Honor 400 vs Apple iPhone 16e
69
out of 100
VS
74
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.55-inch Honor 400 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on May 22, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 16e, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 3 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
Reasons to consider the Honor 400
- Higher display refresh rate โ 120 Hz
- Comes with 1995 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4005 mAh
- Delivers 84% higher peak brightness (1541 against 836 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 25W)
- Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16e
- 48% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1612K versus 1087K)
- Shows 15% longer battery life (26:44 vs 23:16 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 2.9x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3281 and 1136 points
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.55 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1264 x 2736 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 457 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 5000 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.2% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 60 Hz |
| Response time | - | 10 ms |
| Contrast | - | โ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Honor 400
6.55โณ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
iPhone 16e
6.1โณ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 156.5 mm (6.16 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 184 g (6.49 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP66 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue | White, Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.63/5) | Average (2.79/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) ยท 180 drops | Good (C) ยท 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 2630 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 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 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 720 | 4 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 975 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4060 | 24041 |
| Single-core score | 1136 | 3281 |
| Multi-core score | 3107 | 8035 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 403084 | 485100 |
| GPU | 207834 | 445832 |
| Memory | 216538 | 185536 |
| UX | 260069 | 496320 |
| Total score | 1087525 | 1612788 |
| Samples | [32 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 82% |
| Graphics test | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1226 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 26 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 21 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 15 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5507 |
Recent User Tests
Honor 400
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-10-11 (Bro) | AnTuTu 12 | 956529 |
| ๐ 2026-08-11 (Baclaven) | AnTuTu 11 | 947758 |
| ๐ 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg) | AnTuTu 11 | 1102591 |
| ๐ 2026-07-04 (TheOdin) | AnTuTu 11 | 1098513 |
| ๐ 2026-06-08 (brozzlex) | AnTuTu 11 | 1089031 |
Apple iPhone 16e
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-03-11 (Matviy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1600106 |
| ๐ 2026-02-27 (iPhone user) | AnTuTu 11 | 1591246 |
| ๐ 2026-02-10 (Virtuose) | AnTuTu 11 | 1721718 |
| ๐ 2026-01-14 (Glib) | AnTuTu 11 | 1656396 |
| ๐ 2026-01-13 (ะบะธัั) | AnTuTu 11 | 1612788 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | - |
| OS size | - | 24 GB |
| OS updates | 6 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 4005 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (80% in 30 min) | Yes (57% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:41 hr | 1:50 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:20 hr | 11:59 hr |
| Watching video | 12:17 hr | 15:01 hr |
| Gaming | 05:43 hr | 05:04 hr |
| Standby | 121 hr | 127 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#112th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16384 x 12288 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual 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 | 112ยฐ | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (โ 0.71 inch) | 1/2.55" (โ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (โ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2025 | February 2025 |
| Release date | May 2025 | February 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $599 |
| Successor | - Honor 500 | - |
| 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 16e:
- The smartphone doesnโt have a cinematic mode like the higher-end models in the series.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16e. But if the display and camera are more of a priority โ go for the Honor 400.
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