Google Pixel 4a 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 4a (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Google Pixel 4a
Google

Google Pixel 4a

44/100
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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 Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Gaming 18.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 44.0 Poor 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 29.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Capacity 3140 mAh 7200 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 25 min) Yes (81% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:27 hr 0:40 hr
Gaming 04:08 hr 08:32 hr
Max charge power 18 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Standby 90 hr 116 hr
Watching video 11:24 hr 24:12 hr
Web browsing 06:35 hr 14:24 hr
Wireless charging No Yes (80 W)
Battery cycles — 1600 cycles
Bypass charging — Yes

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
CPU 207965 1207069
GPU 63453 1513881
Memory 79928 461553
Multi-core score 1816 10610
Single-core score 680 3568
Total score 495785 3966144
UX 144439 783641
Compute Score (GPU) — 27643
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 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
2G network GSM 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 2300 / 2500 / 5200 / 3500 / 600 —
3G network UMTS 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 —
4G network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 2300 / 2500 / 5200 / 3500 / 600 —
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
Bluetooth version 5.1 6.0
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
LTE Cat* 15 —
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Yes Yes
Number of SIM* 2 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 3.1 3.2
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
DisplayPort — Yes, DP 1.2

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Colors Black White, Black, Gold, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, in-display
Frame material Plastic Metal
Height 144 mm (5.67 inches) 161.15 mm (6.34 inches)
Rear material Plastic Glass
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.32 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof No IP69
Weight 143 g (5.04 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Width 69.4 mm (2.73 inches) 75 mm (2.95 inches)
Advanced cooling — Vapor chamber
Drop resistance — Very good (B) · 180 drops
Repairability — Good (3.41/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity —
Display features - Always-On Display - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 700 nits 1800 nits
PPI 443 ppi 458 ppi
PWM 255 Hz —
RGB color space 95.3% —
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1256 x 2808 pixels
Response time 6.2 ms —
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Giant Rhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 82.9% 89.9%
Size 5.81 inches 6.71 inches
Type OLED OLED
Max rated brightness in HDR — 6000 nits

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Bokeh 55 165
Preview 47 —
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 4a from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No No
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 27 mm 23 mm
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 12.2 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 12.2 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.2 micron
Sensor Sony IMX363 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion 120 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.7x
Angle of widest lens — 122°

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Announced August 2020 October 2025
Category Mid-range Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $999
Release date October 2020 October 2025
SAR (body) 1.39 W/kg —
SAR (head) 1.37 W/kg —
Sensors - Barometer- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint
Successor -Google Pixel 10a —
Bundled charger — Yes, 120 W

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~422.4 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 825 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 256 1536
Graphics Adreno 618 Adreno 840
Lithography process 8 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Max clock 2200 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 688 Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
Megapixels 8 megapixels 50 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
OS size 15 GB —
Operating system Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 16
ROM Stock Android MagicOS 10
OS updates — 7 years
Security updates — 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack Yes No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Google Pixel 4a Honor Magic 8 Pro
Date — Benchmark
📘 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

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