Google Pixel 10a 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 Google Pixel 10a (73/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Gaming 43.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 73.0 Good 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 60.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Bypass charging No Yes
Capacity 5100 mAh 7200 mAh
Fast charging Yes (52% in 30 min) Yes (81% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:29 hr 0:40 hr
Gaming 06:06 hr 08:32 hr
Max charge power 30 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Standby 98 hr 116 hr
Watching video 23:15 hr 24:12 hr
Web browsing 10:33 hr 14:24 hr
Wireless charging Yes (10 W) Yes (80 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
CPU 463927 1207069
Compute Score (GPU) 10140 27643
GPU 407873 1513881
Memory 214572 461553
Multi-core score 4114 10610
Single-core score 1674 3568
Total score 1422477 3966144
UX 336105 783641
Data manipulation 17118
Graphics score 2979
Graphics test 22 FPS
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

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
2G network GSM/EDGE: Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
3G network UMTS/HSPA+/HSDPA 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
4G network LTE 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/14/17/20/25/26/28/29/30/38/41/48/66/71
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
DisplayPort Yes Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Yes Yes
Number of SIM* 1 2
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 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* Yes Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors White, Black, Red, Purple White, Black, Gold, Green
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Very good (B) · 180 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 153.9 mm (6.06 inches) 161.15 mm (6.34 inches)
Rear material Plastic Glass
Repairability Good (3.84/5) Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.32 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Width 73 mm (2.87 inches) 75 mm (2.95 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2000 nits 6000 nits
PPI 422 ppi 458 ppi
PWM 240 Hz
RGB color space 98.4%
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1080 x 2424 pixels 1256 x 2808 pixels
Response time 1 ms
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Giant Rhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.3% 89.9%
Size 6.3 inches 6.71 inches
Type POLED OLED

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Bokeh 150 165
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 10a from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a 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/1.7 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 25 mm 23 mm
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.2 micron
Sensor Samsung GN8 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.7x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 4200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Announced February 2026 October 2025
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 120 W
Category Mid-range Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $999
Release date March 2026 October 2025
SAR (body) 1.39 W/kg
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Google Tensor G4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 940 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 896 1536
Graphics Mali-G715 MP7 Adreno 840
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Max clock 3100 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
L3 cache 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-11(123) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(123) 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

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
Megapixels 13 megapixels 50 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
OS size 15 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Operating system Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 16
ROM Stock Android MagicOS 10
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 10a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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