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Nothing Phone (3a) vs Honor 400

66 out of 100
Nothing Phone (3a)
VS
69 out of 100
Honor 400
Nothing Phone (3a)
Honor 400

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.77-inch Nothing Phone (3a) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) that was released on March 4, 2025, against the Honor 400, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 3 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 Nothing Phone (3a)
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (25:03 vs 23:16 hours)
Reasons to consider the Honor 400
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Water-resistant body (IP66 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 50W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Delivers 22% higher peak brightness (1541 against 1261 nits)
  • 19% higher pixel density (460 vs 387 PPI)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Nothing Phone (3a) and Honor 400 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 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
72.8
(Good)
Value Index
53.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Phone (3a)
vs
Honor 400

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.77 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2392 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.9:9 19.5:9
PPI 387 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Panda Glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 87.7% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% -
PWM 90 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Phone (3a)
1261 nits
Honor 400 +22%
1541 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.52 mm (6.44 inches) 156.5 mm (6.16 inches)
Width 77.5 mm (3.05 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.35 mm (0.33 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 201 g (7.09 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
Waterproof IP64 IP66
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Silver, Gold, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.84/5) Good (3.63/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) Β· 90 drops Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Phone (3a)
87.7%
Honor 400 +3%
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Nothing Phone (3a) and Honor 400
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 2500 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)		 - 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 - 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 810 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 1050 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Nothing Phone (3a) and Honor 400
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Phone (3a) +2%
1158
Honor 400
1136
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Phone (3a) +5%
3276
Honor 400
3107
Compute Score (GPU)
Phone (3a) +9%
4435
Honor 400
4060
Compute Score (GPU) 4435 4060
Single-core score 1158 1136
Multi-core score 3276 3107
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Phone (3a)
1050601
Honor 400 +4%
1087525
CPU 402549 403084
GPU 179108 207834
Memory 194640 216538
UX 274304 260069
Total score 1050601 1087525
Samples [38 tests] [32 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
Graphics score 379 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Phone (3a)
12382
Honor 400
n/a
Web score 11533 -
Video editing 6290 -
Photo editing 20294 -
Data manipulation 10511 -
Writing score 16899 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Nothing Phone (3a)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55CPU Throttle82%
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55Geekbench 6 GPU3328
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55Geekbench 6 CPU1158 / 3276
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (Aames Ng)AnTuTu 111069149
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (xperz3650)AnTuTu 111065584
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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 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 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 Nothing OS 4.0 MagicOS 10
OS updates 3 years 6 years
Security updates 4 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 50 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (61% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:06 hr 0:41 hr
Battery cycles 1400 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:06 hr 09:20 hr
Watching video 16:25 hr 12:17 hr
Gaming 05:49 hr 05:43 hr
Standby 131 hr 121 hr
General battery life
Phone (3a) +8%
25:03 hr
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, 2x 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 240 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - 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 S5KGN9 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.57" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.6 -
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL -
Sensor size 1/2.74" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.44" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch) -
Pixel size - 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 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 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
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
Phone (3a)
90.5 dB
Honor 400
n/a

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2025 May 2025
Release date March 2025 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

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Honor 400. It has a better display, camera, gaming, connectivity, and software.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
18 (48.6%)
19 (51.4%)
Total votes: 37

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