Xiaomi 17T vs Honor 400 Pro
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi 17T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra) that was released on May 28, 2026, against the Honor 400 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 1 year before. 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 Xiaomi 17T
- Delivers 127% higher peak brightness (3357 against 1479 nits)
- Comes with 1200 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5300 mAh
- Shows 17% longer battery life (28:50 vs 24:36 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- The phone is 1 year newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Honor 400 Pro
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 67W)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 24% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2109 and 1704 points
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 | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.59 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1268 x 2756 pixels | 1280 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1100 nits | 1500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | 5000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | 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 |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.6 mm (6.2 inches) | 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 76.1 mm (3 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | 205 g (7.23 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, 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
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-A725 |
- 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 | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MP8 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1508 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3088.4 GFLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 12671 | 14352 |
| Single-core score | 1704 | 2109 |
| Multi-core score | 6686 | 6695 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 649639 | 702885 |
| GPU | 699299 | 723128 |
| Memory | 361711 | 332058 |
| UX | 462683 | 485733 |
| Total score | 2173332 | 2243804 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [24 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 75% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1492 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 32 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7535 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 17920 |
| Video editing | - | 7685 |
| Photo editing | - | 29553 |
| Data manipulation | - | 14371 |
| Writing score | - | 17125 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-12 (Sakolin) | AnTuTu 11 | 2117709 |
| π 2026-09-09 (Τ±Υ’Φ -techπ¦π²) | AnTuTu 12 | 2261643 |
| π 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 12528 |
| π 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1690 / 6497 |
| π 2026-09-08 (Cronchik) | AnTuTu 11 | 2241933 |
Honor 400 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-09 (Lunka) | AnTuTu 11 | 2094129 |
| π 2026-09-01 (Maska) | AnTuTu 11 | 2163688 |
| π 2026-07-07 -> naufall | AnTuTu 11 | 2162598 |
| π 2026-06-28 (f0NES1k) | AnTuTu 11 | 2306681 |
| π 2026-06-10 (Zhan) | AnTuTu 11 | 2206753 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 updates | 5 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 5300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (93% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 0:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 13:50 hr | 10:11 hr |
| Watching video | 18:40 hr | 14:23 hr |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | 06:01 hr |
| Standby | 112 hr | 118 hr |
General battery life
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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 | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | - |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | 112Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50 | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (β 0.65 inch) | 1/1.4" (β 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2" (β 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV13B | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (β 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KKD1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.42" (β 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 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 | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2026 | May 2025 |
| Release date | May 2026 | May 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $749 | $799 |
| Successor | - | - Honor 500 Pro |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 100 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the battery life and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17T. But if the connectivity is more of a priority β go for the Honor 400 Pro.
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