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Honor Magic 7 vs Honor 400

85 out of 100
Honor Magic 7
VS
69 out of 100
Honor 400
Honor Magic 7
Honor 400

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Honor Magic 7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 30, 2024, against the Honor 400, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 7 months after. 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 Magic 7
  • 2.7x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2967K versus 1087K)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 80W
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • 2.8x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3132 and 1136 points
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
Reasons to consider the Honor 400
  • Weighs 15 grams less
  • The phone is 7 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Honor Magic 7 and Honor 400 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Magic 7
83*
Honor 400
80*
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
Magic 7
85*
Honor 400
69*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
44.3
(Average)
Value Index
53.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Magic 7
vs
Honor 400

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2800 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 453 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Rhino Glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.9% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
Magic 7
6.78β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Honor 400
6.55β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Magic 7
n/a
Honor 400
1541 nits

Design and build

Height 162.1 mm (6.38 inches) 156.5 mm (6.16 inches)
Width 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP66
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Gold, Blue Black, Silver, Gold, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.63/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Magic 7 +2%
91.9%
Honor 400
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor Magic 7 and Honor 400
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 4320 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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)
L3 cache 8 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 1536 512
GPU clock 1100 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor Magic 7 and Honor 400
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Magic 7 +176%
3132
Honor 400
1136
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Magic 7 +209%
9598
Honor 400
3107
Compute Score (GPU)
Magic 7
n/a
Honor 400
4060
Compute Score (GPU) - 4060
Single-core score 3132 1136
Multi-core score 9598 3107
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Magic 7 +173%
2967184
Honor 400
1087525
CPU 932482 403084
GPU 1156470 207834
Memory 358130 216538
UX 520102 260069
Total score 2967184 1087525
Samples [3 tests] [32 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Magic 7
2460
Honor 400
n/a
Stability 53% -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Graphics score 2460 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Magic 7
11519
Honor 400
n/a
Graphics test 44 FPS -
Section 1 49 FPS -
Section 2 44 FPS -
Section 3 37 FPS -
Graphics score 11519 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Magic 7
19929
Honor 400
n/a
Web score 23913 -
Video editing 8032 -
Photo editing 36496 -
Data manipulation 17592 -
Writing score 26385 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#119th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor Magic 7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (Raim152)AnTuTu 112979186
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Ronti)AnTuTu 112967184
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-21 (reneval_da)AnTuTu 112961082
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Honor 400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (Bro)AnTuTu 12956529
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Baclaven)AnTuTu 11947758
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg)AnTuTu 111102591
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (TheOdin)AnTuTu 111098513
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 (brozzlex)AnTuTu 111089031
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
OS updates 2 years 6 years
Security updates 3 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5650 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (80% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:20 hr
Watching video - 12:17 hr
Gaming - 05:43 hr
Standby - 121 hr
General battery life
Magic 7
n/a
Honor 400
23:16 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16384 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) -
Angle of widest lens 122Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.3" (β‰ˆ 0.77 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 68 mm -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor - CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.93" (β‰ˆ 0.34 inch) -
Pixel size 0.6 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus - Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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) 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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* - 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

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced October 2024 May 2025
Release date November 2024 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $499
Successor - Honor Magic 8 - Honor 500
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
*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 Magic 7 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
10 (66.7%)
5 (33.3%)
Total votes: 15

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