Sony Xperia 5 II vs Honor Magic 2 3D Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia 5 II

Sony Xperia 5 II

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Honor Magic 2 3D

Honor Magic 2 3D

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Sony Xperia 5 II or Honor Magic 2 3D Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia 5 II Honor Magic 2 3D
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Release date 2020, September 17 2019, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158 x 68 x 8 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 2.68 in 157.3 x 75.1 x 8.3 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 2.96 in
Weight 163 g | 5.75 oz 206 g | 7.27 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Grey, Blue, Pink Gradient Black, Gradient Red, Gradient Blue
Battery 4000 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 900 EUR 500 EUR
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Screen

Technology OLED AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" in 6.39" in
Screen area 86.9 cm2 100.2 cm2
Screen format 21:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 80.9% 84.8%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2520 px 1080 x 2340 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 449 PPI 403 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Other specs - HDR BT.2020
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
-120Hz refresh rate
- 100% DCI-P3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 16 MP, Triple
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.7'', 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 70mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, PDAF, 3x optical zoom, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.2, 124˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.55'', Dual Pixel PDAF
-16 MP, f/1.8, PDAF
-16 MP, f/2.2
-24 MP B/W, f/1.8
Functions Zeiss optics, LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 4K@24/30/60/120fps HDR, 1080p, 5-axis gyro-EIS, OIS 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@480fps
DxOMark Main Score 111
DxOMark Photo 114
DxOMark Video 99
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 16 MP, Dual
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4'', 1.12µm Mechanical pop-up 16 MP, f/2.0
Mechanical pop-up 3D TOF camera
Mechanical pop-up 2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 5-axis gyro-EIS 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 10, planned upgrade to Android 11 Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9 or Magic UI 2
Chipset - Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+) - HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 585) - Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Adreno 650 Mali-G76 MP10
External memory microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) No
Internal memory 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM 128/256/512 GB, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB, 6 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 565295 308456
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1138
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 3176
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2743
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 2885
GeekBench 5 Single Core 788
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2557

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat21 1400/200 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Dynamic vibration system
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Face ID, fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast charging 21W, 50% in 30 min
-USB Power Delivery 3.0
- IP65/IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- Fast battery charging 10V/4A 40W: 50% in 15min; 85% in 30min
- Graphene-based heatpipe

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