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Honor 8X vs 10 Lite

34 out of 100
Honor 8X
VS
31 out of 100
Honor 10 Lite
Honor 8X
Honor 10 Lite

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.5-inch Honor 8X (with HiSilicon Kirin 710) that was released on September 5, 2018, against the Honor 10 Lite, which is powered by the same chip 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 8X
  • Shows 20% longer battery life (19:34 vs 16:21 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR4X 1866 MHz
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 5 wireless networks
  • Has 33% more RAM: 4GB versus 3GB

Review

Evaluation of Honor 8X and 10 Lite crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Honor 8X
32*
10 Lite
27*
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*
10 Lite
31*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
4 / 64 GB
VS
3 / 32 GB
12.3
(Bad)
Value Index
66.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.5 inches 6.21 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 396 ppi 415 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 430 nits 450 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.4% 83.1%
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 98.6%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 39.6 ms 38.2 ms
Contrast 880:1 805:1
Screen space comparison
Honor 8X
6.5β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
10 Lite
6.21β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.7 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 8X +5%
472 nits
10 Lite
448 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) 154.8 mm (6.09 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 73.6 mm (2.9 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 162 g (5.71 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Red White, Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, rear
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 8X +2%
84.4%
10 Lite
83.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 8X and Honor 10 Lite
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 710 HiSilicon Kirin 710
Max clock 2200 MHz 2200 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 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A73
L3 cache 1 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) No No
GPU
Graphics Mali-G51 Mali-G51
GPU shading units 32 32
GPU clock 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~64 GFLOPS ~64 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 8X and Honor 10 Lite
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 8X
362
10 Lite
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 8X
1222
10 Lite
n/a
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 8X
484
10 Lite
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 484 -
Single-core score 362 -
Multi-core score 1222 -
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 8X +4%
337060
10 Lite
324696
CPU 151851 157520
GPU 19787 21376
Memory 83300 75645
UX 82122 70155
Total score 337060 324696
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
PCMark 3.0
Honor 8X +18%
7470
10 Lite
6329
Web score 6738 5452
Video editing 5134 4893
Photo editing 14180 10892
Data manipulation 5432 5274
Writing score 8694 6684
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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 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-02 (Vite180)AnTuTu324696
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 3 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory clock 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 32 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 400 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10.0) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10.0)
ROM EMUI 12 EMUI 12
OS size 17 GB 9 GB

Battery

Capacity 3750 mAh 3400 mAh
Max charge power 10 W 10 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging No No
Full charging time 2:25 hr 2:00 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:11 hr 05:28 hr
Watching video 09:57 hr 08:56 hr
Gaming 04:15 hr 03:41 hr
Standby 110 hr 93 hr
General battery life
Honor 8X +20%
19:34 hr
10 Lite
16:21 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 20 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 5160 x 3872 4128 x 3096
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 20 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 20 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 27 mm 26 mm
Pixel size 2 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 24 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 5632 x 4224
Aperture f/2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor CMOS BSI 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 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)
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 Micro USB
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 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 Yes
LTE Cat* 12 12
5G support No No

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2018 November 2018
Release date October 2018 February 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $300 $255
Successor - Honor 9X -
SAR (head) 0.81 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.02 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- 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 8X is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
143 (70.1%)
61 (29.9%)
Total votes: 204

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