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Honor X9c vs Honor X8c

62 out of 100
Honor X9c
VS
55 out of 100
Honor X8c
Honor X9c
Honor X8c

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch Honor X9c (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1) that was released on November 5, 2024, against the Honor X8c, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and came out 3 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor X9c
  • Comes with 1600 mAh larger battery capacity: 6600 vs 5000 mAh
  • 63% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (760K versus 466K)
  • Water-resistant body (IP65 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 35W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Stereo speakers
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 11% higher pixel density (437 vs 394 PPI)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor X8c
  • Weighs 15 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Honor X9c and Honor X8c crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
99.0
(Very good)
Value Index
24.7
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Honor X9c
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Honor X8c

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1224 x 2700 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.85:9 20:9
PPI 437 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 4000 nits 2800 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) 161.05 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 75.5 mm (2.97 inches) 74.55 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 7.12 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 189 g (6.67 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP64
Rear material Plastic Eco-leather
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor X9c +1%
90.7%
Honor X8c
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor X9c and Honor X8c
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Max clock 2200 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A73
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 610
GPU shading units 256 128
GPU clock 676 MHz 1260 MHz
FLOPS ~346.1 GFLOPS ~322.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor X9c and Honor X8c
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor X9c +99%
935
Honor X8c
470
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor X9c +76%
2719
Honor X8c
1543
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor X9c
246
Honor X8c +56%
383
Compute Score (GPU) 246 383
Single-core score 935 470
Multi-core score 2719 1543
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor X9c +63%
760332
Honor X8c
466230
CPU 284852 165771
GPU 55762 30064
Memory 201468 144285
UX 218250 126110
Total score 760332 466230
Samples [12 tests] [11 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 1 FPS -
Graphics score 200 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Honor X9c +33%
12708
Honor X8c
9568
Web score 12996 11041
Video editing 7162 4791
Photo editing 24195 15853
Data manipulation 10073 8227
Writing score 15092 11625
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor X9c
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (LenslyWhite)AnTuTu764283
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (Ааа)AnTuTu611007
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-19 (trixeee)AnTuTu603217
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (Zver)AnTuTu773303
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Mohammed)AnTuTu743177
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Honor X8c
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 (Bine)AnTuTu426739
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-13 (OverPice)AnTuTu513120
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-05 (Omar)AnTuTu509519
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Breno)AnTuTu532979
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-03 (OverPice)AnTuTu466230
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 15
ROM MagicOS 9.0 MagicOS 9.0
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 3 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 6600 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 35 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 40 min) Yes (85% in 40 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:30 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 12000 x 9000 12000 x 9000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) No
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.1
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor Samsung HM6 Samsung ISOCELL HM6
Sensor size 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch) 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 5 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3456 x 4608 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.1
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.1
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 -
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced November 2024 January 2025
Release date November 2024 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $305
Successor - Honor X9d - Honor X8d
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 W Yes, 35 W
Further details
Notes on Honor X8c:
    - The ABR-LX1/ABR-LX2 models come with an older version Bluetooth 5.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor X9c is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
96 (65.3%)
51 (34.7%)
Total votes: 147

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