ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7 vs Red Magic 12 Pro
58
out of 100
VS
90
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on February 17, 2022, against the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 12 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and came out 4 years and 8 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
Reasons to consider the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 12 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- 3.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4701K versus 1384K)
- Shows 153% longer battery life (44:22 vs 17:32 hours)
- Comes with 3900 mAh larger battery capacity: 8400 vs 4500 mAh
- Delivers 122% higher peak brightness (1528 against 689 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Handles wireless charging up to 80W
- Higher display refresh rate β 185 Hz
- Optical image stabilization
- The phone is 4 years and 8 months newer
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 12
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.85 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1216 x 2688 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 387 ppi | 431 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 185 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 530 nits | 1900 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 700 nits | 5000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 720 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.6% | 91.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.5% | - |
| PWM | 729 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | β Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 170.5 mm (6.71 inches) | 163 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 78.3 mm (3.08 inches) | 76 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.5 mm (0.37 inches) | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 215 g (7.58 oz) | 223 g (7.87 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Active fan | Active fan |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black | Black, Silver, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 5010 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 3 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 3 cores at 3.74 GHz: - 3 cores at 4.03 GHz: - 2 cores at 5.01 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 850 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 1450 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~4454.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 33298 |
| Single-core score | 1625 | 4113 |
| Multi-core score | 4319 | 13604 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 498235 | 1624264 |
| GPU | 225137 | 1498729 |
| Memory | 230031 | 611754 |
| UX | 431041 | 966667 |
| Total score | 1384444 | 4701314 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#13th place)
Recent User Tests
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-10-16 (WheelieMave) | AnTuTu 11 | 1384444 |
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-24 -> Portugal123 | AnTuTu 12 | 5948164 |
| π 2026-10-20 -> Portugal123 | Battery life | Battery report |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | Android 17 |
| ROM | Redmagic 5.0 | Redmagic OS 12 |
| OS size | 21 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 8400 mAh |
| Max charge power | 65 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (80 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (99% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:38 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:29 hr | 13:16 hr |
| Watching video | 10:09 hr | 29:57 hr |
| Gaming | 04:30 hr | 10:05 hr |
| Standby | 91 hr | 237 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#3rd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9000 x 7000 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | 122Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung GW3 | OmniVision OV50E40 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.97" (β 0.51 inch) | 1/1.55" (β 0.65 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Hynix HI-846 | OmniVision OV50E40 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/2.88" (β 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | 2 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV02A10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | No |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/2.8" (β 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.2 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | October 2026 |
| Release date | February 2022 | November 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $629 | - |
| Successor | - ZTE Nubia Red Magic 12 Pro | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 65 W | Yes, 80 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 12 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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