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Honor Magic 7 vs Google Pixel 9a

85 out of 100
Honor Magic 7
VS
67 out of 100
Google Pixel 9a
Honor Magic 7
Google Pixel 9a

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Honor Magic 7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 30, 2024, against the Google Pixel 9a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 5 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  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 7
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2967K versus 1321K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 23W)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 7.4% more screen real estate
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9a
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16

Review

Evaluation of Honor Magic 7 and Google Pixel 9a crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Magic 7
83*
Pixel 9a
70
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Magic 7
81*
Pixel 9a
58
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
DeviceFacts Score
Final comparison evaluation
Magic 7
85*
Pixel 9a
67
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
44.3
(Average)
Value Index
62.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Magic 7
vs
Pixel 9a

Display

Type OLED POLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2800 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 453 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 2700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Rhino Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 91.9% 84.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.2%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Magic 7
6.78″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Pixel 9a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Magic 7
n/a
Pixel 9a
1927 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.1 mm (6.38 inches) 154.7 mm (6.09 inches)
Width 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) 73.3 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gold, Blue White, Black, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.53/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Magic 7 +9%
91.9%
Pixel 9a
84.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor Magic 7 and Google Pixel 9a
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Google Tensor G4
Max clock 4320 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 4 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Mali-G715 MP7
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1100 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor Magic 7 and Google Pixel 9a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Magic 7 +87%
3132
Pixel 9a
1677
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Magic 7 +136%
9598
Pixel 9a
4067
Compute Score (GPU)
Magic 7
n/a
Pixel 9a
7784
Compute Score (GPU) - 7784
Single-core score 3132 1677
Multi-core score 9598 4067
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Magic 7 +125%
2967184
Pixel 9a
1321069
CPU 932482 445318
GPU 1156470 410687
Memory 358130 175537
UX 520102 289527
Total score 2967184 1321069
Samples [3 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Magic 7 +132%
2460
Pixel 9a
1060
Stability 53% 81%
Graphics test 18 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2460 1060
3DMark Solar Bay
Magic 7
11519
Pixel 9a
n/a
Graphics test 44 FPS -
Section 1 49 FPS -
Section 2 44 FPS -
Section 3 37 FPS -
Graphics score 11519 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Magic 7 +55%
19929
Pixel 9a
12890
Web score 23913 10570
Video editing 8032 7547
Photo editing 36496 21264
Data manipulation 17592 12988
Writing score 26385 16308
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#119th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor Magic 7
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-03 (Raim152)AnTuTu 112979186
📘 2025-12-28 (Ronti)AnTuTu 112967184
📘 2025-12-21 (reneval_da)AnTuTu 112961082
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Google Pixel 9a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Leif)AnTuTu 111590049
📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap)AnTuTu 111182042
📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo)AnTuTu 11943849
📘 2026-01-03 (Joy)AnTuTu 111487240
📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD)AnTuTu 111507185
Add View all (7)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM MagicOS 10 Stock Android
OS size - 14 GB
OS updates 2 years 7 years
Security updates 3 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5650 mAh 5100 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 23 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes Yes (47% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 1:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:20 hr
Watching video - 12:40 hr
Gaming - 06:06 hr
Standby - 91 hr
General battery life
Magic 7
n/a
Pixel 9a
20:15 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
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: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor - Samsung GN8
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 68 mm -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm 16 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX712
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Magic 7
n/a
Pixel 9a
144
Video quality
Magic 7
n/a
Pixel 9a
100
Generic main camera score
Magic 7
n/a
Pixel 9a
128
Bokeh - 145
Zoom - 99
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 9a from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 20 mm
Sensor - CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus - No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/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 3.2
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, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* - Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Magic 7
n/a
Pixel 9a
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced October 2024 March 2025
Release date November 2024 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $499
Successor - Honor Magic 8 - Google Pixel 10a
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.39 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
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 is definitely a better buy.

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