Head to head
Honor Magic V5vsHonor Magic V3
The short answer
Neither the Honor Magic V5 nor the Honor Magic V3 wins a row by a gap you’d notice.
- Released
- 2025-07-02GSMArena — Honor Magic V5 specifications, retrieved 2026-09-10
- Security updates until
- Not published by the makerHonor UK — HONOR Magic V5, retrieved 2026-09-10
- Released
- 2024-07-19GSMArena — Honor Magic V3 specifications, retrieved 2026-09-10
- Price
- £1,699.99Honor UK shop — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-22
- Security updates until
- Not published by the makerHonor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10
0 wins for Honor Magic V50 wins for Honor Magic V31 gap borderline2 differences you won’t notice
Verdict: nothing you’d notice between them
On the makers’ published figures, neither the Magic V5 nor the Magic V3 wins a row by a gap you would notice. One gap is borderline, a difference most people would not notice: battery capacity (5,820 mAh against 5,150 mAh) for the Magic V5. The differences in weight and display size are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same refresh rate, peak brightness, fast charging and wireless charging. The other 20 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
Specifications
A win is marked only where the figures can be ranked and the gap is one you could notice. A row the site has no threshold for says whether the two differ, and that it is not ranking them. = marks the same figure on both, ≠ not ranked a difference with no ranking. Every figure carries its source.
Body
Display
Platform
Memory
Camera
Battery
Benchmarks
24 attributes neither phone has a sourced figure for
Dimensions · Build · SIM · Unlock · Resolution · Pixel density · Typical brightness · Operating system · OS versions supported · Google Mobile Services · CPU · GPU · Storage (base) · Storage options · Video capture · Claimed video playback · Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · USB · NFC · Positioning · Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) · AnTuTu benchmark · SAR (EU, head). Rows appear as sources are cited — a gap in our data, not a statement about either phone.
Questions
Is the Honor Magic V5 better than the Honor Magic V3?
On the figures, neither: no row has a gap between them you’d notice. The differences that exist are borderline, too close to notice, or not ranked.
Which has the better battery?
The Honor Magic V5 is ahead, narrowly: battery capacity, 5,820 mAh against 5,150 mAh (both Honor UK), a borderline gap most people would not notice.
Which is lighter?
The Honor Magic V5 is lighter on paper, but not by a gap you’d notice: weight, 217 g against 226 g (both Honor UK).
Which has the brighter screen?
Neither: both state 5,000 nits for peak brightness (Honor UK).
Other comparisons
The pairs a buyer of either phone would also weigh. Any two phones in the catalogue can be compared from the chooser.