 06:01 hr
Standby - 118 hr
General battery life
n/a
24:36 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16384 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual 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 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 102Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.4
Focal length 115 mm 68 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX856
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm 16 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.1
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50M -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 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 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 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, Galileo, QZSS
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 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
Speakers test
Max loudness
85.6 dB
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced September 2025 May 2025
Release date September 2025 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $799
Successor - - Honor 500 Pro
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W 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 Xiaomi 17 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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9 (47.4%)
10 (52.6%)
Total votes: 19

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