Apple iPhone X 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 X (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Gaming | 26.0 Poor | 97.0 Excellent WINNER |
| NanoReview Score | 46.0 Poor | 94.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 37.0 Poor | 99.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
Battery
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Capacity | 2716 mAh | 7200 mAh |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (81% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 0:40 hr |
| Gaming | 03:35 hr | 08:32 hr |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 120 W |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Standby | 93 hr | 116 hr |
| Watching video | 09:07 hr | 24:12 hr |
| Web browsing | 05:31 hr | 14:24 hr |
| Wireless charging | Yes, Qi (7.5 W) | Yes (80 W) |
| Battery cycles | — | 1600 cycles |
| Bypass charging | — | Yes |
Benchmarks
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 271922 | 1207069 |
| GPU | 127700 | 1513881 |
| Graphics score | 892 | 2979 |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 22 FPS |
| Memory | 110696 | 461553 |
| Multi-core score | 2393 | 10610 |
| Single-core score | 1075 | 3568 |
| Stability | 59% | — |
| Total score | 644307 | 3966144 |
| UX | 133989 | 783641 |
| Compute Score (GPU) | — | 27643 |
| Data manipulation | — | 17118 |
| Photo editing | — | 40028 |
| Section 1 | — | 56 FPS |
| Section 2 | — | 46 FPS |
| Section 3 | — | 40 FPS |
| Video editing | — | 8214 |
| Web score | — | 22533 |
| Writing score | — | 30415 |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 2G network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | — |
| 3G network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 | — |
| 4G network | LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) | — |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 6.0 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 16 | — |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| USB features | - Charging- USB-Storage mode | - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG |
| USB type | No | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot | - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display |
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| DisplayPort | — | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| Multi SIM mode | — | Standby |
Design and build
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Colors | Silver, Gray | White, Black, Gold, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-display |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Height | 143.6 mm (5.65 inches) | 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Thickness | 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP69 |
| Weight | 174 g (6.14 oz) | 219 g (7.72 oz) |
| Width | 70.9 mm (2.79 inches) | 75 mm (2.95 inches) |
| Advanced cooling | — | Vapor chamber |
| Drop resistance | — | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
| Repairability | — | Good (3.41/5) |
Display
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | 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 | 625 nits | 1800 nits |
| PPI | 458 ppi | 458 ppi |
| PWM | 240 Hz | — |
| RGB color space | 99.3% | — |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Resolution | 1125 x 2436 pixels | 1256 x 2808 pixels |
| Response time | 2.2 ms | — |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Giant Rhino Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.1% | 89.9% |
| Size | 5.8 inches | 6.71 inches |
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | — | 6000 nits |
DxOMark main camera tests
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Samples | Photo samples of Apple iPhone X from DxOMark | Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark |
| Bokeh | — | 165 |
Main camera
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | 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 | Quad LED | LED |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 23 mm |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Telephoto: 12 MP | 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Sensor | Apple iSight Duo Camera | Omnivision OV50H |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3.7x |
| Angle of widest lens | — | 122° |
Memory
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Memory card | No | No |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5X |
| RAM size | 3 GB | 12 GB |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory clock | — | 5300 MHz |
Other
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | September 2017 | October 2025 |
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $999 |
| Release date | November 2017 | October 2025 |
| SAR (body) | 0.97 W/kg | — |
| SAR (head) | 0.87 W/kg | — |
| 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 |
| Successor | -Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max | — |
| Bundled charger | — | Yes, 120 W |
Performance
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.42 GHz: Mistral- 2 cores at 2.39 GHz: Monsoon | - 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 A11 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| FLOPS | ~409.3 GFLOPS | ~3686.4 GFLOPS |
| GPU clock | 1066 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| GPU shading units | 192 | 1536 |
| Graphics | Apple GPU | Adreno 840 |
| Lithography process | 10 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Max clock | 2390 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Hexagon |
| L3 cache | — | 12 MB |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | Benchmark |
| 📘 2024-08-21(I desperately need a new phone) | GeekBench CPU | — |
| 📘 2026-01-08->Tangerine | GeekBench CPU | — |
| 📘 2026-06-03(alwayssonqz) | GeekBench GPU | — |
| 📘 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
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
| Megapixels | 7 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Photo | 88 | — |
| Video | 92 | — |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
Software
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| OS size | 5.3 GB | — |
| Operating system | iOS 11.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.5) | Android 16 |
| OS updates | — | 7 years |
| ROM | — | MagicOS 10 |
| Security updates | — | 7 years |
Sound
| Specification | Apple iPhone X | Honor Magic 8 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
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