Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE

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

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE (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 Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 18.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Battery cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Bypass charging Yes
Capacity 7200 mAh 4250 mAh
Fast charging Yes (81% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 1:04 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr 04:48 hr
Max charge power 120 W 33 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Standby 116 hr 100 hr
Watching video 24:12 hr 13:17 hr
Web browsing 14:24 hr 07:37 hr
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
CPU 1207069 322951
Compute Score (GPU) 27643 2311
Data manipulation 17118 8898
GPU 1513881 100623
Graphics score 2979 226
Graphics test 22 FPS 2 FPS
Memory 461553 153686
Multi-core score 10610 2801
Photo editing 40028 22314
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS
Single-core score 3568 1012
Total score 3966144 791030
UX 783641 213770
Video editing 8214 6423
Web score 22533 8806
Writing score 30415 13001
Stability 98%

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE, HID, A2DP
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No Yes
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 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 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes No
2G network GSM 2/3/5/8
3G network WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
4G network LTE 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/26/28/32/66/38/40/41/42
LTE Cat* 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green White, Black, Blue, Pink
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) 160.5 mm (6.32 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) 6.8 mm (0.27 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP53
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 75.7 mm (2.98 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 800 nits
PPI 458 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 85.3%
Size 6.71 inches 6.55 inches
Type OLED AMOLED
Contrast ∞ Infinity
PWM 373 Hz
RGB color space 100%
Response time 3.4 ms
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Bokeh 165
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 30FPS
8K video recording No No
Angle of widest lens 122° 119°
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 26 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 9248 x 6936
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 64 MP2) Ultrawide: 8 MP3) Macro: 5 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Pixel size 1.2 micron 0.7 micron
Sensor Omnivision OV50H Samsung GW3
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.97" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Digital
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory clock 5300 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 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 Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Announced October 2025 September 2021
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W
Category Flagship Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $320
Release date October 2025 October 2021
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
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: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 550 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 512
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 642L
L3 cache 12 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4610 MHz 2400 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 770

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
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
📘 2025-11-21(dimon_4eg) AnTuTu
📘 2026-01-08(ModernSonicV2) AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-04(Damp) AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-08(Romakalus) AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-07(Shornmino) AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-18(Vynx) AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-13->tosaino AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-17->tosaino CPU Throttle

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 20 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
OS updates 7 years 3 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM MagicOS 10 HyperOS 2.0
Security updates 7 years 4 years
OS size 14.8 GB

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Dolby Atmos No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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