Honor 500 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 (84/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Honor 500
Honor

Honor 500

84/100
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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 500 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Gaming 68.0 Average 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 84.0 Very Good 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 80.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Capacity 8000 mAh 7200 mAh
Fast charging Yes Yes (81% in 30 min)
Max charge power 80 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No 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 Honor Magic 8 Pro
CPU 670547 1207069
GPU 781383 1513881
Memory 353250 461553
Multi-core score 6974 10610
Single-core score 2185 3568
Total score 2344395 3966144
UX 539215 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 Honor 500 Honor Magic 8 Pro
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes Yes
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* — Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Pink White, Black, Gold, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 155.8 mm (6.13 inches) 161.15 mm (6.34 inches)
Thickness 7.75 mm (0.31 inches) 8.32 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Weight 198 g (6.98 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Width 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) 75 mm (2.95 inches)
Drop resistance — Very good (B) · 180 drops
Rear material — Glass
Repairability — Good (3.41/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 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, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 6000 nits
PPI 460 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1264 x 2736 pixels 1256 x 2808 pixels
Screen protection Aluminosilicate Giant Rhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.1% 89.9%
Size 6.55 inches 6.71 inches
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz —
Type AMOLED OLED

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 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 117° 122°
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.6
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED LED
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1.2 micron
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.7x
Focal length — 23 mm

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory clock — 5300 MHz
Storage type — UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Announced November 2025 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 120 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $380 $999
Release date November 2025 October 2025
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720- 1 core at 3.21 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 8s Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 1024 1536
Graphics Adreno 825 Adreno 840
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 3210 MHz 4610 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 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 Honor Magic 8 Pro
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor 500 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 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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