The Honor Magic 9 Pro Max has surfaced in a Geekbench listing, confirming the processor that will power the top-tier model in the upcoming series.
The Honor Magic 9 series is set to launch on September 28 in China, and the company has already confirmed the full lineup along with color and memory options.
A device with model number WKL-AN20 appeared in the benchmark database, and its specifications align with what Honor has confirmed for the Pro Max.
The chip is listed as QTI SM8975, which is rumored to be the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, also known as the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
The processor features eight cores: two prime cores at 5.01GHz, three performance cores at 4.03GHz, and three efficiency cores at 3.74GHz.
Graphics are handled by the Adreno 850, and the device carries 14.78GB of RAM, which rounds up to the 16GB tier Honor has already confirmed.
The build information indicates Android 17 running underneath MagicOS.
Geekbench Scores and Context
On Geekbench 6, the Honor Magic 9 Pro Max scored 3,448 points in the single-core test and 9,353 in multi-core.
The single-core result is lower than the Magic 8 Pro's global listing, which reached 3,664 with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 last year.
However, the multi-core score jumped by nearly 1,700 points.
Pre-production software on a leaked listing rarely matches final retail performance, so these numbers should be treated as a rough preview rather than a final verdict.
This is not the first Geekbench appearance for the SM8975 chip.
The same processor previously appeared on a Xiaomi 18 Pro Max listing, scoring 3,582 in single-core and 12,247 in multi-core.
That run was on Geekbench 7 rather than Geekbench 6, so the figures are not directly comparable to Honor's phone.
