Huawei Honor 9X vs Honor 10
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.59-inch Huawei Honor 9X (with HiSilicon Kirin 710F) that was released on July 23, 2019, against the Huawei Honor 10, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 970 and came out 15 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Huawei Honor 9X
- Has a 0.75 inch larger screen size
- Shows 25% longer battery life (27:21 vs 21:57 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Comes with 600 mAh larger battery capacity: 4000 vs 3400 mAh
- The phone is 1-year and 3-months newer
Reasons to consider the Huawei Honor 10
- 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (254K versus 180K)
- Supports 22.5W fast charging
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Delivers 9% higher maximum brightness (504 against 463 nits)
- 10% higher pixel density (432 vs 391 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.59 inches | 5.84 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2280 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.9:9 |
| PPI | 391 ppi | 432 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.3% | 79.9% |
| RGB color space | 99% | - |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 29 ms | - |
| Contrast | 969:1 | 1423:1 |
Max. Brightness
Design and build
| Height | 163.5 mm (6.44 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) | 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 196.8 gramm (6.94 oz) | 153 gramm (5.4 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, rear | Yes, in home button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710F | 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 | - | 2 MB |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G51 MP4 | Mali G72 MP12 |
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 767 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~225 GFLOPS | ~347 GFLOPS |
| RAM size | 4, 6 GB | 4, 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 1866 MHz | 1833 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64, 128 GB |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max. size | Up to 512 GB | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 58219 | 66156 |
| GPU | 27002 | 56609 |
| Memory | 35566 | 63890 |
| UX | 59785 | 68860 |
| Total score | 180512 | 254651 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | 559 | 832 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 6314 | 6437 |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) | Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10.0) |
| ROM | EMUI 10 | EMUI 9.1 |
| OS size | 15.4 GB | 13 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 3400 mAh |
| 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 |
| Web browsing | 10:05 hr | 08:22 hr |
| Watching video | 09:40 hr | 09:01 hr |
| Gaming | 05:00 hr | 03:59 hr |
| Standby | 97 hr | 68 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 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 | 120 FPS (720p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Lenses | 2 (48 MP + 2 MP) | 2 (16 MP + 24 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 48 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 27 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/2", Sony IMX582 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 16 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 27 mm - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/2.8", Sony IMX498 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
| Monochrome lens | - | - 24 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 27 mm - Pixel size: 0.9 micron - Sensor: 1/2.8" - Phase autofocus |
| Depth lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
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| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 24 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 5760 x 4312 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 1 microns | 0.9 microns |
| Sensor type | BSI CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3" | 1/2.8" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 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 |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 4 | 18 |
| 5G support | - | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | Yes |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max. loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | July 2019 | April 2018 |
| Release date | September 2019 | April 2018 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.79 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 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
If the performance, connectivity, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Huawei Honor 10. But if the display and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Huawei Honor 9X.
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