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Honor 9X vs Honor 8X

33 out of 100
Honor 9X
VS
34 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 10 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 9X
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • More recent OS version: Android 11 versus 10
  • 41% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 512 and 362 points
  • The phone is 10 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
Honor 9X
25*
Honor 8X
32*
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 9X
33*
Honor 8X
34*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
4 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
97.2
(Very good)
Value Index
12.3
(Bad)

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% 84.4%
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
84.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 9X and Honor 8X
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
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 9X and Honor 8X
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 9X +41%
512
Honor 8X
362
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 9X +27%
1555
Honor 8X
1222
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 9X
n/a
Honor 8X
484
Compute Score (GPU) - 484
Single-core score 512 362
Multi-core score 1555 1222
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 9X +8%
363349
Honor 8X
337060
CPU 154734 151851
GPU 23598 19787
Memory 103405 83300
UX 81612 82122
Total score 363349 337060
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
PCMark 3.0
Honor 9X
6676
Honor 8X +12%
7470
Web score 6231 6738
Video editing 4880 5134
Photo editing 11658 14180
Data manipulation 5329 5432
Writing score 6887 8694
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 9X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Bwfxd)AnTuTu 11363349
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Honor 8X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-20 (Zephy)AnTuTu 11337060
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-07 (maj81)Geekbench 6 GPU483
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-07 (maj81)Geekbench 6 CPU362 / 1222
πŸ“˜ 2023-10-29 (Lehtommaki)Geekbench 6 GPU484
πŸ“˜ 2023-10-29 (Lehtommaki)Geekbench 6 CPU359 / 1151
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 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 12
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 07:29 hr 07:11 hr
Watching video 10:29 hr 09:57 hr
Gaming 04:36 hr 04:15 hr
Standby 98 hr 110 hr
General battery life
Honor 9X
19:04 hr
Honor 8X +3%
19:34 hr
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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 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 20 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 20 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 27 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony IMX582 -
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron 2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

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
Sensor BSI CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

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
Launch price (MSRP) $250 $300
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

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

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So, which phone would you choose?
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Total votes: 439

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