Honor 400 Smart vs Honor Magic 8 Pro

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Honor Magic 8 Pro (94/100)

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Honor 400 Smart (58/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Honor 400 Smart
Honor

Honor 400 Smart

58/100
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Honor Magic 8 Pro
Honor

Honor Magic 8 Pro

94/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Gaming 17.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 58.0 Below Average 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 33.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Battery cycles 1600 cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Capacity 6500 mAh 7200 mAh
Fast charging Yes Yes (81% in 30 min)
Max charge power 35 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Wireless charging No Yes (80 W)
Bypass charging — Yes
Full charging time — 0:40 hr
Gaming — 08:32 hr
Standby — 116 hr
Watching video — 24:12 hr
Web browsing — 14:24 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
CPU 229455 1207069
Data manipulation 8219 17118
GPU 60946 1513881
Memory 149015 461553
Multi-core score 2125 10610
Photo editing 20635 40028
Single-core score 941 3568
Total score 591791 3966144
UX 152375 783641
Video editing 3956 8214
Web score 10295 22533
Writing score 12611 30415
Compute Score (GPU) — 27643
Graphics score — 2979
Graphics test — 22 FPS
Section 1 — 56 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5.1 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Yes Yes
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
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
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* No Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Colors Black White, Black, Gold, Green
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Very good (B) · 180 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Frame material Plastic Metal
Height 166.9 mm (6.57 inches) 161.15 mm (6.34 inches)
Rear material Plastic Glass
Repairability Good (3.39/5) Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.32 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof IP64 IP69
Weight 189 g (6.67 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 75 mm (2.95 inches)
Advanced cooling — Vapor chamber

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 700 nits 1800 nits
PPI 286 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 720 x 1610 pixels 1256 x 2808 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Giant Rhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86% 89.9%
Size 6.77 inches 6.71 inches
Type TFT LCD OLED
Aspect ratio — 20:9
Display features — - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
Max rated brightness in HDR — 6000 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording No Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED LED
Image resolution 50 MP 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Depth: 2 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Stabilization Digital Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.7x
Angle of widest lens — 122°
Focal length — 23 mm
Pixel size — 1.2 micron
Sensor CMOS Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size — 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion — 240 FPS (1080p)

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 4 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Announced August 2025 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 35 W Yes, 120 W
Category Mid-range Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $129 $999
Release date August 2025 October 2025
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~460.8 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 900 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 256 1536
Graphics Adreno 619 Adreno 840
Lithography process 6 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2300 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-12-25(Haikal) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-09(Juanes) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-26(Gigi) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-01-05(Aiden) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-04-15(Nam Le) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-25->Lyncos — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-07(carrrpernaxa) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18(WatchingTV) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-19(WatchingTV) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
Megapixels 5 megapixels 50 megapixels
Sensor CMOS Omnivision OV50H
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 16
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Headphone audio jack Yes No
Speakers Stereo Stereo
Dolby Atmos — No
FM radio — No

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor 400 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Bokeh — 165
Samples — Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

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