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OnePlus 15R vs Honor Magic 8 Pro Air

88 out of 100
OnePlus 15R
VS
87 out of 100
Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
OnePlus 15R
Honor Magic 8 Pro Air

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.83-inch OnePlus 15R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on December 17, 2025, against the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and came out 1 month 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 OnePlus 15R
  • Has a 0.52 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1900 mAh larger battery capacity: 7400 vs 5500 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
  • The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
  • 46% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4430K versus 3039K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Weighs 59 grams less
  • 21% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3366 and 2787 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.14 mm narrower

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15R and Honor Magic 8 Pro Air 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
71.6
(Good)
Value Index
22.6
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 15R
vs
Magic 8 Pro Air

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.31 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2800 pixels 1216 x 2640 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.5:9
PPI 450 ppi 461 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-165 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 15R
6.83″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Magic 8 Pro Air
6.31″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)

Design and build

Height 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) 150.5 mm (5.93 inches)
Width 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 6.1 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 214 g (7.55 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Gold, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15R and Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Max clock 3840 MHz 4210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime		 - 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro
- 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium
- 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 6 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 990
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1716 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15R and Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15R
2787
Magic 8 Pro Air +21%
3366
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15R
9181
Magic 8 Pro Air +15%
10603
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 15R
20796
Magic 8 Pro Air +19%
24660
Compute Score (GPU) 20796 24660
Single-core score 2787 3366
Multi-core score 9181 10603
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 15R
3039097
Magic 8 Pro Air +46%
4430255
CPU 935642 1302546
GPU 1004668 1820346
Memory 384268 457631
UX 714519 849732
Total score 3039097 4430255
Samples [12 tests] [2 tests]
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (93rd and 6th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 15R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-15 (Kolli)AnTuTu2919996
📘 2026-07-24 (Jawad)GeekBench CPU2787 / 9181
📘 2026-07-20 (Jawad)AnTuTu2893343
📘 2026-07-16 -> jackonatorAnTuTu2964928
📘 2026-06-28 (Ppopi)AnTuTu2886783
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Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-31 (Miklos)AnTuTu3617298
📘 2026-03-02 (gaerly)AnTuTu4430255
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 -
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM OxygenOS 16 MagicOS 10
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7400 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes -
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (64% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:53 hr -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:57 hr -
Watching video 27:30 hr -
Gaming 09:10 hr -
Standby 157 hr -
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.2x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 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/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 64 MP
Aperture - f/2.6
Focal length - 74 mm
Sensor size - 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 16 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32C -
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 6.0 6.0
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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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* 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 No No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2025 January 2026
Release date January 2026 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $699 -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life is more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 15R. But if the performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more of a priority – go for the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air.

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