Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max 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 17 Pro Max (92/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max

92/100
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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 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Gaming 95.0 Excellent 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 92.0 Excellent 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 99.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Bypass charging No Yes
Capacity 5088 mAh 7200 mAh
Fast charging Yes (65% in 30 min) Yes (81% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:12 hr 0:40 hr
Gaming 08:17 hr 08:32 hr
Max charge power 40 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Standby 123 hr 116 hr
Watching video 22:25 hr 24:12 hr
Web browsing 12:36 hr 14:24 hr
Wireless charging Yes (25 W) Yes (80 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
CPU 788283 1207069
Compute Score (GPU) 46450 27643
GPU 922741 1513881
Graphics score 2487 2979
Graphics test 18 FPS 22 FPS
Memory 226010 461553
Multi-core score 10434 10610
Section 1 47 FPS 56 FPS
Section 2 42 FPS 46 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 40 FPS
Single-core score 3940 3568
Stability 76% —
Total score 2590567 3966144
UX 653533 783641
Data manipulation — 17118
Photo editing — 40028
Video editing — 8214
Web score — 22533
Writing score — 30415

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
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, 66, 71 —
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
DisplayPort Yes Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Yes Yes
Type of SIM card eSIM Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 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
Number of SIM* — 2

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors Silver, Blue, Orange White, Black, Gold, Green
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops Very good (B) · 180 drops
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) 161.15 mm (6.34 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Good (3.04/5) Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) 8.32 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Weight 233 g (8.22 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Width 78 mm (3.07 inches) 75 mm (2.95 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity —
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 6000 nits
PPI 460 ppi 458 ppi
PWM 240 Hz —
RGB color space 99.9% —
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1320 x 2868 pixels 1256 x 2808 pixels
Response time 1 ms —
Screen protection Ceramic Shield 2 Giant Rhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 89.9%
Size 6.9 inches 6.71 inches
Type OLED OLED

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No No
Angle of widest lens 120° 122°
Aperture f/1.78 f/1.6
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Dual LED LED
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Image resolution 8064 x 6048 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP2) Telephoto: 48 MP3) Ultrawide: 48 MP4) Depth 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.2 micron
Sensor Sony IMX903 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 4x Optical, 3.7x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.1
Memory clock — 5300 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Announced September 2025 October 2025
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 120 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $999
Release date September 2025 October 2025
Sensors - Barometer- 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 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Sawtooth- 2 cores at 4.26 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 A19 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 768 1536
Graphics 6 core Apple GPU Adreno 840
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4260 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-04-20(moxa) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-16(Duy Dang) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-05-29(Joker) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-09(Cristiano) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-15(Domi) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-31(xon1005) GeekBench CPU —
📘 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 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes Yes
Megapixels 18 megapixels 50 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
OS size 20 GB —
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Operating system iOS 26 (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 17 Pro Max 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 17 Pro Max Honor Magic 8 Pro
Bokeh — 165
Samples — Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

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