Home Phone comparison Honor Magic 6 and Samsung Galaxy S22 - Which is better?

Honor Magic 6 vs Samsung Galaxy S22

81 out 100
Honor Magic 6
VS
68 out 100
Samsung Galaxy S22
Honor Magic 6
Samsung Galaxy S22

Compared 2 smartphones : Honor Magic 6 Manufactured in January, 2024, with display 6.78 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs Samsung Galaxy S22, Manufactured in March, 2022 with chipsetSamsung Exynos 2200. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery Life
  6. Cameras
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Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose Honor Magic 6
  • Larger display: 6.78in
  • Higher pixel density: 453ppi
  • Higher battery capacity: 5450mAh vs 3700mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version: 5.3 vs 5.2
  • Infrared port
  • Includes charger
Reasons to choose Samsung Galaxy S22
  • Lighter design: 167g vs 199g
  • Supports newer USB: 3.2 vs 2
  • Supports DisplayPort
  • Supports Dolby Atmos
  • Built-in eSIM

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Memory Options - 12/256 GB
- 16/256 GB
- 16/512 GB		 - 8/128 GB
- 8/256 GB

Review

Key Specs Honor Magic 6 and Samsung Galaxy S22
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Camera
Main & front camera tests
Performance
App & system performance
Games
3D gaming performance
Battery
Battery life, charging speed & type
Connectivity
Connectivity features
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Smartphones:
Honor Magic 6
vs
Samsung Galaxy S22

Display

Display quality comparison
Type OLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.78 in 6.1 in
Resolution 1264x2800 pixels 1080x2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
Pixel density 453 ppi 425 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max brightness 5000 nits 780 nits
HDR support Yes HDR10+ Yes HDR10+
Touch Sampling Rate n/a 240 Hz
Screen-to-body ratio 92.6 % 88.6 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
Honor Magic 6
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S22
858 nits
sRGB gamutn/a99.3 %
PWM (Flicker)n/a239 Hz
Response timen/a10 ms
Contrastn/a∞ Infinite
Sources: NotebookCheck [Samsung Galaxy S22]

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 161.8 mm (6.37 in) 146 mm (5.75 in)
Width 75.4 mm (2.97 in) 70.6 mm (2.78 in)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 in) 7.6 mm (0.3 in)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Water resistance n/a IP68
Cooling system Vapor chamber n/a
Back panel Glass Glass
Frame Metal Metal
Colors - White
- Black
- Blue
- Green
- Purple		 - White
- Black
- Gray
- Blue
- Green
- Pink
- Purple
- Yellow
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display Yes In-Display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor Magic 6
92.6 %
Samsung Galaxy S22
88.6 %

Performance

Testing Honor Magic 6 and Samsung Galaxy S22 In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Samsung Exynos 2200
Max Frequency 3300 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 2/2.27 (Cortex-A520)
- 2/2.96 (Cortex-A720)
- 3/3.15 (Cortex-A720)
- 1/3.3 (Cortex-X4)		 - 4/1.82 (Cortex-A510)
- 3/2.52 (Cortex-A710)
- 1/2.8 (Cortex-X2)
Process TSMC Samsung
Transistor Size 4 nm 4 nm
Neural Processor Hexagon Yes
Graphics Adreno 750 Samsung Xclipse 920
GPU Cores 1536 768
GPU Frequency 903-1000 MHz 1306 MHz
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 2006.2 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor Magic 6
2238
Samsung Galaxy S22
1612
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor Magic 6
6907
Samsung Galaxy S22
3796
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)22381612
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)69073796
Sources: Geekbench v6 [Honor Magic 6], [Samsung Galaxy S22]
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Honor Magic 6
2087950
Samsung Galaxy S22
1088497
CPU462650302471
GPU902890373644
Memory387761174962
UX334649237420
NanoReview Score20879501088497
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Honor Magic 6
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S22
6530
Max Surface Temp.n/a38 °C
Stabilityn/a60 %
Graphics Testn/a39 fps
Graphics Scoren/a6530
Sources: 3DMark [Samsung Galaxy S22]
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
Honor Magic 6
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S22
12422
Writing scoren/a15127
Web scoren/a10324
Video editingn/a7244
Data manipulationn/a10926
NanoReview Scoren/a12422

Memory

RAM
RAM Size - 12 GB
- 16 GB		 8 GB
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz n/a
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage Capacity- 256 GB
- 512 GB		- 128 GB
- 256 GB
Storage TypeUFS 4.0UFS 3.1
Memory CardNoNo

Software

OS Android 14 Android 12 (Upgradeable to Android 14)
OS Size n/a 30.2 GB
UI Skin MagicOS 8 One UI 5.1

Battery

Volume 5450 mAh 3700 mAh
Max Charging Power 66 W 25 W
Battery Type Li-Po Li-Po
Removable No No
Wireless Charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse Charging Yes (Wireless) Yes (Wireless)
Fast Charging Yes (50% in 25 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full Charge Time 0:55 h 1:03 h
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
Honor Magic 6
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S22
19:34
Web Browsingn/a07:10 h
Video Playbackn/a11:44 h
Gamesn/a04:49 h
Standby Moden/a100 h

Main camera

Matrix 50 MP 50 MP
Photo resolution 8192x6144 pixels 8160x6120 pixels
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K Recording No Up to 24FPS
4K Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
1080p Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
Slow Motion 240 fps (1080p) 960 fps (720p)
Wide-angle lens 122 ° 120 °
Lenses count Standard: 50 MP
Telephoto: 32 MP
Ultra-wide: 50 MP		 Standard: 50 MP
Telephoto: 10 MP
Ultra-wide: 12 MP
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Main lens
Matrix50 MP50 MP
Aperturef/1.9f/1.8
Focal lengthn/a24 mm
Sensorn/aSamsung GN5
Sensor size1/1.31/1.56
Pixel sizen/a1 μm
AutofocusLaser autofocusPhase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Telephoto
Matrix32 MP10 MP
Aperturef/2.4f/2.4
Focal lengthn/a70 mm
Sensorn/aSony IMX772
Sensor sizen/a1/3.94
Pixel sizen/a1 μm
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix50 MP12 MP
Aperturef/2.0f/2.2
Focal length13 mm13 mm
Sensorn/aSony IMX713
Sensor size1/2.761/2.55
Pixel sizen/a1.4 μm
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Honor Magic 6
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S22
129
Video quality
Honor Magic 6
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S22
137
Overall camera score
Honor Magic 6
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S22
133
Bokehn/a70
Previewn/a72
Zoomn/a126
Sources: DxOMark [Samsung Galaxy S22]

Front camera

Matrix 50 MP 10 MP
Photo resolution 8192x6144 pixels 3872x2592 pixels
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 26 mm
Sensor n/a CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.93 1/3.24
Pixel size n/a 1.22 μm
Autofocus n/a Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 fps 2160p (4K) at 60 fps
TOF 3D sensor No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.3 5.2
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 n/a Yes DP 1.2
GPS - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS		 - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port Yes No
Connectivity
SIM Count*22
SIM TypeNanoNano
SIM ModeDual SIM StandbyDual SIM Standby
eSIM Support *NoYes
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G Bandsn/aGSM B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
3G Bandsn/aWCDMA B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
LTE Bands*n/aLTE (B/B(/B(1700/B1/B1)/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B32/B38/B39/B40/B41/B66/B1900)/B2100/B2100)/B2300)/B2500)/B2600))
LTE category2020
5G SupportYesYes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
3.5 mm Jack No No
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos n/a Yes
Speaker Test
Max Volume
Honor Magic 6
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S22
89.5 dB

Other

Class Flagship Flagship
Announced January, 2024 yr February, 2022 yr
Release Date January, 2024 yr March, 2022 yr
Launch Price ($) 625 799
Sensors - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor		 - Hall Sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
Charger Included Yes 66 W No
* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Honor Magic 6 the clear winner in this comparison.

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