Nothing Phone (2a) vs Honor 400
63
out of 100
VS
69
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Nothing Phone (2a) (with MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro) that was released on March 5, 2024, against the Honor 400, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 3 months after. 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 Nothing Phone (2a)
- Shows 29% longer battery life (29:55 vs 23:16 hours)
Reasons to consider the Honor 400
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
- Delivers 58% higher peak brightness (1541 against 974 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Water-resistant body (IP66 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 45W)
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1087K versus 985K)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- 17% higher pixel density (460 vs 394 PPI)
- The phone is 1 year and 3 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
- Has a built-in infrared port
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.55 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2412 pixels | 1264 x 2736 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 394 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | 5000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.8% | 90.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.3% | - |
| PWM | 90 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | β Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.7 mm (6.37 inches) | 156.5 mm (6.16 inches) |
| Width | 76.3 mm (3 inches) | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 184 g (6.49 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP54 | IP66 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black | 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
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 2630 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
- 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 | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 650 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G610 MC4 | Adreno 720 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 512 |
| GPU clock | 1130 MHz | 975 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~578.6 GFLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4085 | 4060 |
| Single-core score | 1133 | 1136 |
| Multi-core score | 2581 | 3107 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 363418 | 403084 |
| GPU | 172332 | 207834 |
| Memory | 158940 | 216538 |
| UX | 290571 | 260069 |
| Total score | 985261 | 1087525 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | [32 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 449 | - |
Recent User Tests
Nothing Phone (2a)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 (Kaiser) | AnTuTu 12 | 1001163 |
| π 2026-09-19 (Vedurijuht2425) | AnTuTu 12 | 1045921 |
| π 2026-07-12 (note8techh) | AnTuTu 11 | 984744 |
| π 2026-05-06 (legusk) | AnTuTu 11 | 1025139 |
| π 2026-04-13 (Divyanshu Raj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1006410 |
Honor 400
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-11 (Bro) | AnTuTu 12 | 956529 |
| π 2026-08-11 (Baclaven) | AnTuTu 11 | 947758 |
| π 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg) | AnTuTu 11 | 1102591 |
| π 2026-07-04 (TheOdin) | AnTuTu 11 | 1098513 |
| π 2026-06-08 (brozzlex) | AnTuTu 11 | 1089031 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | Nothing OS 3.0 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS size | 21 GB | - |
| OS updates | 3 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 6000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (59% in 30 min) | Yes (80% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 0:41 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 11:32 hr | 09:20 hr |
| Watching video | 18:30 hr | 12:17 hr |
| Gaming | 06:26 hr | 05:43 hr |
| Standby | 148 hr | 121 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#47th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 16384 x 12288 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (1080p) | - |
| Angle of widest lens | 114Β° | 112Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL GN9 | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.4" (β 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX615 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2024 | May 2025 |
| Release date | March 2024 | May 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $499 |
| Successor | - Nothing Phone (4a) | - Honor 500 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | 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 400 is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 3
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