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Honor Magic V3 vs Magic V2

76 out of 100
Honor Magic V3
VS
66 out of 100
Honor Magic V2
Honor Magic V3
Honor Magic V2

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 7.92-inch Honor Magic V3 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on July 12, 2024, against the Honor Magic V2, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 V3
  • Waterproof body (IPX8 classification)
  • Delivers 119% higher peak brightness (2076 against 949 nits)
  • 37% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2388K versus 1738K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2144 and 1938 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic V2
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB

Review

Evaluation of Honor Magic V3 and Magic V2 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Magic V3
80*
Magic V2
60*
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Magic V3
76*
Magic V2
66*
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
16 / 256 GB
13.5
(Bad)
Value Index
2.6
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Magic V3
vs
Magic V2

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 7.92 inches 7.92 inches
Resolution 2156 x 2344 pixels 2156 x 2344 pixels
Aspect ratio 9.78:9 9.78:9
PPI 402 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 5000 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection King Kong Rhinoceros Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 99.4%
PWM 120 Hz 2272 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Magic V3 +119%
2076 nits
Magic V2
949 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 156.6 mm (6.17 inches) 156.7 mm (6.17 inches)
Width 145.3 mm (5.72 inches) 145.4 mm (5.72 inches)
Thickness 4.35 mm (0.17 inches) 4.7 mm (0.19 inches)
Weight 226 g (7.97 oz) 237 g (8.36 oz)
Waterproof IPX8 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Magic V3
88.6%
Magic V2
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor Magic V3 and Honor Magic V2
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3300 MHz 3360 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 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		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor Magic V3 and Honor Magic V2
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Magic V3 +11%
2144
Magic V2
1938
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Magic V3 +37%
6433
Magic V2
4708
Compute Score (GPU)
Magic V3
16423
Magic V2
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 16423 -
Single-core score 2144 1938
Multi-core score 6433 4708
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Magic V3 +37%
2388314
Magic V2
1738135
CPU 764950 564533
GPU 778761 433857
Memory 398953 325835
UX 445650 413910
Total score 2388314 1738135
Samples Less than 3 [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Magic V3
n/a
Magic V2
1069
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1069
3DMark Solar Bay
Magic V3 +23%
6766
Magic V2
5507
Stability - 46%
Graphics test 26 FPS 21 FPS
Section 1 32 FPS 24 FPS
Section 2 24 FPS 21 FPS
Section 3 19 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 6766 5507
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Magic V3
16265
Magic V2
n/a
Web score 17430 -
Video editing 7797 -
Photo editing 32391 -
Data manipulation 16185 -
Writing score 15980 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#165th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor Magic V3
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Honor Magic V2
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-22 -> SenkanokoAnTuTu 111841583
📘 2025-12-08 (Rocky)AnTuTu 111738135
📘 2025-09-28 (Polar)AnTuTu 111701633
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
OS size 29 GB 26.2 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 3 years -

Battery

Capacity 5150 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 66 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 20 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 0:56 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:17 hr -
Watching video 11:53 hr -
Gaming 04:29 hr -
Standby 101 hr -
General battery life
Magic V3
19:45 hr
Magic V2
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 5120 x 3840 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.5x 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 - 60 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 40 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 20 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX866
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 20 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.4
Focal length 90 mm 62 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50C -
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) -
Pixel size 0.6 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 40 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 16 mm 13 mm
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 3840 x 2160
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor - CMOS
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 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/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 5.3 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.1
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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Magic V3
86.4 dB
Magic V2 +2%
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced July 2024 July 2023
Release date July 2024 July 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1399 $1599
Successor - Honor Magic V5 - Honor Magic V5
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 W Yes, 66 W
Further details
Notes on Magic V3:
    - The model in black color weighs 226 grams, while the others weigh 230 grams.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor Magic V3 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
39 (41.9%)
54 (58.1%)
Total votes: 93

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