Blackview Wave 8 vs realme 16

Blackview
Wave 8

realme
16
At a glance
- Brand
- Blackview
- realme
- Release date
- November 2024, 1 years 6 months ago
- January 2026, 4 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 211.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 56% of devices
- 454.000 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 71% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.56"
- 6.57"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1612 px HD+
- 1080 x 2372 px FHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED
- Density
- 278 ppi Medium Density
- 391 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, 2D curved glass screen, Brightnes 400 cd/m² (typ), 70% NTSC, NTSC, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 600 cd/m² (typ), Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1400 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4000 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4500 cd/m², 5000000:1 contrast ratio, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Scratch resistant, Dual Edge display, 3D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T606
- MediaTek Dimensity 6400
- CPU
- 2x1.6 GHz Cortex A75 + 6x1.6 GHz Cortex A55
- 2× Cortex A76 a 2.5 GHz +6× Cortex A55 a 2.0 GHz
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 6 nm
- Frequency
- 1.6 GHz
- 2.5 GHz
- GPU
- ARM Mali-G57
- Mali-G57 MC2
- RAM
- 4 GB
- 8 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Samsung S5K4H7
- Sony IMX852
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- —
- Sensor size
- 1/4"
- —
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 480 fps
- Features
- Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- Time-Lapse, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Dual PDAF, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Dual capture, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ --
- ƒ/ 2.4
- Sensor
- GalaxyCore
- —
Battery
- Capacity
- 5000 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 10.0W
- Yes , 60.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1100 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 71h
- —
- Features
- Removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- UFS Storage 2.2
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.2 mm 163.2 mm 8.7 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.1 mm 158.3 mm 8.1 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 193 g
- 181 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Leather
- Colors
- Black Blue Violet
- Black Electric Gray
- Water/dust resistance
- IP52
- IP68, IP69 , MIL-STD-810H
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 270 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 82 %
- 89 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Android 15 RealmeUI 6.0 (Android 15)
- Updates
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 5 years
- —
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.3 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC
- 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 6E
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot
- 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, GLONASS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), Galileo (E1+E5a)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B19 (800), B20 (800), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), 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)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Compass
- —
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones

















