Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus vs realme GT 5

Comparing the Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus vs realme GT 5 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus runs at a higher processing speed of 3.36 GHz, while realme GT 5 runs at 3.2 GHz, making Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus the better performer.

Display: Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus offers a screen size of 6.8 inches, while realme GT 5 offers 6.74 inches, making Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus the larger display of the two. Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus features a AMOLED display compared to realme GT 5's OLED, making Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus and realme GT 5 feature a 50 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Both Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus and realme GT 5 feature a 16 MP primary front camera.

Battery: realme GT 5 offers a higher battery capacity with 5240 mAh, while Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus offers 5000 mAh, making realme GT 5 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus and realme GT 5 offer the same internal storage of 256 GB.

Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro Plus

₹62,490

(Not Released in India)

realme GT 5

(Not Released in India)

Summary

Release Date

07 Dec, 2023

N/A

06 May, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 8 Gen 2	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2	Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 3.36 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
16 GB RAM	12 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display


6.8 inches (17.27 cm)	6.74 inches (17.12 cm)	6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
AMOLED	OLED	AMOLED
1116x2480 px (FHD+)	1240x2772 px (FHD+)	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
120 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


50 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
2 MP Macro Camera	2 MP Macro Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera


16 MP Wide Angle Lens	16 MP Wide Angle Lens	50 MP

Battery


5000 mAh	5240 mAh	6500 mAh
165W Fast Charging	150W Super VOOC Charging	90W Flash Charging
N/A	N/A	Wireless Charging

Storage

256 GB	256 GB	256 GB
UFS 4.0	UFS 4.0	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A

8.4/10

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Pros

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

Compact, premium design
Excellent battery life
Reliable performance
Strong portrait photography

Cons

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

Video recording inconsistencies
Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

N/A

4.4/5

(109 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	N/A	3,000,897 AnTuTu Score
N/A	N/A	16h 04m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v13

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

RedMagic

Realme UI

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Octa core

3.36 GHz, Single core, Cortex X3 2.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A715 2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A510

Octa core

3.2 GHz, Single core, Cortex X3 2.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A715 2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A510

Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

4 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 740

Adreno 829

RAM

16 GB

12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A

3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A

5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A

17.4 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

AMOLED

OLED

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.8 inches (17.27 cm)

6.74 inches (17.12 cm)

6.31 inches (16.03 cm)

Resolution

1116x2480 px (FHD+)

1240x2772 px (FHD+)

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Brightness

1300 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

1400 nits

5000 nits

Refresh Rate

120 Hz

144 Hz

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.5:9

Pixel Density

400 ppi

451 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

89.1 %

89.3 %

90.11 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v5

N/A

Bezel-less Display

Yes

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

93.7 %

94.38 %

Design

Height

164 mm

163.1 mm

150.83 mm

Width

76.4 mm

75.3 mm

71.76 mm

Thickness

8.9 mm

7.99 mm

Weight

230 grams

205 grams

191 grams

Build Material

Back: Mineral Glass

N/A

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Resolution

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.925 mm focal length 1/1.57" sensor size S5KGN5 ISO-CELL 1µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.88 Wide Angle 84° field-of-view24 mm focal length 1/1.56" sensor size IMX890 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 1µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera13 mm focal length 1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera16 mm focal length 1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera22 mm focal length

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes

Yes Contrast Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

8150 x 6150 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

7680x4320 @ 30 fps
3840x2160 @ 30 fps
1920x1080 @ 60 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A

Dual Video Recording

N/A

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera1.12µm pixel size

16 MP
f/2.45 Wide Angle Primary Camera1µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Camera Type

Under display

N/A

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Full HD @30 fps
HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Excellent

Capacity

5000 mAh

5240 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

Quick Charging

Yes 165W Fast Charging 100% in 14 minutes

Yes 150W Super VOOC Charging 50% in 7 minutes

Yes 90W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A

16h 04m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A

0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

256 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.0

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

Network Support

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N28
TDD N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

N/A

SIM 2

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 5GHz 6GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/e/g/n/ac/ax) 5GHz 6GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.3

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

Yes

N/A

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

N/A

USB Type-C

Audio Features

N/A

Dolby Atmos

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

Optical

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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