Honor Magic 7 Pro vs 500 Pro
86
out of 100
VS
90
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Honor Magic 7 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 30, 2024, against the Honor 500 Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 1 year and 1 month 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 Honor Magic 7 Pro
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
Reasons to consider the Honor 500 Pro
- Comes with 2150 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 5850 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
- Weighs 22 grams less
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 | OLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.55 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2800 pixels | 1264 x 2736 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 453 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 5000 nits | 6000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | NanoCrystal Shield | Aluminosilicate |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.5% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | - |
| PWM | 360 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Magic 7 Pro
6.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
500 Pro
6.55″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.7 mm (6.41 inches) | 155.8 mm (6.13 inches) |
| Width | 77.1 mm (3.04 inches) | 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.75 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 223 g (7.87 oz) | 201 g (7.09 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | - |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue | Black, Silver, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.63/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 90 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 4320 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 18499 | 24091 |
| Single-core score | 3051 | 3155 |
| Multi-core score | 8977 | 9430 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 890143 | 1090319 |
| GPU | 1168623 | 1124612 |
| Memory | 371223 | 339026 |
| UX | 584444 | 679587 |
| Total score | 3014433 | 3233535 |
| Samples | [15 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 62% | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2482 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 43 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 49 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 37 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 11409 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 24937 | - |
| Video editing | 8080 | - |
| Photo editing | 41656 | - |
| Data manipulation | 16836 | - |
| Writing score | 26740 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (104th and 65th place)
Recent User Tests
Honor Magic 7 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-28 (Hyenasher) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3051 / 8977 |
| 📘 2026-07-08 (Jason) | AnTuTu 11 | 3112895 |
| 📘 2026-06-20 -> Sang | AnTuTu 11 | 3014433 |
| 📘 2026-06-19 -> Sang | AnTuTu 11 | 3007761 |
| 📘 2026-06-05 (hystericalneurosis) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2981 / 8762 |
Honor 500 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-18 (Amin7r) | AnTuTu 12 | 3254498 |
| 📘 2026-06-25 (Amin7r) | AnTuTu 11 | 3155685 |
| 📘 2026-01-09 (e) | AnTuTu 11 | 3233535 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | - |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 16 |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS size | 30.2 GB | - |
| OS updates | 7 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5850 mAh | 8000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (80 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (90% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 0:36 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 13:07 hr | - |
| Watching video | 16:11 hr | - |
| Gaming | 06:20 hr | - |
| Standby | 109 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#114th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 16384 x 12288 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 117° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 60 mm | 68 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50D | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 160 | - |
| Zoom | 150 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 7 Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX816 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 6.0 |
| 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, DP 1.2 | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | 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 | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2024 | November 2025 |
| Release date | November 2024 | November 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1100 | $505 |
| Successor | - Honor Magic 8 Pro | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Yes, 80 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the battery life and design are more important to you, then choose the Honor 500 Pro. But if the sound is more of a priority – go for the Honor Magic 7 Pro.
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