Blackview Shark 8 vs Honor Magic V5

Blackview
Shark 8

Honor
Magic V5
At a glance
- Brand
- Blackview
- Honor
- Release date
- October 2023, 2 years 7 months ago
- July 2025, 10 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 420.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 69% of devices
- 2.640.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 97% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- CN¥ 8,999.00 ($ 1,318.11)
Display
- Size
- 6.78"
- 6.43"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2460 px FHD+
- 1060 x 2376 px FHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- Oled 8T LTPO
- Density
- 396 ppi High Density
- 405 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, 580 cd/m² peak brightness, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, DCI-P3, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, 1-120 Hz refresh rate, TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 4320 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, Max brightness HBM - 1500 cd/m², Peak brightness - 5000 cd/m², Always-On Display, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, King Kong Diamond JuRhino Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, Foldable Display, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio G99 (MT6789)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
- CPU
- 2x Cortex A76 2.2 GHz + 6x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz
- 2x4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L+ 6x3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 6 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 2.2 GHz
- 4.32 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MC2
- Adreno 830
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 64 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.69
- ƒ/ 1.6
- Sensor
- Samsung GW3
- Sony IMX906
- Pixel size
- 0.80 µm
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.97"
- 1/1.56"
- Flash
- Dual LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 960 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Front Flash
- Flicker sensor, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW
Front camera
- Resolution
- 13 Mpx
- 20 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Samsung S5K3L6
- —
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- —
Battery
- Capacity
- 5000 mAh
- 6100 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 33.0W
- Yes , 66.0W
- Charge cycles
- 800 cycles
- 1200 cycles
- Runtime
- ~ 52h
- ~ 50h
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 50W Honor wireless charging
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 2.2
- UFS Storage 4.0
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 76.6 mm 168.5 mm 8.4 mm Print 3D Model
- 74.3 mm 156.8 mm 8.8 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 198 g
- 217 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Glass , Faux leather , Aluminium
- Colors
- Blue Gold Gray
- Black White Gold Red
- Water/dust resistance
- IP53
- IP58 , IPX9
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 126 drops without defects
- Class A B C D E 70 drops without defects
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- Class A B C D E
- Usable surface
- 84 %
- 85 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13
- Android 16 Android 16
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Without Google Mobile services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
- GPS, A-GPS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), QZSS (L1 + L5), GPS (L1+L2+L5), Galileo (E1+E5a+E5b)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B19 (800), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B40 (TDD 2300)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28a (700), B32 (1500), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- CDMA BC0 (800), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n12 (700), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n71 (600), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Barometer
- —
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- DTS / DTS X, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 3 microphones

















