Honor 500 Smart 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 Honor 500 Smart (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Honor 500 Smart
Honor

Honor 500 Smart

52/100
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Honor Magic 8 Pro
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Honor Magic 8 Pro

94/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Gaming 11.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 52.0 Below Average 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 28.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Bypass charging No Yes
Capacity 5260 mAh 7200 mAh
Fast charging Yes Yes (81% in 30 min)
Max charge power 15 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Wireless charging No Yes (80 W)
Battery cycles — 1600 cycles
Full charging time — 0:40 hr
Gaming — 08:32 hr
Standby — 116 hr
Watching video — 24:12 hr
Web browsing — 14:24 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
CPU 223727 1207069
Compute Score (GPU) 384 27643
GPU 45912 1513881
Memory 110984 461553
Multi-core score 1485 10610
Single-core score 488 3568
Total score 524785 3966144
UX 144162 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 Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* No 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 2 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* No Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Colors Black, Blue White, Black, Gold, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Frame material Plastic Metal
Height 167 mm (6.57 inches) 161.15 mm (6.34 inches)
Rear material Plastic Glass
Thickness 7.89 mm (0.31 inches) 8.32 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof IP54 IP69
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Width 77 mm (3.03 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 Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 700 nits 1800 nits
PPI 260 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 720 x 1600 pixels 1256 x 2808 pixels
Screen protection Aluminosilicate glass Giant Rhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.5% 89.9%
Size 6.75 inches 6.71 inches
Type TFT LCD OLED
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio — 20:9
Display features — - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
Max rated brightness in HDR — 6000 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording No Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No No
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED LED
Image resolution 50 MP 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Depth: 2 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Stabilization Digital Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.7x
Angle of widest lens — 122°
Focal length — 23 mm
Pixel size — 1.2 micron
Sensor CMOS Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size — 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion — 240 FPS (1080p)

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Channels 2 4
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 2048 GB —
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Announced April 2026 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 15 W Yes, 120 W
Category Mid-range Flagship
Release date May 2026 October 2025
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint
Launch price (MSRP) — $999

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55- 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: 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 MediaTek Dimensity 6300 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~137.2 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1072 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 64 1536
Graphics Mali-G57 MP2 Adreno 840
L3 cache 2 MB 12 MB
Lithography process 6 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2400 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
Megapixels 5 megapixels 50 megapixels
Sensor CMOS Omnivision OV50H
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
OS updates — 7 years
Security updates — 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack Yes No
Speakers — Stereo

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart Honor Magic 8 Pro
Bokeh — 165
Samples — Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Smart 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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