Vivo X300 vs Honor Magic 8
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.31-inch Vivo X300 (with MediaTek Dimensity 9500) that was released on October 13, 2025, against the Honor Magic 8, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 8
- Comes with 960 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 6040 mAh
- 21% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4037K versus 3330K)
- 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3722 and 3204 points
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.31 inches | 6.58 inches |
| Resolution | 1216 x 2640 pixels | 1256 x 2760 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 461 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 6000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Reinforced Glass | Giant Rhino Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.3% | 89.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | - |
| PWM | 360 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | β Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 150.57 mm (5.93 inches) | 157.1 mm (6.19 inches) |
| Width | 71.92 mm (2.83 inches) | 74 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) | 8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 205 g (7.23 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | - |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Purple | White, Black, Gold, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) Β· 180 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Max clock | 4210 MHz | 4600 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro - 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium - 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1716 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 25501 | - |
| Single-core score | 3204 | 3722 |
| Multi-core score | 9874 | 11420 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 981387 | 1237864 |
| GPU | 1256247 | 1445114 |
| Memory | 364630 | 464843 |
| UX | 728537 | 889726 |
| Total score | 3330801 | 4037547 |
| Samples | [25 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 57% | - |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3119 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 49 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 56 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 48 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 42 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 12817 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14375 | - |
| Video editing | 5995 | - |
| Photo editing | 34571 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12159 | - |
| Writing score | 22695 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (49th and 14th place)
Recent User Tests
Vivo X300
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-07 (Asura) | CPU Throttle | 63% |
| π 2026-08-23 (vakiho) | AnTuTu | 3455310 |
| π 2026-08-22 -> Asura | AnTuTu | 3524597 |
| π 2026-08-12 (burmalda) | AnTuTu | 3363428 |
| π 2026-08-05 (nimuruta) | AnTuTu | 3651353 |
Honor Magic 8
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-04 (ven) | AnTuTu | 3838361 |
| π 2026-04-23 (neoneos4zoom) | AnTuTu | 4084669 |
| π 2026-04-10 (neoneos4zoom) | GeekBench CPU | 3722 / 11420 |
| π 2026-04-10 (neoneos4zoom) | AnTuTu | 4037547 |
| π 2026-04-09 (neoneos4zoom) | GeekBench CPU | 3712 / 11192 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | OriginOS 6 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS updates | 5 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6040 mAh | 7000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 90 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (40 W) | Yes (80 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (67% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 12:36 hr | - |
| Watching video | 20:41 hr | - |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | - |
| Standby | 107 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#81st place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12288 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| 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 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119Β° | 122Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.68 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HPB | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (β 0.71 inch) | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 70 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-602 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2.88" (β 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 20 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2.93" (β 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 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 | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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 | 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 |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2025 | October 2025 |
| Release date | October 2025 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $630 |
| Sensors | - 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 | - |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the battery life, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Honor Magic 8. But if the connectivity and sound are more of a priority β go for the Vivo X300.
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