Honor Magic 6 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 Magic 6 (74/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Honor Magic 6
Honor

Honor Magic 6

74/100
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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 Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Gaming 70.0 Good 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 74.0 Good 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 81.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Capacity 5450 mAh 7200 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 25 min) Yes (81% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:55 hr 0:40 hr
Max charge power 66 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (80 W)
Battery cycles — 1600 cycles
Bypass charging — Yes
Gaming — 08:32 hr
Standby — 116 hr
Watching video — 24:12 hr
Web browsing — 14:24 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
CPU 707189 1207069
Data manipulation 13268 17118
GPU 787479 1513881
Graphics score 1706 2979
Graphics test 13 FPS 22 FPS
Memory 394600 461553
Multi-core score 6907 10610
Photo editing 30677 40028
Section 1 36 FPS 56 FPS
Section 2 33 FPS 46 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 40 FPS
Single-core score 2238 3568
Stability 79% —
Total score 2379245 3966144
UX 489977 783641
Video editing 7748 8214
Web score 15510 22533
Writing score 17574 30415
Compute Score (GPU) — 27643

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 20 —
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 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* No Yes
DisplayPort — Yes, DP 1.2

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple White, Black, Gold, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 161.8 mm (6.37 inches) 161.15 mm (6.34 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.32 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Width 75.4 mm (2.97 inches) 75 mm (2.95 inches)
Drop resistance — Very good (B) · 180 drops
Repairability — Good (3.41/5)
Waterproof — IP69

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 5000 nits 1800 nits
PPI 453 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1264 x 2800 pixels 1256 x 2808 pixels
Screen protection Tempered glass Giant Rhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 92.6% 89.9%
Size 6.78 inches 6.71 inches
Type OLED OLED
Max rated brightness in HDR — 6000 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 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 122° 122°
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.6
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED LED
Focal length 13 mm 23 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 32 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Optical, 3.7x
Pixel size — 1.2 micron
Sensor — Omnivision OV50H

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 4266 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Announced January 2024 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 66 W Yes, 120 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $625 $999
Release date January 2024 October 2025
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint
Successor -Honor Magic 8 —

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720- 1 core at 3.3 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 + 2 + 2) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 1536
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 840
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 3300 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
OS updates 2 years 7 years
Operating system Android 14 Android 16
ROM MagicOS 8 MagicOS 10
Security updates 3 years 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 Honor Magic 8 Pro
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo
Dolby Atmos — No

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 6 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 Magic 6 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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