Honor 500 vs realme 16
Honor
500
realme
16
At a glance
- Brand
- Honor
- realme
- Release date
- November 2025, 7 months ago
- January 2026, 5 months ago
- Launch price
- CN¥ 2,699.00 ($ 395.33)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.405.000 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 96% of devices
- 454.000 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 71% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.55"
- 6.57"
- Resolution
- 1264 x 2736 px QHD
- 1080 x 2372 px FHD+
- Type
- AMOLED
- AMOLED
- Density
- 460 ppi Very high density
- 391 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Peak brightness - 6000 cd/m², HDR10+, DCI-P3, Scratch resistant, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 600 cd/m² (typ), Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1400 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4000 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4500 cd/m², 5000000:1 contrast ratio, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Scratch resistant, Dual Edge display, 3D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen4
- MediaTek Dimensity 6400
- CPU
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex X4 + 3x 3 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex A720
- 2× Cortex A76 a 2.5 GHz +6× Cortex A55 a 2.0 GHz
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 4 nm
- 6 nm
- Frequency
- 4.32 GHz
- 2.5 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 825
- Mali-G57 MC2
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 8 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- LPDDR4X RAM
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 200 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.9
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Samsung ISOCELL HP3
- Sony IMX852
- Pixel size
- 0.56 µm
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- Sensor size
- 1/1.4"
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- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 480 fps
- Yes, 480 fps
- Features
- Noise reduction, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
- Time-Lapse, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Dual PDAF, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Dual capture, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 2.4
Battery
- Capacity
- 8000 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 80.0W
- Yes , 60.0W
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 3.1
- UFS Storage 2.2
- SD slot
- No
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
Body
- Dimensions
- 74.2 mm 155.8 mm 7.7 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.1 mm 158.3 mm 8.1 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 198 g
- 181 g
- Materials
- Aluminium alloy
- Leather
- Colors
- Black White Blue Pink
- Black Electric Gray
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68, IP69
- IP68, IP69 , MIL-STD-810H
- Usable surface
- 91 %
- 89 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 16 Android 16
- Android 15 RealmeUI 6.0 (Android 15)
- Google services
- Without Google Mobile services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.3 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 6E
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), QZSS (L1 + L5)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), Galileo (E1+E5a)
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900), B19 (800), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B5 (850), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, in screen
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- Hi-Res Audio, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Compass
- —
- Yes
