Honor Magic 6 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Plus
92 out of 100
VS
89 out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Honor Magic 6 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 11, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 16 Plus, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 8 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 6 Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- Comes with 926 mAh larger battery capacity: 5600 vs 4674 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2038K versus 1572K)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Plus
- Shows 21% longer battery life (34:32 vs 28:35 hours)
- Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1833 against 1593 nits)
- The phone is 8 months newer
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 47% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3256 and 2218 points
- Weighs 26 grams less
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2800 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 453 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 5000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Jurhino Glass | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.2% | 88% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 360 Hz | 256 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.5 mm (6.4 inches) | 160.9 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) | 77.8 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 225 g (7.94 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple | White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 | - 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Apple A18 GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 903 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 422241 | 368671 |
| GPU | 897806 | 665929 |
| Memory | 419402 | 181980 |
| UX | 299493 | 356126 |
| Total score | 2038952 | 1572706 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | Less then 3 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12, 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256, 512, 1024 GB | 128, 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 18.2) |
| ROM | MagicOS 8 | - |
| OS size | 26 GB | 18 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5600 mAh | 4674 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (66 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (47% in 15 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:44 hr | 1:39 hr |
| Web browsing | 12:44 hr | 15:57 hr |
| Watching video | 18:35 hr | 21:26 hr |
| Gaming | 06:20 hr | 07:34 hr |
| Standby | 122 hr | 148 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.5x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 180 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 2.0 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" | 1/1.56" |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 180 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | - |
| Focal length | 68 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.49" | - |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50D | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" | - |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 85 | - |
| Preview | 83 | - |
| Zoom | 160 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 6 Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX816 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.51" | 1/3.6" |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 149 | - |
| Video | 155 | - |
Connectivity
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | September 2024 |
| Release date | January 2024 | September 2024 |
| Launch price | $800 | $899 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.33 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Magic 6 Pro:
- The rear cover is available in eco-leather, which adds 4 grams to the smartphone's weight.
Notes on iPhone 16 Plus:
- In the USA, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model has 1 physical slot + eSIM. In China, a model with only two physical SIM cards is available.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
