Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Honor X7
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Honor Magic 8 Pro (94/100)
Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Honor X7 (37/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Gaming | 97.0 Excellent WINNER | 12.0 Poor |
| NanoReview Score | 94.0 Excellent WINNER | 37.0 Poor |
| Performance | 99.0 Excellent WINNER | 22.0 Poor |
Detailed Technical Specifications
Battery
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (50% in 50 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:40 hr | 2:30 hr |
| Gaming | 08:32 hr | — |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 22.5 W |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Standby | 116 hr | — |
| Watching video | 24:12 hr | — |
| Web browsing | 14:24 hr | — |
| Wireless charging | Yes (80 W) | No |
Benchmarks
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 1207069 | 182477 |
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27643 | 564 |
| Data manipulation | 17118 | — |
| GPU | 1513881 | 26730 |
| Graphics score | 2979 | — |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | — |
| Memory | 461553 | 115061 |
| Multi-core score | 10610 | 1410 |
| Photo editing | 40028 | — |
| Section 1 | 56 FPS | — |
| Section 2 | 46 FPS | — |
| Section 3 | 40 FPS | — |
| Single-core score | 3568 | 412 |
| Total score | 3966144 | 430527 |
| UX | 783641 | 106259 |
| Video editing | 8214 | — |
| Web score | 22533 | — |
| Writing score | 30415 | — |
Connectivity
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| Bluetooth version | 6.0 | 5.1 |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | — |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| 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 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | — | 12 |
Design and build
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | — |
| Colors | White, Black, Gold, Green | Silver, Blue |
| 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) | 167.59 mm (6.6 inches) |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Repairability | Good (3.41/5) | — |
| Thickness | 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.62 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | No |
| Weight | 219 g (7.72 oz) | 198 g (6.98 oz) |
| Width | 75 mm (2.95 inches) | 77.19 mm (3.04 inches) |
Display
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| Display features | - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming | — |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 450 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 6000 nits | — |
| PPI | 458 ppi | 260 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Resolution | 1256 x 2808 pixels | 720 x 1600 pixels |
| Screen protection | Giant Rhino Glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 84.8% |
| Size | 6.71 inches | 6.74 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
DxOMark main camera tests
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Bokeh | 165 | — |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark | — |
Main camera
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | No |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | — |
| 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 | LED |
| Focal length | 23 mm | — |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP | 1) Standard: 48 MP2) Ultrawide: 5 MP3) Macro: 2 MP4) Depth: 2 MP |
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | — |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | No |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.7x | Digital |
Memory
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| RAM size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Memory card max size | — | Up to 1024 GB |
Other
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | October 2025 | March 2022 |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 22 W |
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $200 |
| Release date | October 2025 | April 2022 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint | - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint |
Performance
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime | - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 |
| FLOPS | ~3686.4 GFLOPS | ~285.2 GFLOPS |
| GPU clock | 1200 MHz | 1114 MHz |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 128 |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Adreno 610 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | — |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Max clock | 4610 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon 686 |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 📘 2025-04-16(.) | — | GeekBench GPU |
| 📘 2025-06-01(.) | — | GeekBench GPU |
| 📘 2026-03-09(Go7x) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-05-17(.) | — | CPU Throttle |
Selfie camera
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | No |
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | CMOS |
Software
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| OS updates | 7 years | — |
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 11 |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | Magic UI 4.2 |
| Security updates | 7 years | — |
Sound
| Specification | Honor Magic 8 Pro | Honor X7 |
|---|---|---|
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
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