Honor Magic V5 vs Huawei nova 12i
Honor
Magic V5
Huawei
nova 12i
At a glance
- Brand
- Honor
- Huawei
- Release date
- July 2025, 11 months ago
- March 2024, 2 years 3 months ago
- Launch price
- CN¥ 8,999.00 ($ 1,318.11)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.640.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 97% of devices
- 328.079 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 62% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.43"
- 6.7"
- Resolution
- 1060 x 2376 px FHD+
- 1080 x 2388 px FHD+
- Type
- Oled 8T LTPO
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 405 ppi Very high density
- 391 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- 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)
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Touch sampling rate 270 Hz, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 (SM6225)
- CPU
- 2x4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L+ 6x3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M
- 4x2.4 GHz Kryo 265 Gold + 4x1.9GHz Kryo 265 Silver
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 3 nm
- 6 nm
- Frequency
- 4.32 GHz
- 2.4 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 830
- Adreno 610
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 8 GB
- RAM type
- RAM LPDDR5X
- LPDDR4X RAM
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 108 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- ƒ/ 1.9
- Sensor
- Sony IMX906
- Samsung HM6
- Pixel size
- 1.00 µm
- 0.64 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.56"
- 1/1.67"
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 960 fps
- No, 30 fps
- Features
- 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
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
Front camera
- Resolution
- 20 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 2.0
Battery
- Capacity
- 6100 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 66.0W
- Yes , 40.0W
- Wireless charging
- 50W Honor wireless charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1200 cycles
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- Runtime
- ~ 50h
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- Features
- Wireless charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 4.0
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- SD slot
- No
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 74.3 mm 156.8 mm 8.8 mm Print 3D Model
- 74.7 mm 163.3 mm 8.4 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 217 g
- 199 g
- Materials
- Glass , Faux leather , Aluminium
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black White Gold Red
- Black Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP58 , IPX9
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- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 70 drops without defects
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- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
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- Usable surface
- 85 %
- 89 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 16 Android 16
- Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13
- Updates
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
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- Google services
- Without Google Mobile services
- Without Google Mobile services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy), LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- 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)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo
Networks
- 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)
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- 4G LTE
- 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)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- CDMA BC0 (800), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
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- Proximity
- Yes
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- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Barometer
- Yes
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- Cooling system
- Yes
- No
- Audio
- DTS / DTS X, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 3 microphones
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