Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Realme GT2 Pro

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

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Realme GT2 Pro (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 33.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 61.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 49.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Battery cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Bypass charging Yes
Capacity 7200 mAh 5000 mAh
Fast charging Yes (81% in 30 min) Yes (91% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 0:40 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr 05:13 hr
Max charge power 120 W 65 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Standby 116 hr 119 hr
Watching video 24:12 hr 12:56 hr
Web browsing 14:24 hr 08:58 hr
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
CPU 1207069 448746
Compute Score (GPU) 27643
Data manipulation 17118 10014
GPU 1513881 226468
Graphics score 2979 2564
Graphics test 22 FPS 15 FPS
Memory 461553 231128
Multi-core score 10610 1771
Photo editing 40028 38724
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS
Single-core score 3568 1385
Total score 3966144 1286054
UX 783641 379712
Video editing 8214 6293
Web score 22533 12759
Writing score 30415 19089
Stability 65%

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes No
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900
3G network WCDMA B1/B2/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19
4G network LTE B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B66
LTE Cat* 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green White, Black, Blue, Green
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 163.2 mm (6.43 inches)
Rear material Glass Plastic
Repairability Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof IP69 No
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 74.7 mm (2.94 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 1400 nits
PPI 458 ppi 526 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 1440 x 3216 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 88.9%
Size 6.71 inches 6.7 inches
Type OLED AMOLED
Contrast ∞ Infinity
PWM 367 Hz
RGB color space 96.7%
Response time 10 ms

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Bokeh 165
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Realme GT2 Pro from DxOMark

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording No Up to 24FPS
Angle of widest lens 122° 150°
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode
Flash LED Dual LED
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Ultrawide: 50 MP3) Macro: 3 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1 micron
Sensor Omnivision OV50H Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 5300 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Announced October 2025 January 2022
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 65 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $610
Release date October 2025 January 2022
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 818 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 1024
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 730
L3 cache 12 MB 6 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4610 MHz 3000 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 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
📘 2025-10-26(Marceli) AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-15(Taha) AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-18(Taha15) GeekBench GPU

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
OS updates 7 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM MagicOS 10 Realme UI 5.0
Security updates 7 years
OS size 21 GB

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Realme GT2 Pro
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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