Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Realme 6 Pro

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Honor Magic 8 Pro (94/100)

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Realme 6 Pro (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Honor Magic 8 Pro:
  • + Higher Gaming score (97 vs 15)
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (94 vs 44)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 30)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
DeviceBenchmark Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 44.0 Poor
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 15.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 30.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Battery cycles 1600 cycles —
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Bypass charging Yes —
Capacity 7200 mAh 4300 mAh
Fast charging Yes (81% in 30 min) Yes, VOOC 4.0 (100% in 57 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 0:57 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr 05:09 hr
Max charge power 120 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Standby 116 hr 108 hr
Watching video 24:12 hr 11:41 hr
Web browsing 14:24 hr 08:59 hr
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
CPU 1207069 218600
Compute Score (GPU) 27643 1234
Data manipulation 17118 —
GPU 1513881 48486
Graphics score 2979 —
Graphics test 22 FPS —
Memory 461553 104887
Multi-core score 10610 1808
Photo editing 40028 —
Section 1 56 FPS —
Section 2 46 FPS —
Section 3 40 FPS —
Single-core score 3568 756
Total score 3966144 535398
UX 783641 163425
Video editing 8214 —
Web score 22533 —
Writing score 30415 —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.1
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 —
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes No
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 3.2 2
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display - Dual Band- 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 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac)
eSIM support* Yes No
2G network — GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600
3G network — HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G network — LTE 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600
LTE Cat* — 6

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber —
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green Blue, Red, Orange
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops —
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Frame material Metal Plastic
Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 163.8 mm (6.45 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Good (3.41/5) —
Thickness 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Waterproof IP69 No
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 480 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits —
PPI 458 ppi 399 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 84.7%
Size 6.71 inches 6.6 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD
Contrast — 1195:1
PWM — 2336 Hz
RGB color space — 98.4%
Response time — 28.4 ms
Touch sampling rate — 120 Hz

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Bokeh 165 —
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark —

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 30FPS
8K video recording No No
Angle of widest lens 122° 119°
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED LED
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 9000 x 7000
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 64 MP2) Telephoto: 12 MP3) Ultrawide: 8 MP4) Macro: 2 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Pixel size 1.2 micron 0.8 micron
Sensor Omnivision OV50H Samsung Bright S5KGW1
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Digital
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 2x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory clock 5300 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Storage size 256 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card max size — Up to 256 GB

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Announced October 2025 March 2020
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W —
Category Flagship Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $230
Release date October 2025 March 2020
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
SAR (body) — 0.92 W/kg
SAR (head) — 1.19 W/kg

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~384 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 750 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 256
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 618
L3 cache 12 MB —
Lithography process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4610 MHz 2300 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 692

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Date Benchmark 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 —
📘 2024-12-26(Zeus3.0) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-12-08(gubebe96) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-01-11(Zxcqverr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-06->naufall — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 16 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Additional lens — 8 MP, 1/4.0"

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme 6 Pro
OS updates 7 years —
Operating system Android 16 Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11)
ROM MagicOS 10 Realme UI
Security updates 7 years —
OS size — 15 GB

Sound

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

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