Honor 400 Pro vs Google Pixel 8a
80
out of 100
VS
66
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range 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 8a, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 1 year and 1 month 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 Honor 400 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 18W)
- 57% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2243K versus 1433K)
- Shows 25% longer battery life (24:36 vs 19:43 hours)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Comes with 808 mAh larger battery capacity: 5300 vs 4492 mAh
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Thinner bezels – 8.7% more screen real estate
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8a
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
- Weighs 17 grams less
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 | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2800 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 430 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 | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.1% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 2 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
400 Pro
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Pixel 8a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) | 152.1 mm (5.99 inches) |
| Width | 76.1 mm (3 inches) | 72.7 mm (2.86 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue | White, Black, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.61/5) | Good (3.52/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 14352 | 8490 |
| Single-core score | 2109 | 1491 |
| Multi-core score | 6695 | 3584 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 702885 | 546093 |
| GPU | 723128 | 391230 |
| Memory | 332058 | 195569 |
| UX | 485733 | 300801 |
| Total score | 2243804 | 1433693 |
| Samples | [24 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 75% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1492 | 990 |
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
Honor 400 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Lunka) | AnTuTu 11 | 2094129 |
| 📘 2026-09-01 (Maska) | AnTuTu 11 | 2163688 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 -> naufall | AnTuTu 11 | 2162598 |
| 📘 2026-06-28 (f0NES1k) | AnTuTu 11 | 2306681 |
| 📘 2026-06-10 (Zhan) | AnTuTu 11 | 2206753 |
Google Pixel 8a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-28 (adismsha) | AnTuTu 11 | 1471866 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | Geekbench 6 GPU | 8490 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1491 / 3584 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | AnTuTu 11 | 1397797 |
| 📘 2025-12-17 (jpara_dise) | AnTuTu 11 | 1397797 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | - | 18.4 GB |
| OS updates | 6 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5300 mAh | 4492 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (93% in 30 min) | Yes (33% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:38 hr | 2:09 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:11 hr | 08:15 hr |
| Watching video | 14:23 hr | 13:00 hr |
| Gaming | 06:01 hr | 04:54 hr |
| Standby | 118 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16384 x 12288 | 9000 x 7000 |
| 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° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 | Sony IMX787 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - | 60 |
| Preview | - | 71 |
| Zoom | - | 126 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.1 | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | - |
| Stabilization | 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 5.4 | 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 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2025 | May 2024 |
| Release date | May 2025 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $499 |
| Successor | - Honor 500 Pro | - Google Pixel 10a |
| 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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