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Honor Magic 8 vs Magic 7

90 out of 100
Honor Magic 8
VS
86 out of 100
Honor Magic 7
Honor Magic 8
Honor Magic 7

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.58-inch Honor Magic 8 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 15, 2025, against the Honor Magic 7, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 year before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 8
  • Comes with 1350 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 5650 mAh
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4037K versus 2967K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3722 and 3132 points
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 7
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)

Review

Evaluation of Honor Magic 8 and Magic 7 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Magic 8
86*
Magic 7
84*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Magic 8
89*
Magic 7
81*
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Magic 8
90*
Magic 7
86*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
86.7
(Very good)
Value Index
45.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Magic 8
vs
Magic 7

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.58 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1256 x 2760 pixels 1264 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 461 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Rhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 91.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
Magic 7
6.78β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Magic 8
6.58β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.2 in2
~7% more screen space

Design and build

Height 157.1 mm (6.19 inches) 162.1 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 74 mm (2.91 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green White, Black, Gold, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Magic 8
89.9%
Magic 7 +2%
91.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor Magic 8 and Honor Magic 7
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4600 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor Magic 8 and Honor Magic 7
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Magic 8 +19%
3722
Magic 7
3132
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Magic 8 +19%
11420
Magic 7
9598
Single-core score 3722 3132
Multi-core score 11420 9598
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Magic 8 +36%
4037547
Magic 7
2967184
CPU 1237864 932482
GPU 1445114 1156470
Memory 464843 358130
UX 889726 520102
Total score 4037547 2967184
Samples [6 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Magic 8
n/a
Magic 7
2460
Stability - 53%
Graphics test - 18 FPS
Graphics score - 2460
3DMark Solar Bay
Magic 8
n/a
Magic 7
11519
Graphics test - 44 FPS
Section 1 - 49 FPS
Section 2 - 44 FPS
Section 3 - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 11519
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Magic 8
n/a
Magic 7
19929
Web score - 23913
Video editing - 8032
Photo editing - 36496
Data manipulation - 17592
Writing score - 26385
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (14th and 105th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor Magic 8
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (ven)AnTuTu3838361
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (neoneos4zoom)AnTuTu4084669
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-10 (neoneos4zoom)GeekBench CPU3722 / 11420
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-10 (neoneos4zoom)AnTuTu4037547
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (neoneos4zoom)GeekBench CPU3712 / 11192
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Honor Magic 7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (Raim152)AnTuTu2979186
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Ronti)AnTuTu2967184
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-21 (reneval_da)AnTuTu2961082
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
OS updates 7 years 2 years
Security updates 7 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 5650 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
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 122Β° 122Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.3" (β‰ˆ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.4
Focal length - 68 mm
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 12 mm 12 mm
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

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 size 1/2.93" (β‰ˆ 0.34 inch) 1/2.93" (β‰ˆ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus -
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No 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)
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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 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, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
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 -

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 October 2024
Release date October 2025 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $630 $650
Successor - - Honor Magic 8
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - Yes, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Honor Magic 8. But if the sound is more of a priority – go for the Honor Magic 7.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
32 (34.4%)
61 (65.6%)
Total votes: 93

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