Honor 400 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro

80 out of 100
Honor 400 Pro
VS
85 out of 100
Apple iPhone 16 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Honor 400 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on May 22, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 9 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 Honor 400 Pro
  • Comes with 1718 mAh larger battery capacity: 5300 vs 3582 mAh
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2243K versus 1801K)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (28:13 vs 24:36 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (1751 against 1472 nits)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 70% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3591 and 2109 points

Review

Evaluation of Honor 400 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
48.3
(Average)
Value Index
61.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2800 pixels 1206 x 2622 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Tempered glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 91.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.9%
PWM - 239 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
400 Pro
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
iPhone 16 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1472 nits
1751 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) 149.6 mm (5.89 inches)
Width 76.1 mm (3 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue White, Black, Silver, Gold
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Good (3.61/5) Average (2.83/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
91.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 400 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple A18 Pro
Max clock 3000 MHz 4040 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 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
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1490 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2289 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 400 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2109
3591
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6695
9090
Compute Score (GPU)
14352
33278
Compute Score (GPU) 14352 33278
Single-core score 2109 3591
Multi-core score 6695 9090
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
400 Pro +25%
2243804
1801176
CPU 702885 555276
GPU 723128 546980
Memory 332058 176885
UX 485733 522035
Total score 2243804 1801176
Samples [24 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1492
1732
Stability 75% 71%
Graphics test 11 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 1492 1732
3DMark Solar Bay
7535
7585
Graphics test 29 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 32 FPS 35 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 30 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 7535 7585
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
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
Honor 400 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 (Lunka)AnTuTu 112094129
📘 2026-09-01 (Maska)AnTuTu 112163688
📘 2026-07-07 -> naufallAnTuTu 112162598
📘 2026-06-28 (f0NES1k)AnTuTu 112306681
📘 2026-06-10 (Zhan)AnTuTu 112206753
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG)Geekbench 7 CPU3087 / 8369
📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron)AnTuTu 111500141
📘 2026-07-04 (Lks jaay)Battery lifeBattery report
📘 2026-06-15 (Anton)AnTuTu 111782199
📘 2026-06-04 (Rain)Geekbench 6 CPU3656 / 9628

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM MagicOS 10 -
OS size - 18 GB
OS updates 6 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5300 mAh 3582 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (93% in 30 min) Yes (58% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:38 hr 1:38 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:11 hr 11:41 hr
Watching video 14:23 hr 17:46 hr
Gaming 06:01 hr 05:35 hr
Standby 118 hr 132 hr
General battery life
24:36 hr
28:13 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 68 mm 120 mm
Sensor Sony IMX856 Sony IMX913
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX972
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 93
Zoom - 142
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.1 f/1.9
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX714
Sensor size - 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

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 5.3
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, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode 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 No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
n/a
79.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced May 2025 September 2024
Release date May 2025 September 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $999
Successor - Honor 500 Pro - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 1.24 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.48 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
    - In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*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 Apple iPhone 16 Pro. It has a better camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, design, and sound.

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