Honor Magic 5 Pro vs Magic 4 Pro
90
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79
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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 Honor Magic 4 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 12 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
- Shows 48% longer battery life (37:04 vs 25:00 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- 43% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1444K versus 1009K)
- Delivers 28% higher peak brightness (1221 against 956 nits)
- Comes with 500 mAh larger battery capacity: 5100 vs 4600 mAh
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
- The phone is 1-year newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 34% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1962 and 1459 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 4 Pro
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 66W)
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.
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.81 inches | 6.81 inches |
| Resolution | 1312 x 2848 pixels | 1312 x 2848 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.54:9 | 19.54:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1800 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91% | 93% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.7% | 94.7% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 119 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.77 mm (0.35 inches) | 9.15 mm (0.36 inches) |
| Weight | 219 g (7.72 oz) | 215 g (7.58 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green | White, Black, Gold, Green, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 2560 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3481.6 GFLOPS | ~2512.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 324719 | 259919 |
| GPU | 582299 | 367772 |
| Memory | 284443 | 179429 |
| UX | 254756 | 205090 |
| Total score | 1444745 | 1009679 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 37.6 °C | 38.6 °C |
| Stability | 47% | 63% |
| Graphics test | 75 FPS | 59 FPS |
| Graphics score | 12649 | 9862 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 12304 |
| Video editing | - | 7558 |
| Photo editing | - | 29522 |
| Data manipulation | - | 10525 |
| Writing score | - | 16463 |
Best Smartphones in AnTuTu (26th and 96th place)
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12, 16 GB | 8, 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256, 512 GB | 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 | Android 12 |
| ROM | Magic UI 7.1 | Magic UI 6 |
| OS size | 24 GB | 21 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5100 mAh | 4600 mAh |
| Max charge power | 66 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (100 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (75% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 12 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 0:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 13:43 hr | 09:14 hr |
| Watching video | 16:12 hr | 11:47 hr |
| Gaming | 04:59 hr | 05:28 hr |
| Standby | 118 hr | 68 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 9216 x 6912 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.5x | Optical, 3.5x |
| 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 | 960 FPS (720p) | - |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 122° |
| Lenses | 4 (50 MP + 50 MP + 50 MP) | 4 (50 MP + 50 MP + 64 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 |
- 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 23 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56", Sony IMX766 (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 |
- 64 MP - Aperture: f/3.5 - Focal length: 90 mm - Pixel size: 0.7 micron - Sensor: 1/2.0", Omnivision OV64B (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 |
- 50 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Sensor: 1/2.5" (CMOS) |
| 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 Honor Magic 4 Pro from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4096 x 3072 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 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 | 5.2 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | - |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2023 | February 2022 |
| Release date | March 2023 | April 2022 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 66 W | Yes, 100 W |
*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 5 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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