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Honor 8X vs Honor 10

34 out of 100
Honor 8X
VS
37 out of 100
Honor 10
Honor 8X
Honor 10

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.5-inch Honor 8X (with HiSilicon Kirin 710) that was released on September 5, 2018, against the Honor 10, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 970 and came out 5 months before. 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 8X
  • Has a 0.66 inch larger screen size
  • Shows 24% longer battery life (19:34 vs 15:50 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 400GB
  • Thinner bezels – 6.8% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Honor 10
  • 46% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (492K versus 337K)
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (508 against 472 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (22.5W versus 10W)
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Honor 8X and Honor 10 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Honor 8X
32*
Honor 10
39*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Honor 8X
34*
Honor 10
37*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
4 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
12.3
(Bad)
Value Index
89.8
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 8X
vs
Honor 10

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.5 inches 5.84 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2280 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.9:9
PPI 396 ppi 432 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 430 nits 500 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 84.4% 77.6%
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% -
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 39.6 ms -
Contrast 880:1 1423:1
Screen space comparison
Honor 8X
6.5β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
Honor 10
5.84β€³ (19.9:9 ratio) = 12.8 in2
~25% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 8X
472 nits
Honor 10 +8%
508 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) 149.6 mm (5.89 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 71.2 mm (2.8 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.7 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 153 g (5.4 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Red White, Black, Gray, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 8X +9%
84.4%
Honor 10
77.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 8X and Honor 10
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 710 HiSilicon Kirin 970
Max clock 2200 MHz 2360 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A73		 - 4 cores at 1.84 GHz: Cortex A53
- 4 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex A73
L3 cache 1 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 12 nanometers 10 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) No Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G51 Mali G72 MP12
GPU shading units 32 144
GPU clock 1000 MHz 746 MHz
FLOPS ~64 GFLOPS ~214.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 8X and Honor 10
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 8X
362
Honor 10 +45%
526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 8X
1222
Honor 10 +28%
1570
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 8X
484
Honor 10
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 484 -
Single-core score 362 526
Multi-core score 1222 1570
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 8X
337060
Honor 10 +46%
492523
CPU 151851 178222
GPU 19787 69670
Memory 83300 131153
UX 82122 113478
Total score 337060 492523
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]
PCMark 3.0
Honor 8X +13%
7470
Honor 10
6591
Web score 6738 5445
Video editing 5134 5083
Photo editing 14180 11646
Data manipulation 5432 5647
Writing score 8694 6779
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 8X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-20 (Zephy)AnTuTu337060
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-07 (maj81)GeekBench GPU483
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-07 (maj81)GeekBench CPU362 / 1222
πŸ“˜ 2023-10-29 (Lehtommaki)GeekBench GPU484
πŸ“˜ 2023-10-29 (Lehtommaki)GeekBench CPU359 / 1151
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Honor 10
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (DQP)AnTuTu492523
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-19 (Realalex021)AnTuTu470805
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 1833 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 400 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10.0) Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10.0)
ROM EMUI 12 EMUI 12
OS size 17 GB 13 GB

Battery

Capacity 3750 mAh 3400 mAh
Max charge power 10 W 22.5 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging No Yes (50% in 25 min)
Full charging time 2:25 hr 1:20 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:11 hr 06:33 hr
Watching video 09:57 hr 09:58 hr
Gaming 04:15 hr 04:09 hr
Standby 110 hr 72 hr
General battery life
Honor 8X +24%
19:34 hr
Honor 10
15:50 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 20 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 5160 x 3872 4616 x 3464
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 20 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 16 MP
2) Monochrome: 24 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 20 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 27 mm 27 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX498
Sensor size - 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 2 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 24 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 5760 x 4312
Aperture f/2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.9 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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 - Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 4.2 4.2
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type Micro USB USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
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* 12 18
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor 8X +1%
84.8 dB
Honor 10
84.2 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2018 April 2018
Release date October 2018 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $300 $450
Successor - Honor 9X - Honor 20 Pro
SAR (head) 0.81 W/kg 0.79 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.02 W/kg 1.15 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Fingerprint
*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 10 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
67 (44.7%)
83 (55.3%)
Total votes: 150

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