Upper mid-range · 2021

Honor Magic3

Name: Honor Magic3
Brand: Honor

Our Take CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

A well-rounded upper mid-ranger with 66W fast charging and an AMOLED screen.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength 66W fast charging, AMOLED screen

6.76″ OLED · 120Hz

Snapdragon 888 5G 8 / 128 GB

4600 mAh 66W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 13 MP selfie

5G NFC

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What stands out

Hi-Res audio for higher-quality listening

Pro camera extras: RAW, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

960 fps slow motion for action clips

Display

6.76″ · OLED · 1344 × 2772 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.76"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1344 × 2772 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) · 8-core 2.84 GHz · Adreno 660

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

Launch class

High-end

AnTuTu

898,700

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.84 GHz

GPU

Adreno 660

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex X1 2.84GHz + 3x Cortex A78 2.42GHz + 4x Cortex A55 1.8GHz

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · 13 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

Camera

64 MP f/1.8

Ultrawide

13 MP f/2.2

Front camera

13 MP f/2.4

Main sensor

Sony IMX766, 1/1.56", 1µm

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

RAW, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4600 mAh · 66 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4600 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), BeiDou (B2)

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

203 g · 8.99 mm · IP54

Height

162.8 mm

Width

74.9 mm

Thickness

8.99 mm

Weight

203 g

IP rating

IP54

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 13

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1344 × 2772 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 6.76″ vs 6.1″ screen

42% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 15 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

899k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS

Heavier in hand

203 g vs 174 g

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Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Trades blows 1 win 2 losses

15% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Heavier in hand

203 g vs 169 g

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