Honor 200 vs Google Pixel 9a
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Honor 200 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on May 27, 2024, against the Google Pixel 9a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 10 months after. 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 Honor 200
- The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 23W)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Thinner bezels – 5.5% more screen real estate
- Reverse charging feature
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9a
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1321K versus 1002K)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- 46% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1677 and 1147 points
- The phone is 10 months newer
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | POLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2664 pixels | 1080 x 2424 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.98:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 436 ppi | 422 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1200 nits | 2700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | 1800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 84.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 98.2% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Honor 200
6.7″ (19.98:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Pixel 9a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.5 mm (6.36 inches) | 154.7 mm (6.09 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 187 g (6.6 oz) | 186 g (6.56 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Green, Pink | White, Black, Red, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.53/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 | Google Tensor G4 |
| Max clock | 2630 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715) - 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715) |
- 4 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 720 | Mali-G715 MP7 |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 975 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3581 | 7784 |
| Single-core score | 1147 | 1677 |
| Multi-core score | 3214 | 4067 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 364727 | 445318 |
| GPU | 228932 | 410687 |
| Memory | 164585 | 175537 |
| UX | 244236 | 289527 |
| Total score | 1002480 | 1321069 |
| Samples | [36 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 81% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 525 | 1060 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 10570 |
| Video editing | - | 7547 |
| Photo editing | - | 21264 |
| Data manipulation | - | 12988 |
| Writing score | - | 16308 |
Recent User Tests
Honor 200
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-02 (Ryno) | AnTuTu 11 | 997900 |
| 📘 2026-06-30 (Empire) | AnTuTu 11 | 1094330 |
| 📘 2026-04-26 (Seitekx) | AnTuTu 11 | 987155 |
| 📘 2026-04-20 (Pro100Goose) | AnTuTu 11 | 1019297 |
| 📘 2026-04-04 -> Alexx | AnTuTu 11 | 1005948 |
Google Pixel 9a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Leif) | AnTuTu 11 | 1590049 |
| 📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap) | AnTuTu 11 | 1182042 |
| 📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo) | AnTuTu 11 | 943849 |
| 📘 2026-01-03 (Joy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1487240 |
| 📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD) | AnTuTu 11 | 1507185 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | Stock Android |
| OS size | - | 14 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5200 mAh | 5100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (75% in 30 min) | Yes (47% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:45 hr | 1:41 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 08:20 hr |
| Watching video | - | 12:40 hr |
| Gaming | - | 06:06 hr |
| Standby | - | 91 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.5x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | - | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Samsung GN8 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX856 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 16 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | 145 |
| Preview | 61 | - |
| Zoom | 124 | 99 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor 200 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Google Pixel 9a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.1 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2024 | March 2025 |
| Release date | May 2024 | April 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $499 |
| Successor | - Honor 500 | - Google Pixel 10a |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.39 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the battery life and software are more important to you, then choose the Honor 200. But if the performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 9a.
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