Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs Honor Magic 6 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy)) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Honor Magic 6 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 11% higher pixel density (501 vs 453 PPI)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 6 Pro
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (28:35 vs 26:30 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 45W)
  • Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1578 against 1459 nits)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Honor Magic 6 Pro 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
15.9
(Bad)
Value Index
41.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3088 pixels 1280 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 501 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Armor Jurhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 92.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 99.7%
PWM 480 Hz 360 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1459 nits
1578 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) 162.5 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 79 mm (3.11 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 232 g (8.18 oz) 225 g (7.94 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
92.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Honor Magic 6 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3390 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Honor Magic 6 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
15386
13918
Compute Score (GPU) 15386 13918
Single-core score 2259 2218
Multi-core score 7330 6749
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2345589
CPU 717970 668505
GPU 790073 826271
Memory 341284 360598
UX 492067 490215
Total score 2341394 2345589
Samples [42 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1700
Stability 71% 66%
Graphics test 11 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 1527 1700
3DMark Solar Bay
8599
Stability 63% -
Graphics test 29 FPS 33 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 33 FPS
Section 3 23 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 7748 8599
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 59% 66%
Graphics test 27 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 4531 4854
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
18027
15911
Web score 18499 17561
Video editing 8001 7737
Photo editing 35916 32627
Data manipulation 15552 13971
Writing score 22696 17036
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (176th and 172nd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 -> Rabbit5656AnTuTu2327770
📘 2026-09-05 (Rabbit5656)AnTuTu2327770
📘 2026-08-29 (otash_miks)AnTuTu2375215
📘 2026-08-27 (Ông Năm PT)AnTuTu2383615
📘 2026-08-10 (Era)AnTuTu2333792
Honor Magic 6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-08 (NikimanTI)AnTuTu2379278
📘 2026-02-24 (techtest)AnTuTu2397180
📘 2026-02-14 (7xossam1)AnTuTu2303462
📘 2026-02-07 (Honor android sigma🗿)AnTuTu2390790
📘 2026-01-09 (freqr)AnTuTu2331069

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM One UI 8.0 MagicOS 9
OS size 28 GB 26 GB
OS updates 7 years 2 years
Security updates 7 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5600 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (66 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (69% in 30 min) Yes (47% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 0:44 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr 12:44 hr
Watching video 18:00 hr 18:35 hr
Gaming 05:51 hr 06:20 hr
Standby 122 hr 122 hr
General battery life
26:30 hr
28:35 hr
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (121st and 76th place)

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 2.5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 12 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 180 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.4 - 2.0
Focal length 23 mm 27 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 180 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.6
Focal length 111 mm 68 mm
Sensor Sony IMX854 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.56 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Omnivision OV50D
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 85
Preview 82 83
Zoom 145 160
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor Magic 6 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 22 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Sony IMX816
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 149
Video - 155

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 5.3 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
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
93 dB
87.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 January 2024
Release date January 2024 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $800
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - Honor Magic 8 Pro
SAR (head) 1.06 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 80 W
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 Ultra:
    - There is a model with two physical SIM cards and no eSIM, and another with one physical SIM card and eSIM support.
Notes on Magic 6 Pro:
    - The rear cover is available in eco-leather, which adds 4 grams to the smartphone's weight.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Honor Magic 6 Pro. But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
469 (24.3%)
1464 (75.7%)
Total votes: 1933

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hahah September 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
the type of screem protection in honor is better
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Aja April 23, 2025 at 09:02 PM
I love this site man
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WAEL October 25, 2024 at 06:12 PM
Pwm of honor is 4320 Hz not 240 It's one of the most important things of it.
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Omer mohmed July 14, 2024 at 09:32 AM
Bro performance in s24 ultra is better than honor Magic 6 pro.
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MC Lombaard August 3, 2024 at 07:13 AM
Not even close. After 15 min S24 Ultra perf drops massive due to thermal throttling
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Mahyad irani June 22, 2024 at 04:54 PM
Magic is really better.
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Mighty March 17, 2024 at 04:18 PM
The battery life of the new Honor Magic 6 Pro is unbeatable. Even the iPhone 15 Plus and other phones, known for their superior battery life, cannot compete with the Honor Magic 6 Pro, regardless of whether the conditions are favorable or unfavorable.
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