Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs Honor Magic 6 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Honor Magic 6 Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 58 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.2 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 6 Pro
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1600 mAh larger battery capacity: 5600 vs 4000 mAh
  • Shows 45% longer battery life (28:35 vs 19:44 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 25W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (1569 against 1390 nits)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Honor Magic 6 Pro 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
26.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
41.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1280 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 416 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Jurhino Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 92.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.7%
PWM - 360 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Magic 6 Pro
6.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1569 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 147 mm (5.79 inches) 162.5 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 225 g (7.94 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Honor Magic 6 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3300 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
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
- 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
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Honor Magic 6 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 17327 13918
Single-core score 2066 2218
Multi-core score 6434 6749
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2345589
CPU 738110 668505
GPU 814230 826271
Memory 244427 360598
UX 495918 490215
Total score 2292685 2345589
Samples [18 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% 66%
Graphics test 11 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 1507 1700
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 62% -
Graphics test 30 FPS 33 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 33 FPS
Section 3 23 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 7976 8599
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 50% 66%
Graphics test 28 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 4826 4854
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18350 17561
Video editing 7968 7737
Photo editing 35076 32627
Data manipulation 14984 13971
Writing score 21029 17036
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (200th and 186th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Y4nnick23)Battery lifeSOT 5:30 / 18:00
📘 2026-09-20 (Iizzzuu)AnTuTu 122391410
📘 2026-09-05 (Самса с24)AnTuTu 112278769
📘 2026-08-05 (Flames-2)AnTuTu 112364143
📘 2026-06-30 (mrtcn)AnTuTu 112068918
Honor Magic 6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-08 (NikimanTI)AnTuTu 112379278
📘 2026-02-24 (techtest)AnTuTu 112397180
📘 2026-02-14 (7xossam1)AnTuTu 112303462
📘 2026-02-07 (Honor android sigma🗿)AnTuTu 112390790
📘 2026-01-09 (freqr)AnTuTu 112331069

Memory

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

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM One UI 9.0 MagicOS 9
OS size 24.1 GB 26 GB
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 5600 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (66 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (59% in 30 min) Yes (47% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 0:44 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:07 hr 12:44 hr
Watching video 15:32 hr 18:35 hr
Gaming 05:03 hr 06:20 hr
Standby 83 hr 122 hr
General battery life
28:35 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2.5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS 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 120° 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 180 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.4 - 2.0
Focal length 24 mm 27 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 180 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.6
Focal length 67 mm 68 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Omnivision OV50D
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 65 85
Preview 69 83
Zoom 135 160
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor Magic 6 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 22 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Sony IMX816
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 149
Video - 155

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 January 2024
Release date January 2024 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $800
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Honor Magic 8 Pro
SAR (head) 0.87 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.35 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 80 W
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon):
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
    - There are two models: one with dual Nano SIM, and the other with 1 Nano SIM + eSIM.
Notes on Magic 6 Pro:
    - The rear cover is available in eco-leather, which adds 4 grams to the smartphone's weight.
*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 6 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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