Honor Magic 7 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15
86
out of 100
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74
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Honor Magic 7 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 30, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 15, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 1 year and 2 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 7 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 2501 mAh larger battery capacity: 5850 vs 3349 mAh
- 80% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3014K versus 1672K)
- Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 20W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15
- Delivers 9% higher peak brightness (1640 against 1510 nits)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 52 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.5 mm narrower
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2800 pixels | 1179 x 2556 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, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | NanoCrystal Shield | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.5% | 86.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 360 Hz | 306 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Magic 7 Pro
6.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
iPhone 15
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~24% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.7 mm (6.41 inches) | 147.6 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 77.1 mm (3.04 inches) | 71.6 mm (2.82 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 223 g (7.87 oz) | 171 g (6.03 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue | Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.63/5) | Average (2.96/5) |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 90 drops | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 18499 | 22764 |
| Single-core score | 3051 | 2612 |
| Multi-core score | 8977 | 6705 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 890143 | 462812 |
| GPU | 1168623 | 453603 |
| Memory | 371223 | 222511 |
| UX | 584444 | 533367 |
| Total score | 3014433 | 1672293 |
| Samples | [15 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 62% | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2482 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | 43 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Section 1 | 49 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Section 3 | 37 FPS | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | 11409 | 3979 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2868 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 24937 | - |
| Video editing | 8080 | - |
| Photo editing | 41656 | - |
| Data manipulation | 16836 | - |
| Writing score | 26740 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#112th place)
Recent User Tests
Honor Magic 7 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-05 -> swag420 | AnTuTu 12 | 3135800 |
| 📘 2026-07-28 (Hyenasher) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3051 / 8977 |
| 📘 2026-07-08 (Jason) | AnTuTu 11 | 3112895 |
| 📘 2026-06-20 -> Sang | AnTuTu 11 | 3014433 |
| 📘 2026-06-19 -> Sang | AnTuTu 11 | 3007761 |
Apple iPhone 15
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-14 (Iphone) | AnTuTu 11 | 1585568 |
| 📘 2026-10-09 (Gurudev) | AnTuTu 11 | 1226584 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 1714105 |
| 📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603687 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 24336 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | MagicOS 10 | - |
| OS size | 30.2 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5850 mAh | 3349 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (80 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (90% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:36 hr | 1:50 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 13:07 hr | 10:47 hr |
| Watching video | 16:11 hr | 16:55 hr |
| Gaming | 06:20 hr | 05:36 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#115th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | 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: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 2.0 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | - |
| Focal length | 60 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50D | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 160 | 80 |
| Preview | - | 84 |
| Zoom | 150 | 114 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 7 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 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 | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX816 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 | 5.4 | 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, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 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 | October 2024 | September 2023 |
| Release date | November 2024 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1100 | $799 |
| Successor | - Honor Magic 8 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
*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 7 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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