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Honor 9X vs Honor 8X

45 out of 100
Honor 9X
VS
46 out of 100
Honor 8X
Honor 9X
Honor 8X

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.59-inch Honor 9X (with HiSilicon Kirin 710F) that was released on July 23, 2019, against the Honor 8X, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 710 and came out 11 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  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 9X
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • More recent OS version: Android 11 versus 10
  • The phone is 11-months newer
Reasons to consider the Honor 8X
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Weighs 21.8 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Honor 9X and Honor 8X 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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
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Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 9X
vs
Honor 8X

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.59 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 391 ppi 396 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 460 nits 430 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 84.3% 84%
Display tests
RGB color space 99% 99.5%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 29 ms 39.6 ms
Contrast 969:1 880:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 9X +4%
485 nits
Honor 8X
468 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.5 mm (6.44 inches) 160.4 mm (6.31 inches)
Width 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 196.8 g (6.94 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, rear
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 9X
84.3%
Honor 8X
84%

Performance

Tests of Honor 9X and Honor 8X in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 710F 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
Lithography process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
Graphics Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-G51 MP4
GPU shading units 64 64
GPU clock 650 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~128 GFLOPS ~128 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 9X
513
Honor 8X
513
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 9X
1570
Honor 8X
1569
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
Honor 9X
212318
Honor 8X +9%
230578
CPU 72517 78091
GPU 25716 31454
Memory 54456 56653
UX 59519 63962
Total score 212318 230578
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Honor 9X
559
Honor 8X +1%
564
Max surface temperature 43.9 °C 38.7 °C
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 3 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 559 564
PCMark 3.0
Honor 9X
6322
Honor 8X +19%
7524
Web score 5175 6322
Video editing 4894 5404
Photo editing 10970 14248
Data manipulation 5407 5575
Writing score 6850 8835
Sources: 3DMark [3], [4]
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4, 6 GB 4, 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64, 128 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 400 GB

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10.0)
ROM EMUI 12 EMUI 9
OS size 15.4 GB 17 GB

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 3750 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 2:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:56 hr 09:18 hr
Watching video 09:40 hr 09:45 hr
Gaming 04:42 hr 03:38 hr
Standby 97 hr 109 hr
General battery life
Honor 9X
27:06 hr
Honor 8X +1%
27:23 hr

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 48 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 5160 x 3872
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 120 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Lenses 2 (48 MP + 2 MP) 2 (20 MP + 2 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
- 20 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 27 mm
- Pixel size: 2 micron
- Phase autofocus
Depth lens - 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Selfie camera
Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.2 f/2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Pixel size 1 microns -
Sensor type BSI CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3" -
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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		 - Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 4.2 4.2
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C Micro USB
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 No
Network
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 12
5G support - No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor 9X
78 dB
Honor 8X +9%
84.8 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced July 2019 September 2018
Release date September 2019 October 2018
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

If the camera, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Honor 8X. But if the software is more of a priority – go for the Honor 9X.

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