Google Pixel 10 Pro XL vs Honor Magic V6

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

Tensor G5 on TSMC 3nm, 16GB RAM, vapor chamber cooling (Pro XL only). Benchmarks 34% faster than Tensor G4 per GSMArena, but still 88% single-core / 67% multi-core / 55% GPU vs Galaxy S25 Edge. Vapor chamber helps sustain higher clocks longer than the smaller Pro, but doesn't close the gap to Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

• Tensor G5 + 16GB RAM + 3nm TSMC fab — 'In the multi-core Geekbench run, the new model scored 34% faster than the G4 on the 9 Pro XL, just as advertised' per GSMArena.
• Same competitor benchmark gap per Linus: 'getting around 88% of the single core performance, 67% of the multi-core performance, and just 55% of the GPU performance' vs Galaxy S25 Edge — Pro XL doesn't escape the Tensor ceiling.
• Vapor chamber exclusive to Pro XL: 'because of the tensor chip and of course the vapor chamber, which by the way is only on the Pixel 10 Pro XL, not the 10 Pro' — sustained-load advantage over the Pro.
• Notebookcheck stress test: 'the Pixel 10 Pro XL displayed significant thermal throttling, going down to 54% of its max CPU performance' — vapor chamber softens but doesn't eliminate Tensor G5's thermal ceiling.
• Genshin per GSMArena: 'a visually demanding title such as Genshin Impact cannot maintain 60fps on the Pixel 10 Pro XL at its maximum settings, and the phone would routinely drop into the 50s or even the 40s.'
• Real-world fluidity verdict per 3-month review: 'the Pixel UI is generally really fluid and the Tensor chip still holds up enough that day-to-day usage is wicked fast and smooth.'
• Video export benchmark vs Galaxy: 'The Galaxy is exporting the project 35% faster than the Pixel, allowing it to move on to the browser test as the Pixel is still chugging along' — sustained workload gap is real.

Honor Magic V6

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with the best sustained behaviour in the foldable class — it holds frames far longer than rivals before any throttling.

• Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the Magic V6 surpasses the Galaxy Z Fold 7 on performance.
• After 5 minutes of sustained load every competitor throttles 30–40%, but the V6 drained just 41% over 90 minutes of max load — best in class — with an AnTuTu sustained score of ~847,000, 18% ahead of second place.
• Honor of Kings averaged ~119–120fps at max graphics (3.45–3.65W, ~38–42°C); PUBG Mobile held ~119fps for 30 minutes.
• Genshin Impact at ultra/60fps for 30 minutes averaged 59.5fps with minimal fluctuation, the only trade-off being a screen-brightness drop to ~250 nits.
• Frame rates begin to throttle after about 10 minutes maxed out, but dropping graphics one notch locks a steady 59.74fps at just 41.5°C.

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

5,200 mAh battery (largest in family, +330 mAh from Pro), 45W wired, 25W Qi2.2 magnetic wireless. SuperSaf measures the 45W as the family's most meaningful upgrade. Real-world tests vary: 7h 30m in social-app drain (vs iPhone 17 Pro Max 7h 33m, S26 Ultra 7h 22m); 11h 4m in PUBG sustained drain (behind every flagship). Charging gets to 33% in 15 min and 63% in 30 min — meaningful upgrade over Pro's 30W.

• 5,200 mAh battery + 45W wired + 25W Qi2.2 magnetic wireless — 'The Pixel 10 Pro XL's battery has seen a small increase from last year, to 5200mAh – again, not the largest I've seen lately, but still more than you'll find in either the Galaxy S25 Ultra or iPhone 16 Pro Max.'
• 45W is the most-loved upgrade per 6-month review: 'it's that updated quicker 45 W charging, and it genuinely has been just the best upgrade on the phone. I just think it is the biggest upgrade on the Pixel 10 series this year.'
• Social-app drain test result: 'In second place is the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL with a finishing time of 7 hours, 30 minutes, and 30 seconds' — beats Galaxy S26 Ultra (7h 22m), trails iPhone 17 Pro Max by 3 minutes.
• PUBG sustained gaming drain: 'The Pixel 10 Pro XL went down at 11 hours 4 minute and that is disappointing cuz there's no improvement whatsoever' — behind OnePlus 13 (11h 54m), S25 Ultra (12h 3m), iPhone (12h 42m), Xiaomi (12h 50m).
• Wired charging real-world: 'Using the Pixel 10 Pro XL's 45 watt wire charging, we are able to fill the phone from empty to 33% and 63% full after 15 minutes and half an hour' — meaningful upgrade over the Pro's 23W real-world peak.
• Full-charge time slower than last year per Notebookcheck: 'the Pixel 10 Pro XL is slower than last year, charging from 0 to 59% in half an hour and taking an hour and 22 minutes to charge to full' — battery grew but charging speed regressed slightly.
• Notebookcheck endurance: '10 hours and 11 minutes... way behind the competition when it comes to battery life' — same lab-test-class deficit vs iPhone 17 Pro Max and Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Honor Magic V6

The headline: the biggest battery ever in a foldable, delivering slab-phone endurance in a 4mm-thin body, with fast wired/wireless charging and a 120W charger in the box.

• A 6,660mAh silicon-carbon cell (256/512GB) — the largest ever in a foldable — rising to a 7,150mAh Qinghai Lake battery in the 1TB China model, the first foldable past 7,000mAh.
• It lasted 7 hours 54 minutes from full charge to shutdown — over 2 hours longer than most standard phones — and beat the OPPO Find N5 (5h43m) and Vivo X Fold 5 (4h33m).
• After a full 5-hour mixed-usage test, 69% remained — securing first place on the foldable 5-hour battery leaderboard — with a Bilibili loop running to 13h23m before death.
• Over heavy Lunar New Year use — video, gaming, documents, social — only about 30% of the battery was used per day.
• 80W wired charging hit ~27% in 15 minutes and a full charge in ~49–55 minutes, plus 66W wireless and an included 120W GaN charger.

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

Android 16 + Material 3 Expressive, 7 years of OS updates running through 2032, 26 quarterly Pixel Drops remaining. AirDrop support added, automatic notification organization, bold caller imagery. One year of free Google AI Pro (Gemini Pro + 2TB storage). Same software stack as Pro and base Pixel 10.

• Seven years of OS + Pixel Drops — '7 years of full updates. While we have yet to see a phone reach the end of 7-year update schedule like this yet, hopefully we can trust Google to keep its word and offer Pixel 10 owners an update to Android 23 in 2032.'
• One year of Google AI Pro included: 'A fun bonus that comes with the Pixel 10 Pro XL purchase is a free year of Google AI Pro, normally costing $20 per month' — $240 value.
• Pixel Drops add features post-launch: 'A handy index of all your screen grabs still works excellently even as other companies have now imitated the feature with their own phones. More important than any currently available feature on the Pixel 10 series is the continued commitment by Google to provide the phone with 7 years of full updates.'
• AI Pro Zoom unique to Pro tier: 'this new AI pro zoom which kicks in when you go beyond 30 times' — software differentiation from the base Pixel 10.
• Bugginess at launch per a Pro XL reviewer: 'one thing that has always remained consistent with using new Pixel devices is the sheer bugginess of the software' — improved via October OTA, but a recurring Pixel weakness.
• Material 3 Expressive design: 'some of the design choices are questionable, and not everyone will be on board with a bouncy, springy design with animations galore' — divisive aesthetic update.

Honor Magic V6

MagicOS 10 on Android 16 with a strong 7-year update promise and capable AI, but Honor's good ideas remain built around niche interactions and the imported Chinese ROM adds friction.

• Runs Android 16 with MagicOS 10 and a 7-year update commitment; the global version restores the Google home page and Honor AI.
• Owning a Chinese-ROM unit means real friction versus a global version — a key consideration since global availability is limited.
• MagicOS feels near-identical to Huawei's EMUI down to the icons — familiar to some, derivative to others.
• Honor's good software ideas are based on niche interactions — the only thing that takes the experience down a notch.

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

Larger 6.8-inch form factor (~5% heavier than Pixel 9 Pro XL per SuperSaf), premium glass back + polished aluminum frame, IP68, ultrasonic fingerprint reader. Same camera bar signature. Vapor chamber cooling and the 256GB minimum storage (vs 128GB on Pro) are the differentiators against the Pro tier.

• 6.8-inch frame, ~5% heavier than predecessor: 'The size change results in a larger display and a total weight that's about 5% heavier than the Pixel 9 Pro XL' (SuperSaf).
• Premium build quality per Snazzy Labs: 'right out of the box, it feels like Google's most refined piece of hardware yet. The texture, the edges, even the subtle matte frame, it all feels incredibly premium.'
• Design refinements per SuperSaf: 'Google made the phone's rear G logo metallic, slimmed and bezel around the rear camera bar, moved the SIM card tray to the top of the phone, and added a second speaker opening to the bottom.'
• IP68 dust + water resistance verified — 'still working' after a 40-minute submersion in a 35-minute water-resistance lab test (after-test verified).
• Long-term durability: 'considering that the side rails are obviously glossy aluminum... I was 100% expecting the USB port or the aluminum around the port to get scratched up from all the times that you plug in, you know, your phone to charge, but considering this has MagSafe charging, I basically never use wired charging' — Pixelsnap reduces wear-and-tear long-term.
• 256GB minimum storage with UFS 4.0 — Stuff: 'the Pixel 10 Pro XL also gets a thumbs up for coming with 256GB of on-board storage as standard, rather than the measly 128GB you got on last year's Pixel 9 Pro XL.'

Honor Magic V6

Honor's signature trick — the thinnest, lightest book foldable — taken further, with a wider candy-bar-like outer screen and a premium feel that survives the diet.

• Honor's new foldable is the thinnest yet (though only just) but packs a bigger battery than any before.
• The Snow White version measures ~8.75mm folded and ~219g — surprisingly reasonable even compared to standard candy-bar phones — and is lighter than an iPhone 17 Pro Max (233g).
• Once unfolded the thickness drops to just ~4.1mm — less than half the thickness of an iPhone 17 Pro Max — with an extremely narrow 1.18mm outer-screen bezel.
• Honor went slightly bigger on both displays (7.95-inch inner, 6.52-inch outer), giving the front a wider flagship candy-bar aspect ratio.
• Even with the flatter design the phone is still very comfortable to hold, with newly redesigned thinner, lighter haptics, antennas, SIM tray and hinge.

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

$1,199 starting price (256GB, 128GB dropped). Stuff: 'undercuts the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, but is now on par with the iPhone 16 Pro Max.' Phone Arena: '$250 off at Amazon' frequently. Includes one year of Google AI Pro ($240 value). Versus the Pixel 10 Pro the XL adds bigger screen, bigger battery, faster charging, vapor chamber, 256GB minimum — $200 premium for meaningful upgrades.

• $1,199 starting price for the 256GB Pro XL — undercuts Samsung's flagship 'but is now on par with the iPhone 16 Pro Max' per Stuff.
• $250 off frequently at Amazon per Phone Arena — 'This device scores 1.3% worse than the average for this price class' but routinely discounted, putting effective price in S25 Ultra territory.
• 9to5Google verdict: 'It has been almost 30 days since Google officially launched the Pixel 10 lineup, and the 10 Pro XL is the best of the bunch.'
• Android Authority's superlative: 'How do you top the best Pixel ever? It's the best of Google in the biggest package.'
• OnePlus 15 / RedMagic 11 Pro Plus value tax: 'the RedMagic 11 Pro Plus ranges from $800 to $1080, offering high-end gaming features at a slightly lower entry point' with 7,500 mAh battery and 120W wireless charging — Pixel 10 Pro XL pays a premium for AI features and software.
• 3-month value verdict per a long-term Pro XL reviewer: 'I don't know if Google did enough with this upgrade unlike previous years where I wholeheartedly recommended their launches' — value question lingers despite spec sheet wins.

Honor Magic V6

It out-specs the Galaxy Z Fold 7 on nearly every axis, but it's expensive and hard to buy officially in the West — value depends heavily on import pricing and config.

• Those who value long battery life, ultra-thin design and maximum durability will find the Magic V6 the more appealing option versus the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
• The base version starts at ¥8,999 in China — roughly £973 / ~$1,309 — with top configs far higher; pricing is expected to be expensive like the £1,699 V5.
• The Magic V6 beats Samsung to one of the most-requested foldable features.
• If the pricing works for you, the Magic V6 is absolutely worth considering.
• The Chinese version is typically about 20% cheaper than the global version.