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Honor 400 vs Google Pixel 9a

69 out of 100
Honor 400
VS
67 out of 100
Google Pixel 9a
Honor 400
Google Pixel 9a

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 Google Pixel 9a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 2 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
  • Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5100 mAh
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (23:16 vs 20:15 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 23W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 5.7% more screen real estate
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9a
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1927 against 1541 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 21% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1321K versus 1087K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 48% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1677 and 1136 points

Review

Evaluation of Honor 400 and Google Pixel 9a 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
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
53.2
(Average)
Value Index
62.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 400
vs
Pixel 9a

Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2736 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 84.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.2%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Honor 400
6.55″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
Pixel 9a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 400
1541 nits
Pixel 9a +25%
1927 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 156.5 mm (6.16 inches) 154.7 mm (6.09 inches)
Width 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) 73.3 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 184 g (6.49 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof IP66 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gold, Blue White, Black, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.63/5) Good (3.53/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 400 +7%
90.2%
Pixel 9a
84.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 400 and Google Pixel 9a
SoC
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
GPU
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

Benchmark comparison of Honor 400 and Google Pixel 9a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 400
1136
Pixel 9a +48%
1677
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 400
3107
Pixel 9a +31%
4067
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 400
4060
Pixel 9a +92%
7784
Compute Score (GPU) 4060 7784
Single-core score 1136 1677
Multi-core score 3107 4067
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 400
1087525
Pixel 9a +21%
1321069
CPU 403084 445318
GPU 207834 410687
Memory 216538 175537
UX 260069 289527
Total score 1087525 1321069
Samples [32 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor 400
n/a
Pixel 9a
1060
Stability - 81%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1060
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Honor 400
n/a
Pixel 9a
12890
Web score - 10570
Video editing - 7547
Photo editing - 21264
Data manipulation - 12988
Writing score - 16308
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 400
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 (Bro)AnTuTu 12956529
📘 2026-08-11 (Baclaven)AnTuTu 11947758
📘 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg)AnTuTu 111102591
📘 2026-07-04 (TheOdin)AnTuTu 111098513
📘 2026-06-08 (brozzlex)AnTuTu 111089031
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Google Pixel 9a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Leif)AnTuTu 111590049
📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap)AnTuTu 111182042
📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo)AnTuTu 11943849
📘 2026-01-03 (Joy)AnTuTu 111487240
📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD)AnTuTu 111507185
Add View all (7)

Memory

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

Software

Operating system Android 15 (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 6 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5100 mAh
Max charge power 80 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 Yes No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 30 min) Yes (47% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:41 hr 1:41 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:20 hr 08:20 hr
Watching video 12:17 hr 12:40 hr
Gaming 05:43 hr 06:06 hr
Standby 121 hr 91 hr
General battery life
Honor 400 +15%
23:16 hr
Pixel 9a
20:15 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8000 x 6000
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 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
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/1.7
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung GN8
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
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 - 145
Zoom - 99
Samples - 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/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length - 20 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size - 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 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 5.4 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
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor 400
n/a
Pixel 9a
88.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2025 March 2025
Release date May 2025 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 camera, battery life, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Honor 400. But if the performance, gaming, and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 9a.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
13 (40.6%)
19 (59.4%)
Total votes: 32

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