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Honor 400 Pro vs Google Pixel 8

80 out of 100
Honor 400 Pro
VS
69 out of 100
Google Pixel 8
Honor 400 Pro
Google Pixel 8

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 Google Pixel 8, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 1 year and 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor 400 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 55% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2243K versus 1443K)
  • Shows 25% longer battery life (24:36 vs 19:39 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 27W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 725 mAh larger battery capacity: 5300 vs 4575 mAh
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.3 mm narrower
  • Weighs 18 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Honor 400 Pro and Google Pixel 8 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
400 Pro
85*
Pixel 8
82
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.
DeviceFacts Score
Final comparison evaluation
400 Pro
80*
Pixel 8
69
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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
41.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
400 Pro
vs
Pixel 8

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2800 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 428 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 1400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Tempered glass Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.2%
PWM - 170 Hz
Response time - 3 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
400 Pro
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Pixel 8
6.2″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
400 Pro +2%
1472 nits
Pixel 8
1437 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) 150.5 mm (5.93 inches)
Width 76.1 mm (3 inches) 70.8 mm (2.79 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue Black, Gray, Rose gold
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.61/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
400 Pro +3%
90%
Pixel 8
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 400 Pro and Google Pixel 8
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Google Tensor G3
Max clock 3000 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 9 (1 + 4 + 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 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Immortalis-G715s MC10
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 890 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~1594.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 400 Pro and Google Pixel 8
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
400 Pro +22%
2109
Pixel 8
1722
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
400 Pro +50%
6695
Pixel 8
4458
Compute Score (GPU)
400 Pro
14352
Pixel 8
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 14352 -
Single-core score 2109 1722
Multi-core score 6695 4458
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
400 Pro +55%
2243804
Pixel 8
1443431
CPU 702885 535125
GPU 723128 387735
Memory 332058 186665
UX 485733 333906
Total score 2243804 1443431
Samples [24 tests] [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
400 Pro +54%
1492
Pixel 8
971
Stability 75% 73%
Graphics test 11 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1492 971
3DMark Solar Bay
400 Pro
7535
Pixel 8
n/a
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 32 FPS -
Section 2 29 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
Graphics score 7535 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
400 Pro
16036
Pixel 8
n/a
Web score 17920 -
Video editing 7685 -
Photo editing 29553 -
Data manipulation 14371 -
Writing score 17125 -
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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
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Google Pixel 8
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-malik)AnTuTu 111515235
📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-baloch)AnTuTu 111515235
📘 2026-05-04 (reazz)AnTuTu 111356451
📘 2026-04-29 -> tonymennyAnTuTu 111446448
📘 2026-03-16 (Quan)AnTuTu 111479583
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM MagicOS 10 Stock Android
OS size - 14 GB
OS updates 6 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5300 mAh 4575 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 27 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (18 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (93% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:38 hr 1:16 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:11 hr 08:08 hr
Watching video 14:23 hr 14:06 hr
Gaming 06:01 hr 04:49 hr
Standby 118 hr 81 hr
General battery life
400 Pro +25%
24:36 hr
Pixel 8
19:39 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
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 - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 126°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 68 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX856 -
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor - Sony IMX386 Exmor RS
Sensor size - 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size - 1.25 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
400 Pro
n/a
Pixel 8
152
Video quality
400 Pro
n/a
Pixel 8
148
Generic main camera score
400 Pro
n/a
Pixel 8
148
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 64
Zoom - 129
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.2
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor size - 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 5.3
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, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
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
400 Pro
n/a
Pixel 8
89 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced May 2025 October 2023
Release date May 2025 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $699
Successor - Honor 500 Pro - Google Pixel 10
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor 400 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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