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Motorola Edge 60 Neo vs Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G

65 out of 100
Motorola Edge 60 Neo
VS
69 out of 100
Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
Motorola Edge 60 Neo
Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.36-inch Motorola Edge 60 Neo (with MediaTek Dimensity 7400) that was released on September 5, 2025, against the Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 and came out 3 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 Motorola Edge 60 Neo
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 14.5 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
  • Comes with 2300 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 5200 mAh
  • Delivers 60% higher peak brightness (1771 against 1110 nits)
  • Has a 0.43 inch larger screen size
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 60 Neo and Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
79.9
(Good)
Value Index
49.5
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Edge 60 Neo
vs
Magic 8 Lite 5G

Display

Type POLED AMOLED
Size 6.36 inches 6.79 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2670 pixels 1200 x 2640 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.85:9
PPI 460 ppi 427 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 103.7% -
PWM 242 Hz -
Response time 2 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
Magic 8 Lite 5G
6.79β€³ (19.85:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
Edge 60 Neo
6.36β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Edge 60 Neo
1110 nits
Magic 8 Lite 5G +60%
1771 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 154.1 mm (6.07 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) 76.1 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 174.5 g (6.16 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Rear material Eco-leather Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Gray, Green, Red, Yellow Black, Green, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Excellent (4.04/5) Good (3.57/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) Β· 180 drops Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 60 Neo and Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Max clock 2600 MHz 2300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.3 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MP2 Adreno 810
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~665.6 GFLOPS ~588.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 60 Neo and Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge 60 Neo
3111
Magic 8 Lite 5G +28%
3980
Compute Score (GPU) 3111 3980
Single-core score 1071 1092
Multi-core score 3051 3106
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 60 Neo
964392
Magic 8 Lite 5G +3%
994655
CPU 336791 367868
GPU 150158 164059
Memory 189328 214576
UX 288115 248152
Total score 964392 994655
Samples [6 tests] Less than 3
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 60 Neo
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-26 (JokerSSJ)AnTuTu 11996402
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-05 (Luk13)AnTuTu 11936117
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Geibu!)AnTuTu 11964392
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-19 (Hellster)AnTuTu 11979399
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-02 (Pslna)AnTuTu 11899423
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Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM Hello UI MagicOS 10
OS size 41 GB -
OS updates 3 years 2 years
Security updates 4 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5200 mAh 7500 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (76% in 30 min) Yes (49% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 1:10 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 15:13 hr
Watching video - 20:32 hr
Gaming - 08:07 hr
Standby - 124 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12000 x 9000
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
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 240 FPS (1920p) -
Angle of widest lens 120Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700C Samsung HM6
Sensor size 1/1.5" (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 Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 73 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 17 mm
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 3456 x 4608
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.5
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.4 5.3
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
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2025 December 2025
Release date October 2025 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $460
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 66 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life and software are more important to you, then choose the Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G. But if the design and sound are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 60 Neo.

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