Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Honor Magic V5

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

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Honor Magic V5 (83/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Honor Magic 8 Pro
Honor

Honor Magic 8 Pro

94/100
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Honor Magic V5
Honor

Honor Magic V5

83/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 83.0 Very Good
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 83.0 Very Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 92.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Battery cycles 1600 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Bypass charging Yes —
Capacity 7200 mAh 5820 mAh
Fast charging Yes (81% in 30 min) Yes (67% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 0:53 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr 05:44 hr
Max charge power 120 W 66 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Standby 116 hr 107 hr
Watching video 24:12 hr 12:20 hr
Web browsing 14:24 hr 08:27 hr
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (50 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
CPU 1207069 817708
Compute Score (GPU) 27643 25445
Data manipulation 17118 12961
GPU 1513881 758007
Graphics score 2979 2386
Graphics test 22 FPS 18 FPS
Memory 461553 474962
Multi-core score 10610 9096
Photo editing 40028 32308
Section 1 56 FPS —
Section 2 46 FPS —
Section 3 40 FPS —
Single-core score 3568 3049
Total score 3966144 2663720
UX 783641 613043
Video editing 8214 8156
Web score 22533 19453
Writing score 30415 16666

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Hybrid slot No No
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 3.1
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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* Yes Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber —
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green White, Black, Gold, Brown
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops Average (D) · 70 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 156.8 mm (6.17 inches)
Rear material Glass —
Repairability Good (3.41/5) Good (3.37/5)
Thickness 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP58
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 217 g (7.65 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 145.9 mm (5.74 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Aspect ratio 20:9 10:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 5000 nits
PPI 458 ppi 403 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 2172 x 2352 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Honor Super Armored Inner Screen
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 88.6%
Size 6.71 inches 7.95 inches
Type OLED AMOLED
Contrast — ∞ Infinity
PWM — 360 Hz
RGB color space — 99.2%
Response time — 1 ms
Touch sampling rate — 240 Hz

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Bokeh 165 —
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark —

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording No No
Angle of widest lens 122° —
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.6
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED Dual LED
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 9216 x 6912
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 64 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1 micron
Sensor Omnivision OV50H Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) —
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 3x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Announced October 2025 July 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 66 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1999
Release date October 2025 July 2025
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

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1100 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 1536
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 830
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4610 MHz 4320 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
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 Honor Magic V5
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 20 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Additional lens — 20 MP

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 MagicOS 10
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Honor Magic V5
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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