Honor Magic V5 vs Huawei nova 12s
Honor
Magic V5
Huawei
nova 12s
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
- 587.561 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 76% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.43"
- 6.7"
- Resolution
- 1060 x 2376 px FHD+
- 1084 x 2412 px FHD+
- Type
- Oled 8T LTPO
- Oled
- Density
- 405 ppi Very high density
- 395 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, SGS Certified, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 300 Hz, HDR10+, DCI-P3, sRGB standard, 10 Bits panel, Scratch resistant, 3D curved glass screen, AGC glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (SM7325)
- CPU
- 2x4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L+ 6x3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M
- 1×Cortex A78 2.4GHz + 3×Cortex A78 2.2GHz+ 4xCortex A55 1.9 GHz
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 3 nm
- 6 nm
- Frequency
- 4.32 GHz
- 2.4 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 830
- Adreno 642L
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 8 GB
- RAM type
- RAM LPDDR5X
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- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- ƒ/ 1.9
- Sensor
- Sony IMX906
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- Pixel size
- 1.00 µm
- —
- Sensor size
- 1/1.56"
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- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 960 fps
- Yes, 960 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
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW
Front camera
- Resolution
- 20 Mpx
- 60 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 2.4
- Sensor
- —
- Omnivision OV60A
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.61 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 6100 mAh
- 4500 mAh
- Type
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 66.0W
- Yes , 66.0W
- Wireless charging
- 50W Honor wireless charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1200 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 50h
- —
- Features
- Wireless charging, Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 256 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
- 75.0 mm 161.0 mm 6.9 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 217 g
- 168 g
- Materials
- Glass , Faux leather , Aluminium
- Plastic , Glass
- Colors
- Black White Gold Red
- Black White Blue
- 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
- HarmonyOS 4 HarmonyOS 4.0
- Updates
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
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- Google services
- Without Google Mobile services
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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 5.2 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), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, 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, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- 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, Wi-Fi MiMO
- 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, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
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), 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), 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), B6 (800), 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
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Barometer
- Yes
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- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- DTS / DTS X, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 3 microphones
- Stereo Speakers
