Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Tecno Pova 6 Neo

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

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Tecno Pova 6 Neo (52/100), 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 Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 13.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 33.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Battery cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Bypass charging Yes
Capacity 7200 mAh 7000 mAh
Fast charging Yes (81% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 40 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 1:54 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr
Max charge power 120 W 33 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 Tecno Pova 6 Neo
CPU 1207069 217879
Compute Score (GPU) 27643
Data manipulation 17118 6652
GPU 1513881 48195
Graphics score 2979 147
Graphics test 22 FPS 1 FPS
Memory 461553 138016
Multi-core score 10610 1986
Photo editing 40028 25122
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS
Single-core score 3568 720
Total score 3966144 568329
UX 783641 164239
Video editing 8214 6388
Web score 22533 11051
Writing score 30415 12899
Stability 97%

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 No
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 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* 13

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green Black, Silver, Green
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) 168.6 mm (6.64 inches)
Rear material Glass Plastic
Repairability Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) 9.23 mm (0.36 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP53
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 20:9 21:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 580 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits
PPI 458 ppi 396 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 1080 x 2460 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 83.1%
Size 6.71 inches 6.78 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Bokeh 165
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
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 Dual LED
Focal length 23 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 50 MP
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Depth: 2 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1.2 micron
Sensor Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Digital
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory clock 5300 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Announced October 2025 April 2024
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 33 W
Category Flagship Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $180
Release date October 2025 April 2024
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor -Tecno Pova 7 Neo

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 MediaTek Helio G99 Ultimate
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~128 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1000 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 64
Graphics Adreno 840 Mali-G57 MP2
L3 cache 12 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4610 MHz 2200 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
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
📘 2025-10-09->Vyzarz AnTuTu
📘 2025-11-11(MoonLake) AnTuTu
📘 2025-12-25(nhlPYCC) AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-13(3xs) AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-26->Vyzarz AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 8 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
OS updates 7 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM MagicOS 10 HIOS 15
Security updates 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Pova 6 Neo
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No Yes
Headphone audio jack No Yes
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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