ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus vs Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro

Compared 2 smartphones : ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus Manufactured in December, 2022, with display 6.8 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, vs Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro, Manufactured in April, 2022 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
  • Higher battery capacity: 5000mAh vs 4600mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version: 5.3 vs 5.2
Reasons to choose Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
  • Larger display: 6.81in
  • Higher pixel density: 460ppi
  • Lighter design: 215g vs 230g
  • Infrared port
  • Built-in eSIM

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Memory Options - 12/256 GB
- 16/512 GB
- 16/1024 GB
- 8/256 GB
- 12/256 GB
- 12/512 GB

Review

Key Specs ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus and Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
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
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Display

Display quality comparison
Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.8 in 6.81 in
Resolution 1116x2480 pixels 1312x2848 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.54:9
Pixel density 400 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max brightness 1300 nits 600 nits
HDR support No Yes HDR10+
Touch Sampling Rate n/a 360 Hz
Screen-to-body ratio 89.2 % 93.1 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
n/a
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
957 nits
sRGB gamutn/a94.7 %
PWM (Flicker)n/a119 Hz
Response timen/a1 ms
Contrastn/a∞ Infinite

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 163.88 mm (6.45 in) 163.6 mm (6.44 in)
Width 76.35 mm (3.01 in) 74.7 mm (2.94 in)
Thickness 9.47 mm (0.37 in) 9.15 mm (0.36 in)
Weight 230 g (8.11 oz) 215 g (7.58 oz)
Water resistance No IP68
Cooling system Active fan n/a
Back panel Glass Glass
Frame Metal Metal
Colors Black - White
- Black
- Gold
- Green
- Orange
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display Yes In-Display
Screen-to-body ratio
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
89.2 %
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
93.1 %

Performance

Testing ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus and Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max Frequency 3200 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
- 3/2.5 (Cortex-A710)
- 1/3 (Cortex-X2)
Process TSMC Samsung
Transistor Size 4 nm 4 nm
Neural Processor Hexagon Hexagon
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 730
GPU Cores 1536 1024
GPU Frequency 680 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS 2089 GFLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
2060
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
1464
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
5464
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
3918
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)20601464
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)54643918
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
1546735
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
1012201
CPU373706259919
GPU600328367772
Memory291769179429
UX280932205090
NanoReview Score15467351012201
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
13388
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
n/a
Stability99 %n/a
Graphics Test80 fpsn/a
Graphics Score13388n/a
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
18310
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
n/a
Writing score25791n/a
Web score15525n/a
Video editing8440n/a
Data manipulation13536n/a
NanoReview Score18310n/a

Memory

RAM
RAM Size - 12 GB
- 16 GB
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency n/a 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage Capacity- 256 GB
- 512 GB
- 1024 GB
- 256 GB
- 512 GB
Storage TypeUFS 4.0UFS 3.1
Memory CardNoNo

Software

OS Android 13 Android 12
OS Size n/a 21 GB
UI Skin Redmagic OS 6 Magic UI 6

Battery

Volume 5000 mAh 4600 mAh
Max Charging Power 165 W 100 W
Battery Type Li-Po Li-Po
Removable No No
Wireless Charging No Yes (100 W)
Reverse Charging No Yes (Wireless)
Fast Charging Yes (50% in 6 min) Yes (50% in 12 min)
Full Charge Time 0:14 h 0:30 h
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
n/a
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
17:09
Web Browsingn/a07:18 h
Video Playbackn/a12:02 h
Gamesn/a05:16 h
Standby Moden/a68 h

Main camera

Matrix 50 MP 50 MP
Photo resolution 8160x6120 pixels 9216x6912 pixels
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K Recording Yes (Up to 30 fps) No
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) n/a
Wide-angle lens 120 ° 122 °
Lenses count Standard: 50 MP
Ultra-wide: 8 MP
Macro: 2 MP
Standard: 50 MP
Ultra-wide: 50 MP
Telephoto: 64 MP
Depth
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Main lens
Matrix50 MP50 MP
Aperturef/1.9f/1.9
Focal length25 mm23 mm
SensorSamsung ISOCELL S5KGN5Sony IMX766
Sensor size1/1.571/1.56
Pixel size1 μm1 μm
AutofocusPhase autofocusPhase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
StabilizationDigitalOptical
Telephoto
Matrixn/a64 MP
Aperturen/af/3.5
Focal lengthn/a90 mm
Sensorn/aOmnivision OV64B
Sensor sizen/a1/2.0
Pixel sizen/a0.7 μm
Stabilizationn/aOptical
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix8 MP50 MP
Aperturef/2.2f/2.2
Focal length13 mmn/a
Sensor size1/4.01/2.5
Pixel size1.12 μmn/a
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
n/a
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
132
Video quality
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
n/a
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
117
Overall camera score
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
n/a
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
126
Bokehn/a60
Previewn/a62
Zoomn/a111

Front camera

Matrix 16 MP 12 MP
Photo resolution 4608x3456 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Aperture f/2.0 n/a
Sensor Omnivision OV16E1Q n/a
Sensor size 1/2.8 n/a
Pixel size 1.12 μm n/a
Autofocus No n/a
Stabilization Digital n/a
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 fps 2160p (4K) at 30 fps
TOF 3D sensor No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 3.1 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes DP 1.2
GPS - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port No Yes
Connectivity
SIM Count*22
SIM TypeNanoNano
SIM ModeDual SIM StandbyDual SIM Standby
eSIM Support *NoYes
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G BandsGSM 2/3/5/8n/a
3G BandsWCDMA B1/2/4/5/6/8/19n/a
LTE Bands*LTE (B1/B2/B3/B4(1400/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B18/B19/B20/B26/B28/B28B/B66(1400/B2100))n/a
LTE category2020
5G SupportYesYes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
3.5 mm Jack Yes No
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos No n/a
Speaker Test
Max Volume
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro Plus
n/a
Huawei Honor Magic 4 Pro
88.5 dB

Other

Class Flagship Flagship
Announced December, 2022 yr February, 2022 yr
Release Date December, 2022 yr April, 2022 yr
Launch Price ($) 800 1100
Sensors - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Face Sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
Charger Included Yes 165 W Yes 100 W
* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

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