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Honor 70 vs Magic 6 Lite

56 out of 100
Honor 70
VS
55 out of 100
Honor Magic 6 Lite
Honor 70
Honor Magic 6 Lite

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Honor 70 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus) that was released on May 30, 2022, against the Honor Magic 6 Lite, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 6 months after. 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 70
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 35W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • 39% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1064 and 768 points
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 6 Lite
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Shows 12% longer battery life (24:47 vs 22:06 hours)
  • Delivers 33% higher peak brightness (999 against 751 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • The phone is 1 year and 6 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

Review

Evaluation of Honor 70 and Magic 6 Lite crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
18.7
(Bad)
Value Index
54.6
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 70
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Magic 6 Lite

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1220 x 2652 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 431 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 800 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 91.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 96.6%
PWM 61 Hz 528 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 70
751 nits
Magic 6 Lite +33%
999 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 163.6 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) 75.5 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 7.91 mm (0.31 inches) 7.98 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 178 g (6.28 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
Waterproof No IP53
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green Black, Green, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 70
90.8%
Magic 6 Lite +1%
91.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 70 and Honor Magic 6 Lite
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Max clock 2500 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 642L Adreno 710
GPU shading units 512 256
GPU clock 608 MHz 676 MHz
FLOPS ~622.6 GFLOPS ~346.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 70 and Honor Magic 6 Lite
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 70 +39%
1064
Magic 6 Lite
768
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 70 +78%
3025
Magic 6 Lite
1695
Single-core score 1064 768
Multi-core score 3025 1695
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 70
765434
Magic 6 Lite
764174
CPU 293328 288272
GPU 104371 55940
Memory 148940 206760
UX 218795 213202
Total score 765434 764174
Samples [3 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 1 FPS
Graphics score - 198
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 11724
Video editing - 7192
Photo editing - 23664
Data manipulation - 9644
Writing score - 13859
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 70
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Fizzo)AnTuTu 11806003
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-11 (samsudin)AnTuTu 11787971
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-08 (pakarudin)AnTuTu 11765434
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-06 (samkuek)AnTuTu 11668918
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Honor Magic 6 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-14 (Iuli)AnTuTu 11764174
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-09 (Avery)Geekbench 6 CPU768 / 1695
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels - 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM Magic UI 8 Magic UI 9.0
OS size 21 GB 33 GB

Battery

Capacity 4800 mAh 5300 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 35 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 50 min)
Full charging time 0:50 hr 1:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:26 hr 10:25 hr
Watching video 13:55 hr 16:12 hr
Gaming 05:40 hr 05:19 hr
Standby 98 hr 111 hr
General battery life
Honor 70
22:06 hr
Magic 6 Lite +12%
24:47 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 54 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8768 x 6144 12000 x 9000
Zoom Digital Digital (lossless), 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 122Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 54 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 54 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Sensor Sony IMX800 Samsung HM6
Sensor size 1/1.49" (β‰ˆ 0.67 inch) 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 55 -
Preview 60 -
Zoom 77 -
Samples Photo samples of Honor 70 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 3456 x 4608
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.5
Sensor Omnivision OV32C CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (β‰ˆ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital No
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.1
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor 70
80.6 dB
Magic 6 Lite +12%
90.2 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2022 December 2023
Release date June 2022 December 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $550 $279
Successor - - Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Honor 70. But if the display, battery life, software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Honor Magic 6 Lite.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
4 (66.7%)
2 (33.3%)
Total votes: 6

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