Honor Magic 8 Pro vs Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus

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

Honor Magic 8 Pro leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus (60/100), 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 Spark 40 Pro Plus
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 13.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 94.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
Battery cycles 1600 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Bypass charging Yes
Capacity 7200 mAh 5200 mAh
Fast charging Yes (81% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:40 hr 0:55 hr
Gaming 08:32 hr
Max charge power 120 W 45 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Standby 116 hr
Watching video 24:12 hr
Web browsing 14:24 hr
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (30 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
CPU 1207069 218828
Compute Score (GPU) 27643 1504
Data manipulation 17118 6291
GPU 1513881 47378
Graphics score 2979 146
Graphics test 22 FPS 1 FPS
Memory 461553 179181
Multi-core score 10610 1946
Photo editing 40028 24670
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS
Single-core score 3568 740
Total score 3966144 616665
UX 783641 171278
Video editing 8214 6340
Web score 22533 10774
Writing score 30415 12558

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
5G support Yes No
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, Galileo
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes Yes
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 Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber
Colors White, Black, Gold, Green White, Black, Gray, Green
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Plastic
Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 163.9 mm (6.45 inches)
Rear material Glass Plastic
Repairability Good (3.41/5)
Thickness 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) 6.49 mm (0.26 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP64
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 160.4 g (5.66 oz)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 4500 nits
PPI 458 ppi 440 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Resolution 1256 x 2808 pixels 1224 x 2720 pixels
Screen protection Giant Rhino Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 89.3%
Size 6.71 inches 6.78 inches
Type OLED AMOLED

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
Bokeh 165
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
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/1.6
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
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1.2 micron 0.64 micron
Sensor Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 120 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Digital
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
Channels 4 2
Memory card No No
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 Spark 40 Pro Plus
Announced October 2025 July 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 45 W
Category Flagship Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $220
Release date October 2025 July 2025
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 Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
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 G200
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~140.8 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1100 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 Spark 40 Pro Plus
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
📘 2025-10-02(GToyin) GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-12-12(Mikhailq22) AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
OS updates 7 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 15
ROM MagicOS 10 HIOS 15.1
Security updates 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Honor Magic 8 Pro Tecno Spark 40 Pro Plus
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No Yes
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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