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Honor Magic V5 vs Magic V2

82 out of 100
Honor Magic V5
VS
66 out of 100
Honor Magic V2
Honor Magic V5
Honor Magic V2

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 7.95-inch Honor Magic V5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on July 2, 2025, against the Honor Magic V2, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 2 years 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 V5
  • Waterproof body (IP58 classification)
  • 53% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2663K versus 1738K)
  • Delivers 37% higher peak brightness (1306 against 955 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Comes with 820 mAh larger battery capacity: 5820 vs 5000 mAh
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic V2
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Honor Magic V5 and Magic V2 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Magic V5
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 V5
82*
Magic V2
66*
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 83% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Honor Magic V2 to Honor Magic V5 is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, camera, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Magic V5
vs
Magic V2

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 7.95 inches 7.92 inches
Resolution 2172 x 2352 pixels 2156 x 2344 pixels
Aspect ratio 10:9 9.78:9
PPI 403 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Honor Super Armored Inner Screen 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 99.2% 99.4%
PWM 360 Hz 2272 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Magic V5 +37%
1306 nits
Magic V2
955 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 156.8 mm (6.17 inches) 156.7 mm (6.17 inches)
Width 145.9 mm (5.74 inches) 145.4 mm (5.72 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 4.7 mm (0.19 inches)
Weight 217 g (7.65 oz) 237 g (8.36 oz)
Waterproof IP58 No
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gold, Brown Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Repairability Good (3.37/5) -
Drop resistance Average (D) · 70 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Magic V5
88.6%
Magic V2
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor Magic V5 and Honor Magic V2
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 4320 MHz 3360 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor Magic V5 and Honor Magic V2
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Magic V5 +57%
3049
Magic V2
1938
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Magic V5 +93%
9096
Magic V2
4708
Compute Score (GPU)
Magic V5
25445
Magic V2
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 25445 -
Single-core score 3049 1938
Multi-core score 9096 4708
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Magic V5 +53%
2663720
Magic V2
1738135
CPU 817708 564533
GPU 758007 433857
Memory 474962 325835
UX 613043 413910
Total score 2663720 1738135
Samples Less than 3 [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Magic V5 +123%
2386
Magic V2
1069
Graphics test 18 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2386 1069
3DMark Solar Bay
Magic V5
n/a
Magic V2
5507
Stability - 46%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Section 1 - 24 FPS
Section 2 - 21 FPS
Section 3 - 18 FPS
Graphics score - 5507
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Magic V5
16525
Magic V2
n/a
Web score 19453 -
Video editing 8156 -
Photo editing 32308 -
Data manipulation 12961 -
Writing score 16666 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#138th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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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 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
OS size - 26.2 GB
OS updates 7 years -
Security updates 7 years -

Battery

Capacity 5820 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (67% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 20 min)
Full charging time 0:53 hr 0:56 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:27 hr -
Watching video 12:20 hr -
Gaming 05:44 hr -
Standby 107 hr -
General battery life
Magic V5
21:30 hr
Magic V2
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9216 x 6912 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2.5x
Flash Dual 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 - 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 20 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/1.6 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 Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 64 MP 20 MP
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.4
Focal length 70 mm 62 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B -
Sensor size 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Stabilization Optical Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 5120 x 3840 3840 x 2160
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Additional lens 20 MP -
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 6.0 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
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
Magic V5
81.9 dB
Magic V2 +8%
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced July 2025 July 2023
Release date July 2025 July 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1999 $1599
Successor - - Honor Magic V5
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- 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 V5:
    - The white model weighs 217g, while the black, gold, and brown versions are heavier at 222g.
*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 V5 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
3 (37.5%)
5 (62.5%)
Total votes: 8

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