Apple iPhone 16 Plus vs Honor Magic 8 Pro

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Honor Magic 8 Pro (94/100)

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Apple iPhone 16 Plus (83/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 16 Plus

83/100
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[ WINNER ]
Honor Magic 8 Pro
Honor

Honor Magic 8 Pro

94/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Gaming 69.0 Average 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 83.0 Very Good 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 91.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Bypass charging No Yes
Capacity 4674 mAh 7200 mAh
Fast charging Yes (55% in 30 min) Yes (81% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:39 hr 0:40 hr
Gaming 07:34 hr 08:32 hr
Max charge power 30 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Standby 148 hr 116 hr
Watching video 21:26 hr 24:12 hr
Web browsing 15:57 hr 14:24 hr
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (80 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
CPU 585993 1207069
Compute Score (GPU) 28158 27643
GPU 563695 1513881
Graphics score 1582 2979
Graphics test 12 FPS 22 FPS
Memory 218294 461553
Multi-core score 8096 10610
Section 1 31 FPS 56 FPS
Section 2 26 FPS 46 FPS
Section 3 20 FPS 40 FPS
Single-core score 3256 3568
Stability 76% —
Total score 1949745 3966144
UX 581763 783641
Data manipulation — 17118
Photo editing — 40028
Video editing — 8214
Web score — 22533
Writing score — 30415

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
2G network GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) —
3G network UMTS/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz) —
4G network LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 53, 66, 71 —
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
DisplayPort Yes Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
NFC* Yes Yes
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
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
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)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Multi SIM mode — Standby
Number of SIM* — 2

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink White, Black, Gold, Green
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Very good (B) · 180 drops
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 160.9 mm (6.33 inches) 161.15 mm (6.34 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Average (2.78/5) Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.32 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Width 77.8 mm (3.06 inches) 75 mm (2.95 inches)
Advanced cooling — Vapor chamber

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity —
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 6000 nits
PPI 460 ppi 458 ppi
PWM 256 Hz —
RGB color space 99.8% —
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1290 x 2796 pixels 1256 x 2808 pixels
Response time 4 ms —
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 89.9%
Size 6.7 inches 6.71 inches
Type OLED OLED
Screen protection — Giant Rhino Glass

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No No
Angle of widest lens 120° 122°
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.6
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Dual LED LED
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Image resolution 8064 x 6048 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.7x
Sensor Sony IMX714 Omnivision OV50H

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.1
Memory clock — 5300 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Announced September 2024 October 2025
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 120 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $999
Release date September 2024 October 2025
SAR (body) 1.33 W/kg —
SAR (head) 1.24 W/kg —
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth- 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 6 (2 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Apple A18 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~1907 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1490 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 640 1536
Graphics 5 core Apple GPU Adreno 840
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4040 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-02-14(Mathachai) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-02-20(monolog) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-03(Ninety6Beast) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-23(Ninety6Beast) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-18(Aj) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-01-05(Aiden) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-04-15(Nam Le) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-25->Lyncos — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-07(carrrpernaxa) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18(WatchingTV) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-19(WatchingTV) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes Yes
Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Sensor Sony IMX714 Omnivision OV50H
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
OS size 18 GB —
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Operating system iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) Android 16
Security updates 7 years 7 years
ROM — MagicOS 10

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Dolby Atmos Yes No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 16 Plus Honor Magic 8 Pro
Bokeh — 165
Samples — Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

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