Samsung Galaxy A56 5G vs Honor Magic8 Lite Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 01, 2025	Dec 08, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $499	8GB/256GB - €455

Design

Dimensions
6.39 x 3.05 x 0.29 inches (~0.35 inches with camera bump) 162.2 x 77.5 x 7.4 mm (~8.9 mm with camera bump)	6.37 x 3.00 x 0.31 inches 161.9 x 76.1 x 7.8 mm
Weight
6.98 oz / 198.0 g	6.67 oz / 189.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+) Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP67	Water, Dust; IP69
Biometrics
Optical in-screen fingerprint	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Pink, Olive, Graphite, Lightgray	Midnight Black, Forest Green, Reddish Brown

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 87.64% screen-to-body	6.8-inch, 90.88% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1900 nits	AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 6000 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI	2640x1200px, 427 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
1715 (Good)	1777 (Good)
Bright Min
1.6 (Good)	1.5 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 1580	Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1x2.9GHz 3x2.6GHz​ 4x1.9GHz	Octa-core 1x2.3GHz Cortex-A720s 3x2.​2GHz Cortex-A720s 4x1.​8GHz Cortex-A520s
GPU
Xclipse 540	Adreno 810
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB	8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (15)	Android (15)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1361	1102
GeekBench 6 Multi
3894	3134
3D Mark High
1322	986
3D Mark Low
1313	982

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	7500 mAh, Si - Carbon
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
Wired: 45.0W	Wired: 66.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

7h 3min

Browsing

17h 46min

Video

9h 9min

Gaming

10h 11min

Battery Life Estimate

11h 25min

Browsing

23h 41min

Video

19h 23min

Gaming

12h 49min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Dual camera
Main camera
50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm	108 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.67" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 17 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps)	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)	16 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

122

Overall

131

Photo

113

Video

117

Overall

123

Photo

110

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.2
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker, Multiple speakers

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6	5G Ready
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
TDD Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM + eSIM	Dual Nano SIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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