Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G vs Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 and came out 1 year and 2 months after. 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 Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 66W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1174 and 1092 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
  • Comes with 2390 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 5110 mAh
  • Shows 38% longer battery life (31:45 vs 22:58 hours)
  • Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (1774 against 1223 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Weighs 16 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score (Cameraphone)
Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

You provided custom prices of 39393 RSD for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G and 24261 RSD for the Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G.
Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
89.9
(Very good)
Value Index
(Cameraphone)
180.8
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.79 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1200 x 2640 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.85:9
PPI 446 ppi 427 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.1% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1774 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.53 mm (6.4 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 74.67 mm (2.94 inches) 76.1 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Purple Black, Green, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Good (3.57/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) Β· 90 drops Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G and Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Max clock 2500 MHz 2300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 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)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 810 Adreno 810
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 1050 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS ~588.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G and Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4464 3980
Single-core score 1174 1092
Multi-core score 3157 3106
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 388668 367868
GPU 177263 164059
Memory 186944 214576
UX 248908 248152
Total score 1001783 994655
Samples [27 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
Graphics score 362 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
Web score 12562 -
Video editing 7767 -
Photo editing 22920 -
Data manipulation 11977 -
Writing score 15830 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Arkelian)AnTuTu 121060019
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (MishaDesher)AnTuTu 121029598
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Đat)AnTuTu 11959029
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Super)AnTuTu 111018676
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (Zidan)AnTuTu 11919621
Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 MagicOS 10
OS size 32 GB -
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 2 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5110 mAh 7500 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (49% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:21 hr 1:10 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:26 hr 15:13 hr
Watching video 13:31 hr 20:32 hr
Gaming 05:43 hr 08:07 hr
Standby 102 hr 124 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 12000 x 9000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash 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 (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 120Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.65 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHP3 Samsung HM6
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 17 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV02B -
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 3456 x 4608
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.5
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B40 CMOS
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes No
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 Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2024 December 2025
Release date January 2025 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $460
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 66 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G:
    - The black and blue models (glass back) are 8.75 mm thick and weigh 210.14g, while the purple model (eco-leather) is 8.85 mm and 205.13g.
*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 gaming and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G.

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