Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) vs Honor 400
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Honor 400, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 8 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 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1436K versus 1087K)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 51% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1720 and 1136 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 400
- Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4500 mAh
- Delivers 57% higher peak brightness (1551 against 986 nits)
- Shows 15% longer battery life (23:16 vs 20:15 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 25W)
- Thinner bezels – 7% more screen real estate
- 14% higher pixel density (460 vs 403 PPI)
- The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
- Weighs 25 grams less
- 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 | Dynamic AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.4 inches | 6.55 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1264 x 2736 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1450 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 5000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.2% | 90.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 158 mm (6.22 inches) | 156.5 mm (6.16 inches) |
| Width | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 184 g (6.49 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP66 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.63/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 2630 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 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 | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 720 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 512 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 975 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 4060 |
| Single-core score | 1720 | 1136 |
| Multi-core score | 4204 | 3107 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 516037 | 403084 |
| GPU | 391403 | 207834 |
| Memory | 186259 | 216538 |
| UX | 343264 | 260069 |
| Total score | 1436963 | 1087525 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [32 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 68% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 793 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11636 | - |
| Video editing | 7420 | - |
| Photo editing | 30352 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12061 | - |
| Writing score | 16397 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-09-14 (Luis Maldonado) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1720 / 4204 |
| 📘 2024-09-07 (Eduardo) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1652 / 4021 |
Honor 400
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-11 (Bro) | AnTuTu 12 | 956529 |
| 📘 2026-08-11 (Baclaven) | AnTuTu 11 | 947758 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg) | AnTuTu 11 | 1102591 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (TheOdin) | AnTuTu 11 | 1098513 |
| 📘 2026-06-08 (brozzlex) | AnTuTu 11 | 1089031 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS updates | 4 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 6000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 30 min) | Yes (80% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 0:41 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:09 hr | 09:20 hr |
| Watching video | 10:02 hr | 12:17 hr |
| Gaming | 04:27 hr | 05:43 hr |
| Standby | 118 hr | 121 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 16384 x 12288 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | - |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 112° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGN3 | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 76 mm | - |
| Sensor | Hynix Hi847 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 50 | - |
| Preview | 67 | - |
| Zoom | 123 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | 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 6E (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 | 5.3 | 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 | 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* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | October 2023 | May 2025 |
| Release date | October 2023 | May 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $499 |
| Successor | - | - Honor 500 |
| SAR (head) | 0.76 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.04 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 100 W |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon):
- The Galaxy S23 FE is available in the USA with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, whereas other countries receive a version with the Exynos 2200.
- The base (128 GB) storage utilizes a UFS 3.1 memory type, whereas the higher-tier 256 GB variant is equipped with UFS 4.0.
- Models are available with a single SIM card, dual SIMs, or dual SIMs plus eSIM (depending on the market).
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Honor 400. But if the performance, gaming, connectivity, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon).
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