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Honor Magic 5 Pro vs Magic 5 Lite

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Honor Magic 5 Pro vs Magic 5 Lite

90 out of 100
Honor Magic 5 Pro
VS
65 out of 100
Honor Magic 5 Lite
Honor Magic 5 Pro
Honor Magic 5 Lite

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.81-inch Honor Magic 5 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on February 27, 2023, against the Honor Magic 5 Lite, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 695. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 5 Pro
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 3.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1454K versus 466K)
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Delivers 41% higher peak brightness (1231 against 871 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 40W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 5 Lite
  • Weighs 44 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Honor Magic 5 Pro and Magic 5 Lite crucial features
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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation

Value for money

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Magic 5 Pro
vs
Magic 5 Lite

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.81 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1312 x 2848 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.54:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 700 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming 		- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.7% 94.6%
PWM 120 Hz 60 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Magic 5 Pro +41%
1231 nits
Magic 5 Lite
871 nits

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 161.6 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) 73.9 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.77 mm (0.35 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Green Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Tests of Honor Magic 5 Pro and Honor Magic 5 Lite in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
Max clock 3200 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 		- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)
L3 cache 8 MB -
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 619
GPU shading units 2560 256
GPU clock 680 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~3481.6 GFLOPS ~486.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
Magic 5 Pro +212%
1454070
Magic 5 Lite
466691
CPU 324719 148723
GPU 582299 103242
Memory 284443 94980
UX 254756 117906
Total score 1454070 466691
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Max surface temperature 37.6 °C 47 °C
Stability 47% -
Graphics test 75 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 12649 1204
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 9715
Video editing - 5021
Photo editing - 20006
Data manipulation - 8496
Writing score - 14526

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8, 12, 16 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256, 512 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 Android 12
ROM Magic UI 7.1 Magic UI 6.1
OS size 24 GB 18 GB

Battery

Capacity 5100 mAh 5100 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 40 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:13 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:43 hr 11:18 hr
Watching video 16:12 hr 18:34 hr
Gaming 04:59 hr 05:11 hr
Standby 118 hr 137 hr
General battery life
Magic 5 Pro
37:04 hr
Magic 5 Lite +3%
38:01 hr

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 9216 x 6912
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 122° -
Lenses 4 (50 MP + 50 MP + 50 MP) 3 (64 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.6
- Focal length: 23 mm
- Pixel size: 1.4 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.12", Sony IMX878 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
- 64 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Phase autofocus
Telephoto lens - 50 MP
- Aperture: f/3.0
- Focal length: 90 mm
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
-
Ultra-wide lens - 50 MP
- Aperture: f/2.0
- Focal length: 13 mm
- Sensor: 1/2.5" (CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- 5 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2
Macro lens - - 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
Depth lens Yes -
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode 		- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Samples Photo samples of Honor Magic 5 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor Magic 5 Lite from DxOMark
Selfie camera
Megapixels 12 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4096 x 3072 4608 x 3456
Aperture - f/2.5
Sensor type - CMOS
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

DxOMark camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
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
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.1
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG 		- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC * Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM * 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support * Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat * - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No -
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2023 February 2023
Release date March 2023 February 2023
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint 		- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 W Yes, 40 W
* Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor Magic 5 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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