Honor Magic 7 Pro vs Magic 6 Pro
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83
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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 Magic 6 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 10 months before. 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
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- 29% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3014K versus 2345K)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
- 38% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3051 and 2218 points
- The phone is 10 months newer
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 6 Pro
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 7% longer battery life (28:35 vs 26:42 hours)
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2800 pixels | 1280 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 453 ppi | 453 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 5000 nits | 5000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | NanoCrystal Shield | Jurhino Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.5% | 92.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 360 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.7 mm (6.41 inches) | 162.5 mm (6.4 inches) |
| Width | 77.1 mm (3.04 inches) | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 223 g (7.87 oz) | 225 g (7.94 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue | White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple |
| 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 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 18499 | 13918 |
| Single-core score | 3051 | 2218 |
| Multi-core score | 8977 | 6749 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 890143 | 668505 |
| GPU | 1168623 | 826271 |
| Memory | 371223 | 360598 |
| UX | 584444 | 490215 |
| Total score | 3014433 | 2345589 |
| Samples | [15 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 62% | 66% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2482 | 1700 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 43 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 1 | 49 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 3 | 37 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | 11409 | 8599 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 4854 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 24937 | 17561 |
| Video editing | 8080 | 7737 |
| Photo editing | 41656 | 32627 |
| Data manipulation | 16836 | 13971 |
| Writing score | 26740 | 17036 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (102nd and 176th 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 Magic 6 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-08 (NikimanTI) | AnTuTu 11 | 2379278 |
| 📘 2026-02-24 (techtest) | AnTuTu 11 | 2397180 |
| 📘 2026-02-14 (7xossam1) | AnTuTu 11 | 2303462 |
| 📘 2026-02-07 (Honor android sigma🗿) | AnTuTu 11 | 2390790 |
| 📘 2026-01-09 (freqr) | AnTuTu 11 | 2331069 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | MagicOS 9 |
| OS size | 30.2 GB | 26 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5850 mAh | 5600 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 (66 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (90% in 30 min) | Yes (47% in 15 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:36 hr | 0:44 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 13:07 hr | 12:44 hr |
| Watching video | 16:11 hr | 18:35 hr |
| Gaming | 06:20 hr | 06:20 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 122 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (114th and 76th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 2.5x |
| 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° | 122° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 180 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 2.0 | f/1.4 - 2.0 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 27 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | Omnivision OV50H |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 180 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | 60 mm | 68 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50D | Omnivision OV50D |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 160 | 85 |
| Preview | - | 83 |
| Zoom | 150 | 160 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 7 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Honor Magic 6 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 | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX816 | Sony IMX816 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 149 |
| Video | - | 155 |
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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| 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 | 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 | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2024 | January 2024 |
| Release date | November 2024 | January 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1100 | $800 |
| Successor | - Honor Magic 8 Pro | - 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 |
Further details
Notes on Magic 6 Pro:
- The rear cover is available in eco-leather, which adds 4 grams to the smartphone's weight.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Honor Magic 7 Pro. But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Honor Magic 6 Pro.
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