nubia Red Magic 3S vs realme 8 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 16, 2019	Apr 21, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
$600	€200

Design

Dimensions
6.76 x 3.09 x 0.38 inches 171.7 x 78.5 x 9.65 mm	6.40 x 2.94 x 0.33 inches 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.5 mm
Weight
7.58 oz / 215.0 g	6.53 oz / 185.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Cyber shade	Supersonic blue, Supersonic Black

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 80.55% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 84.03% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED, 90Hz, HDR	IPS LCD, 90Hz, 600 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 388 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 855+ SM8150-AC (7 nm)	MediaTek Dimensity 700 MT6833V (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2960 MHz Kryo 485	Octa-core 2200 MHz Cortex-A76
GPU
Adreno 640	Mali-G57
Memory
12GB (LPDDR4)/256GB (UFS 3.0) 8GB/128GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 2.1) 8GB/128GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm
Second camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F3.4
Third camera
	2 MP (Black and White) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
8K UHD (15 fps), 4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) Time-lapse video
Front
16 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	16 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 3.0	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, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, SA, NSA
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 66	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 19
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	No
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Mar 30, 2021 FCC ID value: 2AUYFRMX3241
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.15 W/kg Body: 0.43 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.47 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.90 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 128 GB storage

Memory	8GB/128GB
Colors	Eclipse black, Mecha silver
Prices (MSRP)	$479

With 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB

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