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Huawei Mate X3 vs Honor Magic V2

71 out of 100
Huawei Mate X3
VS
66 out of 100
Honor Magic V2
Huawei Mate X3
Honor Magic V2

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 7.85-inch Huawei Mate X3 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on March 23, 2023, against the Honor Magic V2, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 4 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 Huawei Mate X3
  • Waterproof body (IPX8 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic V2
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • 14% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1738K versus 1530K)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1

Review

Evaluation of Huawei Mate X3 and Honor Magic V2 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Mate X3
76*
Magic V2
60*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Mate X3
79
Magic V2
63*
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
Mate X3
71*
Magic V2
66*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
16 / 256 GB
3.4
(Bad)
Value Index
2.6
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Mate X3
vs
Magic V2

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 7.85 inches 7.92 inches
Resolution 2224 x 2496 pixels 2156 x 2344 pixels
Aspect ratio - 9.78:9
PPI 426 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 99.4%
PWM 484 Hz 2272 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Mate X3 +2%
967 nits
Magic V2
949 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 156.9 mm (6.18 inches) 156.7 mm (6.17 inches)
Width 141.5 mm (5.57 inches) 145.4 mm (5.72 inches)
Thickness 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) 4.7 mm (0.19 inches)
Weight 241 g (8.5 oz) 237 g (8.36 oz)
Waterproof IPX8 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green, Purple Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Mate X3
88.9%
Magic V2
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei Mate X3 and Honor Magic V2
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3190 MHz 3360 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2		 - 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 6 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 900 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei Mate X3 and Honor Magic V2
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Mate X3
1828
Magic V2 +6%
1938
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Mate X3
4718
Magic V2
4708
Compute Score (GPU)
Mate X3
6558
Magic V2
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 6558 -
Single-core score 1828 1938
Multi-core score 4718 4708
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Mate X3
1530652
Magic V2 +14%
1738135
CPU 545742 564533
GPU 420252 433857
Memory 219675 325835
UX 344983 413910
Total score 1530652 1738135
Samples Less than 3 [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Mate X3
n/a
Magic V2
1069
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1069
3DMark Solar Bay
Mate X3
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]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei Mate X3
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Honor Magic V2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> SenkanokoAnTuTu 111841583
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Rocky)AnTuTu 111738135
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-28 (Polar)AnTuTu 111701633
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card Nano Memory No
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 13 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM EMUI 13.1 MagicOS 10
OS size - 26.2 GB

Battery

Capacity 4800 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 20 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:56 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 14:41 hr -
Watching video 21:00 hr -
Gaming 06:34 hr -
Standby 86 hr -
General battery life
Mate X3
28:01 hr
Magic V2
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x 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 960 FPS (1080p) 60 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 122Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 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/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX766 Sony IMX866
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.49" (β‰ˆ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 12 MP 20 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.4
Focal length 125 mm 62 mm
Sensor Sony IMX351 -
Sensor size 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX688 -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 3840 x 2160
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2 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, NAVIC 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* No No
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Mate X3
86.5 dB
Magic V2 +2%
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2023 July 2023
Release date April 2023 July 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $2199 $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
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, battery life, and design are more important to you, then choose the Huawei Mate X3. But if the performance, gaming, connectivity, and software are more of a priority – go for the Honor Magic V2.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
22 (48.9%)
23 (51.1%)
Total votes: 45

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