Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy F17 5G

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

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy F17 5G (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 Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 14.0 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 Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
Battery cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Bypass charging Yes
Capacity 7200 mAh 5000 mAh
Fast charging Yes (81% in 30 min) Yes (47% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 1:20 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr
Max charge power 120 W 25 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 Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
CPU 1207069 237418
Compute Score (GPU) 27643
Data manipulation 17118
GPU 1513881 55579
Graphics score 2979
Graphics test 22 FPS
Memory 461553 94741
Multi-core score 10610 2242
Photo editing 40028
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS
Single-core score 3568 975
Total score 3966144 571738
UX 783641 184000
Video editing 8214
Web score 22533
Writing score 30415

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes No
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
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

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green Black, Purple
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) 164.4 mm (6.47 inches)
Rear material Glass
Repairability Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP54
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 191 g (6.74 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 77.9 mm (3.07 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1100 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits
PPI 458 ppi 385 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 86%
Size 6.71 inches 6.7 inches
Type OLED Super AMOLED

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
Bokeh 165
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
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/1.8
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 8160 x 6120
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 200 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Ultrawide: 5 MP3) Macro: 2 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1.2 micron 0.64 micron
Sensor Omnivision OV50H Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 120 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
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 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card max size Up to 1536 GB

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
Announced October 2025 September 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Not included
Category Flagship Budget
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $150
Release date October 2025 September 2025
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor- Fingerprint - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass
SAR (body) 1.19 W/kg
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
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 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Exynos 1330
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~121.5 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 949 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 64
Graphics Adreno 840 Mali-G68 MP2
L3 cache 12 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4610 MHz 2400 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
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 Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
OS updates 7 years 6 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 One UI 8.5
Security updates 7 years 6 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Samsung Galaxy F17 5G
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Mono

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