Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)

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

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) (67/100), 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 Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 67.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 58.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
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 20 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 0:59 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr
Max charge power 120 W 45 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Standby 116 hr
Watching video 24:12 hr
Web browsing 14:24 hr
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (15 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
CPU 1207069 474282
Compute Score (GPU) 27643 7088
Data manipulation 17118 11079
GPU 1513881 218539
Graphics score 2979 721
Graphics test 22 FPS 5 FPS
Memory 461553 221374
Multi-core score 10610 4097
Photo editing 40028 29480
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS
Single-core score 3568 1733
Total score 3966144 1281285
UX 783641 367090
Video editing 8214 7376
Web score 22533 13918
Writing score 30415 16194
Stability 64%

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red
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) 163.3 mm (6.43 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 IP68
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 228 g (8.04 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 77.9 mm (3.07 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.3:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 830 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 1750 nits
PPI 458 ppi 500 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 1440 x 3088 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 89.8%
Size 6.71 inches 6.8 inches
Type OLED Dynamic AMOLED

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Bokeh 165 70
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) from DxOMark
Preview 71

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording No Up to 24FPS
Angle of widest lens 122° 120°
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED LED
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12000 x 9000
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 108 MP2) Telephoto: 10 MP3) Telephoto: 10 MP4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 108 megapixels
Pixel size 1.2 micron
Sensor Omnivision OV50H Samsung S5KHM3
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 10x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 5300 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 Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Announced October 2025 February 2022
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1199
Release date October 2025 February 2022
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint - Hall-effect sensor- Barometer- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor -Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
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 Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
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
📘 2026-03-16->Samsungovod AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-26(zxckot) AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-01(W_Kaizzer64) AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-02(samsa) AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-09(Liem) AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-12(KapitanAtuan) AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Abdullah) AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-20(Jonath) AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 40 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
OS updates 7 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 One UI 8.0
Security updates 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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