Xiaomi 17T vs Honor 400 Pro

82 out of 100
Xiaomi 17T
VS
80 out of 100
Honor 400 Pro
Xiaomi 17T
12 / 256 GB
Honor 400 Pro
12 / 512 GB

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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
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

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17T and Honor 400 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 512 GB
56.1
(Average)
Value Index
48.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 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)
Xiaomi 17T +127%
3357 nits
1479 nits

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
89.9%
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17T and Honor 400 Pro
SoC
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
GPU
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

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17T and Honor 400 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1704
400 Pro +24%
2109
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6686
6695
Compute Score (GPU)
12671
400 Pro +13%
14352
Compute Score (GPU) 12671 14352
Single-core score 1704 2109
Multi-core score 6686 6695
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2173332
400 Pro +3%
2243804
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
1492
Stability - 75%
Graphics test - 11 FPS
Graphics score - 1492
3DMark Solar Bay
7535
Graphics test - 29 FPS
Section 1 - 32 FPS
Section 2 - 29 FPS
Section 3 - 25 FPS
Graphics score - 7535
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
16036
Web score - 17920
Video editing - 7685
Photo editing - 29553
Data manipulation - 14371
Writing score - 17125

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Sakolin)AnTuTu 112117709
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Τ±Υ’Φ…-techπŸ‡¦πŸ‡²)AnTuTu 122261643
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu)Geekbench 6 GPU12528
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu)Geekbench 6 CPU1690 / 6497
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (Cronchik)AnTuTu 112241933
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 5333 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 512 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
Battery life tests
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
Xiaomi 17T +17%
28:50 hr
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 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
Standard lens
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‰ˆ 0.65 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/3.0 f/2.4
Focal length 115 mm 68 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX856
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
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‰ˆ 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‰ˆ 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
Network
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 – go for the Honor 400 Pro.

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