Xiaomi 12 Pro vs Honor Magic 7 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 12 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on December 28, 2021, against the Honor Magic 7 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 2 years and 10 months after. 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 Xiaomi 12 Pro
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 15% higher pixel density (521 vs 453 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 19 grams less
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 7 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3014K versus 1349K)
- Shows 58% longer battery life (26:42 vs 16:53 hours)
- Comes with 1250 mAh larger battery capacity: 5850 vs 4600 mAh
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 44% higher peak brightness (1510 against 1049 nits)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- The phone is 2 years and 10 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1280 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 521 ppi | 453 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 970 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 nits | 5000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | NanoCrystal Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.5% | 90.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 367 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 162.7 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 77.1 mm (3.04 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 204 g (7.2 oz) | 223 g (7.87 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green, Pink | White, Black, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.63/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 4320 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3743 | 18499 |
| Single-core score | 968 | 3051 |
| Multi-core score | 3605 | 8977 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 500024 | 890143 |
| GPU | 223043 | 1168623 |
| Memory | 243998 | 371223 |
| UX | 382743 | 584444 |
| Total score | 1349808 | 3014433 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | [15 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 62% |
| Graphics test | - | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2482 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 43 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 49 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 44 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 37 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 11409 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 88% | - |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2479 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8304 | 24937 |
| Video editing | 6949 | 8080 |
| Photo editing | 25400 | 41656 |
| Data manipulation | 9541 | 16836 |
| Writing score | 13100 | 26740 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#112th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Tema) | CPU Throttle | 86% |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Tema) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603387 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 (Max) | AnTuTu 11 | 1349808 |
| 📘 2026-04-03 (12 pro) | AnTuTu 11 | 1555919 |
| 📘 2026-03-29 (thxthelow) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297778 |
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 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS size | 26.5 GB | 30.2 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 5850 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (80 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (90% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:21 hr | 0:36 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 06:40 hr | 13:07 hr |
| Watching video | 10:08 hr | 16:11 hr |
| Gaming | 04:44 hr | 06:20 hr |
| Standby | 81 hr | 109 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#115th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 122° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.4 - 2.0 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX707 | Omnivision OV50H |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | 48 mm | 60 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung JN1 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung JN1 | Omnivision OV50D |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 160 |
| Preview | 70 | - |
| Zoom | 102 | 150 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Honor Magic 7 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32b40 | Sony IMX816 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
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 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | 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 | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2021 | October 2024 |
| Release date | December 2021 | November 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $1100 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15 Pro | - Honor Magic 8 Pro |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 100 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 7 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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