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Both brands come from Europe. Swarovski is from Wattens in Austria and Leica is from Wetzlar in Germany.
Swarovski was founded in 1949 and Leica in 1869.
Leica Magnus i is second generation of Magnus series, since the first generation went off market in 2013.
Both Swarovski Z8i 1-8x24 vs Leica Magnus 1-6.3x24 i were made in 2016.
Both Swarovski and Leica produce Optics of the highest quality.
Read Swarovski Z8i 0.75-6x20 Riflescope Review
Read Leica Magnus 1-6.3x24 i Riflescope Review
Leica cost less money. It is 2215€ and Swarovski costs 2419€.
Swarovski is slightly lighter than Leica. It has 499g commpared to Leica with 544g.
In lenght, Leica is 5mm shorter than Swarovski. Swarovski has 277mm and Leica 272mm.
Bot have 30mm tube diameter.
Leica has -4/ +3 diopter setting and Swarovski has -3.5 / +2.
Both have fixed parallax.
Swarovski has minimal magnification 0.75x and Leica has 1x. Leica has maximal magnification 6.3x and Swarovski 6x.
Swarovski has better Field of View. Minmal is 7m/100m and maximal is 56m/100m. Leica has Minimal 6.5m/100m and maximal 43.2m/100m.
Swarovski has better eye relief. It has 95mm while Leica has 90mm.
Swarovsk has better light transmission. It has 93% and Leica has 91.1%.
On paper Swarovski look better but in reality Leica is just as good.
field of view
0.75x magnification
weight
eye relief
elevation
edge sharpness
price
lenght
metal BDC turret
smaller dot
max magnification