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Xiaomi 15 vs Honor Magic 7 Pro

87 out of 100
Xiaomi 15
VS
86 out of 100
Honor Magic 7 Pro
Xiaomi 15
Honor Magic 7 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 15 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Honor Magic 7 Pro, which is powered by the same chip. 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 Xiaomi 15
  • Shows 19% longer battery life (31:54 vs 26:42 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 32 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.9 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 7 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.44 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 and Honor Magic 7 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
52.2
(Average)
Value Index
37.7
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 15
vs
Magic 7 Pro

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.36 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2670 pixels 1280 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass NanoCrystal Shield
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 90.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 360 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Magic 7 Pro
6.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Xiaomi 15
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 15
1508 nits
Magic 7 Pro
1510 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.3 mm (6 inches) 162.7 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) 77.1 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 8.08 mm (0.32 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 223 g (7.87 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green, Purple White, Black, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Good (3.63/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 15
90.1%
Magic 7 Pro
90.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 and Honor Magic 7 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4320 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 and Honor Magic 7 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 15
2940
Magic 7 Pro +4%
3051
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +3%
9243
Magic 7 Pro
8977
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 15 +34%
24715
Magic 7 Pro
18499
Compute Score (GPU) 24715 18499
Single-core score 2940 3051
Multi-core score 9243 8977
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 15 +2%
3076179
Magic 7 Pro
3014433
CPU 946469 890143
GPU 1118762 1168623
Memory 372907 371223
UX 638041 584444
Total score 3076179 3014433
Samples [32 tests] [15 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 15
2204
Magic 7 Pro +13%
2482
Stability 82% 62%
Graphics test 16 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 2204 2482
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 15
10153
Magic 7 Pro +12%
11409
Graphics test 39 FPS 43 FPS
Section 1 43 FPS 49 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 33 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 10153 11409
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 89% -
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5782 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 15
17440
Magic 7 Pro +19%
20701
Web score 18558 24937
Video editing 8103 8080
Photo editing 37685 41656
Data manipulation 13755 16836
Writing score 21293 26740
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (99th and 112th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-10 (artyashka)AnTuTu 123263798
📘 2026-09-28 (PenPen)AnTuTu 123242949
📘 2026-08-24 (zaido)AnTuTu 113236909
📘 2026-08-16 (jakisgood)AnTuTu 113007116
📘 2026-08-03 (abdurashidovvv)AnTuTu 113102543
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Honor Magic 7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-05 -> swag420AnTuTu 123135800
📘 2026-07-28 (Hyenasher)Geekbench 6 CPU3051 / 8977
📘 2026-07-08 (Jason)AnTuTu 113112895
📘 2026-06-20 -> SangAnTuTu 113014433
📘 2026-06-19 -> SangAnTuTu 113007761
Add View all (31)

Memory

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

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 MagicOS 10
OS size 21 GB 30.2 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5400 mAh 5850 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (90% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:36 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:20 hr 13:07 hr
Watching video 19:22 hr 16:11 hr
Gaming 07:10 hr 06:20 hr
Standby 150 hr 109 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 15 +19%
31:54 hr
Magic 7 Pro
26:42 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual 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 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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.4 - 2.0
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision Light Fusion 900 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.6
Focal length 60 mm 60 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 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 Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 14 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 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
Xiaomi 15 +2%
150
Magic 7 Pro
147
Video quality
Xiaomi 15
133
Magic 7 Pro +13%
150
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 15
147
Magic 7 Pro +1%
148
Bokeh 75 160
Preview 87 -
Zoom 152 150
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 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/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm 21 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B 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 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 6.0 5.4
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 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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
Xiaomi 15 +2%
91.3 dB
Magic 7 Pro
89.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 October 2024
Release date October 2024 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $945 $1100
Successor - Xiaomi 17 - 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, 90 W Yes, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 15. It has a better battery life and sound.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
117 (52.5%)
106 (47.5%)
Total votes: 223

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