Honor MagicPad 3 vs Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
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Compared 2 smartphones : Honor MagicPad 3 Manufactured in July, 2025, with display 13.3 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs Huawei MatePad Air (2025), Manufactured in August, 2025with chipsetHiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Key Differences
Reasons to choose Honor MagicPad 3
- Larger display: 13.3in
- Higher pixel density: 289ppi
- Higher refresh rate: 165Hz
- Higher battery capacity: 12450mAh vs 10100mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version: 5.4 vs 5.2
- Supports newer USB: 3.2 vs 3.1
Reasons to choose Huawei MatePad Air (2025)
- Lighter design: 555g vs 595g
Versions
| Memory Options | - 8/256 GB - 12/256 GB - 16/512 GB - 16/1024 GB |
- 8/256 GB - 12/256 GB |
Review
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 comparisonDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 13.3 in | 12 in |
| Resolution | 2136x3200 pixels | 2800x1840 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| Pixel density | 289 ppi | 279 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max brightness | n/a | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89 % | 86.8 % |
| Features | DCI-P3 | DCI-P3 |
Design & Build
| Height | 293.9 mm (11.57 in) | 270 mm (10.63 in) |
| Width | 201.4 mm (7.93 in) | 183 mm (7.2 in) |
| Thickness | 5.8 mm (0.23 in) | 5.9 mm (0.23 in) |
| Weight | 595 g (20.99 oz) | 555 g (19.58 oz) |
| Area | 592 cm² (91.76 in²) | 494 cm² (76.57 in²) |
| Water resistance | No | No |
| Back panel | Metal | Metal |
| Frame | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | - White - Gold - Gray |
- White - Gray - Green - Pink |
| Fingerprint sensor | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | HiSilicon Kirin 8020 |
| Max Frequency | 3300 MHz | 2285 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) |
- 4/1.3 () - 3/2.05 () |
| Process | TSMC | SMIC |
| Transistor Size | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Neural Processor | Hexagon | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Maleoon 920 |
| GPU Cores | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU Frequency | 1000 MHz | 840 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2774 GFLOPS | 1720.3 GFLOPS |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2176 | 1332 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 6707 | 3979 |
| CPU | 391366 | 427889 |
| GPU | 765579 | 550104 |
| Memory | 372850 | 202772 |
| UX | 290742 | 130640 |
Memory
| RAM Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory Frequency | n/a | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage Capacity | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory Card | No | No |
Software
| OS | Android 15 | HarmonyOS 5.0 |
| UI Skin | MagicOS 9 | n/a |
Battery
| Volume | 12450 mAh | 10100 mAh |
| Max Charging Power | 66 W | 66 W |
| Battery Type | Silicon Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Removable | No | No |
| Wireless Charging | No | No |
| Reverse Charging | Yes | No |
| Fast Charging | Yes | Yes |
| Full Charge Time | n/a | 1:25 h |
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 MP | 50 MP |
| Photo resolution | 4160x3120 pixels | n/a |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K Recording | No | No |
| 4K Recording | Yes (Up to 30 fps) | Yes (Up to 30 fps) |
| 1080p Recording | Yes (Up to 30 fps) | Yes (Up to 30 fps) |
| Lenses count | Standard: 13 MP Macro: 2 MP |
Standard: 50 MP Ultra-wide: 8 MP |
| Features | Bokeh effect | Bokeh effect |
| Matrix | 13 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Matrix | n/a | 8 MP |
| Aperture | n/a | f/2.2 |
| Stabilization | n/a | Digital |
Front camera
| Matrix | 9 MP | 8 MP |
| Matrix | n/a | 4608x3456 pixels |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | n/a | CMOS |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 fps | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 fps |
| TOF 3D sensor | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi version | 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 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB Storage Mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB Storage Mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared Port | No | No |
| SIM Type | No | No |
| eSIM Support * | No | n/a |
| 5G Support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 8.0 | 6.0 |
| 3.5 mm Jack | No | No |
| FM Radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | n/a | No |
Other
| Class | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | July, 2025 yr | August, 2025 yr |
| Release Date | July, 2025 yr | August, 2025 yr |
| Sensors | - Proximity Sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor |
| Charger Included | Yes, 66 W | Yes, 66 W |
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Attention!
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