Honor Magic 5 Pro vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.81-inch Honor Magic 5 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on February 27, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 5 Pro
- Comes with 777 mAh larger battery capacity: 5100 vs 4323 mAh
- The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 27W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- The phone is 6-months newer
- Weighs 21 grams less
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Shows 24% longer battery life (45:54 vs 37:04 hours)
- Delivers 43% higher peak brightness (1762 against 1230 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Honor
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 27% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2531 and 1987 points
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
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.81 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1312 x 2848 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.54:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1800 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91% | 88.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.7% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 160.7 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.77 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 219 g (7.72 oz) | 240 g (8.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green | Black, Silver, Gold, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 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 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Apple A16 GPU |
| GPU shading units | 2560 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3481.6 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 324719 | 310783 |
| GPU | 582299 | 514249 |
| Memory | 284443 | 234912 |
| UX | 254756 | 404558 |
| Total score | 1452725 | 1474807 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 37.6 °C | 46 °C |
| Stability | 47% | 82% |
| Graphics test | 75 FPS | 58 FPS |
| Graphics score | 12649 | 9851 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12, 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256, 512 GB | 128, 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 17) |
| ROM | Magic UI 7.1 | - |
| OS size | 24 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5100 mAh | 4323 mAh |
| Max charge power | 66 W | 27 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (75% in 30 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 1:52 hr |
| Web browsing | 13:43 hr | 15:02 hr |
| Watching video | 16:12 hr | 21:10 hr |
| Gaming | 04:59 hr | 07:04 hr |
| Standby | 118 hr | 156 hr |
General battery life
Phones With the Best Battery Life (70th and 6th place)
Camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.5x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual 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 | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 120° |
| Lenses | 4 (50 MP + 50 MP + 50 MP) | 4 (48 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.6 - Focal length: 23 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/1.12", Sony IMX878 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 48 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/1.28", Sony IMX803 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/3.0 - Focal length: 90 mm - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Sensor: 1/3.5", Sony IMX713 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/2.0 - Focal length: 13 mm - Sensor: 1/2.5" (CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Sony IMX633 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
| Depth lens | Yes | Yes |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 5 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4096 x 3072 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | - | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 microns |
| Sensor type | - | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2023 | September 2022 |
| Release date | March 2023 | September 2022 |
| 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, 66 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Honor Magic 5 Pro. But if the battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max.
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