Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Motorola Moto G (2023)

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

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Motorola Moto G (2023) (43/100), 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 43)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 29)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
DeviceBenchmark Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 15.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 29.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
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 (25% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 2:00 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr —
Max charge power 120 W 15 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

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
CPU 1207069 209521
Compute Score (GPU) 27643 —
Data manipulation 17118 —
GPU 1513881 60121
Graphics score 2979 —
Graphics test 22 FPS —
Memory 461553 93150
Multi-core score 10610 1816
Photo editing 40028 —
Section 1 56 FPS —
Section 2 46 FPS —
Section 3 40 FPS —
Single-core score 3568 746
Total score 3966144 499266
UX 783641 136474
Video editing 8214 —
Web score 22533 —
Writing score 30415 —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.1
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 —
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes No
Multi SIM mode Standby —
NFC* Yes No
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode
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 Yes
2G network — GSM band 2/3/5/8
3G network — WCDMA band 1/2/4/5/8
4G network — LTE band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/14/17/18/20/25/26/29/30/38/39/40/41/48/66/71
LTE Cat* — 18

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber —
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green 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) 163.94 mm (6.45 inches)
Rear material Glass Plastic
Repairability Good (3.41/5) —
Thickness 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) 8.39 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof IP69 Yes
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 74.98 mm (2.95 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
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 270 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 720 x 1600 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 83.1%
Size 6.71 inches 6.5 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
Bokeh 165 —
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark —

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
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/1.7
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) Macro: 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) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) —
Stabilization Optical Digital
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
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 64 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
Announced October 2025 May 2023
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Not included
Category Flagship Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $199
Release date October 2025 May 2023
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor — -Motorola Moto G (2026)

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
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 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~332.8 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 650 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 256
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 619
L3 cache 12 MB —
Lithography process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4610 MHz 2200 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 686

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
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 —

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
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
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
OS updates 7 years 2 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 13
ROM MagicOS 10 My UX
Security updates 7 years 2 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Motorola Moto G (2023)
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No Yes
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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