Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Apple iPhone 17
94
out of 100
VS
87
out of 100
Honor Magic 8 Pro
12 / 512 GB
Apple iPhone 17
8 / 512 GB
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.71-inch Honor Magic 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 15, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17, which is powered by Apple A19 and came out 2 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 8 Pro
- Delivers 419% higher peak brightness (5231 against 1008 nits)
- The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
- Comes with 3508 mAh larger battery capacity: 7200 vs 3692 mAh
- 84% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3966K versus 2156K)
- Shows 26% longer battery life (32:06 vs 25:32 hours)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 40W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.41 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 42 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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.71 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1256 x 2808 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 458 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 6000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Giant Rhino Glass | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.6% |
| PWM | - | 241 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Magic 8 Pro
6.71″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
iPhone 17
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 75 mm (2.95 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) | 8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 219 g (7.72 oz) | 177 g (6.24 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gold, Green | White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.41/5) | Average (2.82/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 180 drops | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Apple A19 |
| Max clock | 4610 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~2073.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27643 | 37553 |
| Single-core score | 3568 | 3736 |
| Multi-core score | 10610 | 9226 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1207069 | 598735 |
| GPU | 1513881 | 803562 |
| Memory | 461553 | 200566 |
| UX | 783641 | 553263 |
| Total score | 3966144 | 2156126 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [19 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 72% |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2979 | 2147 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 47 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 1 | 56 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 2 | 46 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 3 | 40 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Graphics score | 12492 | 9465 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 22533 | - |
| Video editing | 8214 | - |
| Photo editing | 40028 | - |
| Data manipulation | 17118 | - |
| Writing score | 30415 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#19th place)
Recent User Tests
Honor Magic 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-19 (WatchingTV) | AnTuTu | 4000373 |
| 📘 2026-07-18 (WatchingTV) | AnTuTu | 3966144 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (carrrpernaxa) | AnTuTu | 3649917 |
| 📘 2026-06-25 -> Lyncos | AnTuTu | 2869245 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 (Nam Le) | GeekBench CPU | 3568 / 10610 |
Apple iPhone 17
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-27 (Zharkyn) | AnTuTu | 2243285 |
| 📘 2026-08-07 (Aarav) | AnTuTu | 1776737 |
| 📘 2026-08-06 (yuki) | AnTuTu | 2352837 |
| 📘 2026-07-25 (Taelnwza) | AnTuTu | 2117495 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (fanz) | AnTuTu | 2109654 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 512 GB | 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | - |
| OS updates | 7 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7200 mAh | 3692 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (80 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (81% in 30 min) | Yes (63% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:40 hr | 1:25 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1600 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 14:24 hr | 09:21 hr |
| Watching video | 24:12 hr | 19:24 hr |
| Gaming | 08:32 hr | 06:44 hr |
| Standby | 116 hr | 109 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#27th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.7x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | 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° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | Sony IMX904 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | - |
| Focal length | 85 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP9 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50D | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 165 | 170 |
| Zoom | 155 | 105 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX816 | Sony IMX914 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | Yes |
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 | 6.0 | 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 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2025 | September 2025 |
| Release date | October 2025 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $799 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Honor Magic 8 Pro. But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 17.
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