Xiaomi 14 Ultra vs Honor Magic 6 Pro

80 out of 100
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
VS
83 out of 100
Honor Magic 6 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 14 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on February 22, 2024, against the Honor Magic 6 Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 2 months 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 Xiaomi 14 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 15% higher pixel density (522 vs 453 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 80W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 6 Pro
  • Shows 29% longer battery life (28:35 vs 22:08 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (1578 against 1283 nits)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
19.4
(Bad)
Value Index
41.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1280 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 522 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Jurhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 92.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% 99.7%
PWM 120 Hz 360 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1283 nits
1578 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 162.5 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 9.2 mm (0.36 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 219.8 g (7.75 oz) 225 g (7.94 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
92.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Honor Magic 6 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3300 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 Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Honor Magic 6 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2189
2218
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14 Ultra +13%
7596
Compute Score (GPU)
14 Ultra +18%
16435
13918
Compute Score (GPU) 16435 13918
Single-core score 2189 2218
Multi-core score 7596 6749
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2354148
2345589
CPU 691662 668505
GPU 815122 826271
Memory 327096 360598
UX 520268 490215
Total score 2354148 2345589
Samples [6 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1503
1700
Stability 87% 66%
Graphics test 11 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 1503 1700
3DMark Solar Bay
7556
8599
Graphics test 29 FPS 33 FPS
Section 1 32 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 33 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 7556 8599
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
4553
4854
Stability 83% 66%
Graphics test 27 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 4553 4854
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
14 Ultra +3%
16416
15911
Web score 14956 17561
Video editing 7926 7737
Photo editing 32564 32627
Data manipulation 15766 13971
Writing score 19505 17036
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (171st and 172nd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-15 (Truffel)AnTuTu2354148
📘 2026-04-03 (Diebetz)GeekBench CPU2189 / 7596
📘 2026-02-18 (Putter)AnTuTu2345207
📘 2026-02-17 (Pavlysha)AnTuTu2274789
📘 2025-11-06 (s1)AnTuTu2368016
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 HyperOS 3 MagicOS 9
OS size 31 GB 26 GB
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 5 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5600 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (66 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (52% in 15 min) Yes (47% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:34 hr 0:44 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:23 hr 12:44 hr
Watching video 12:26 hr 18:35 hr
Gaming 04:35 hr 06:20 hr
Standby 109 hr 122 hr
General battery life
22:08 hr
28:35 hr

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 Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 122° 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
5) Depth
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 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 - 4.0 f/1.4 - 2.0
Focal length 23 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.0" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 180 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.6
Focal length 120 mm 68 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 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 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.0
Focal length 12 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Omnivision OV50D
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
144
160
Video quality
Generic main camera score
149
158
Bokeh 75 85
Preview 83 83
Zoom 160 160
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor Magic 6 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm 22 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Sony IMX816
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus No 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 5.4 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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 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
14 Ultra +3%
90.3 dB
87.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2024 January 2024
Release date February 2024 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1499 $800
Successor - Xiaomi 17 Ultra - Honor Magic 8 Pro
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 80 W
Further details
Notes on 14 Ultra:
    - The rear cover is available in glass or eco-leather, while the frame can be aluminum or titanium.
    - The front glass is either Xiaomi Shield Glass or Xiaomi Longjing Glass.
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 display, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

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