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Honor X9a vs Honor X9c

46 out of 100
Honor X9a
VS
62 out of 100
Honor X9c
Honor X9a
Honor X9c

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Honor X9a (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on January 4, 2023, against the Honor X9c, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 10 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 X9c
  • Water-resistant body (IP65 classification)
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 6600 vs 5100 mAh
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 40W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (760K versus 605K)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Stereo speakers
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • 11% higher pixel density (437 vs 395 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 10 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Honor X9a and Honor X9c 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
71.6
(Good)
Value Index
99.0
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor X9a
vs
Honor X9c

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1224 x 2700 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.85:9
PPI 395 ppi 437 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Max rated brightness 800 nits 4000 nits
HDR support No No
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 90.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor X9a
869 nits
Honor X9c
n/a

Design and build

Height 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) 75.5 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.98 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof No IP65
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Green Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor X9a
89.9%
Honor X9c +1%
90.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor X9a and Honor X9c
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Max clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 619 Adreno 710
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 840 MHz 676 MHz
FLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS ~346.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor X9a and Honor X9c
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor X9a
895
Honor X9c +4%
935
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor X9a
2057
Honor X9c +32%
2719
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor X9a +451%
1355
Honor X9c
246
Compute Score (GPU) 1355 246
Single-core score 895 935
Multi-core score 2057 2719
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor X9a
605759
Honor X9c +26%
760332
CPU 247272 284852
GPU 56808 55762
Memory 122991 201468
UX 178688 218250
Total score 605759 760332
Samples Less than 3 [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 1 FPS
Graphics score - 200
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Honor X9a
n/a
Honor X9c
12708
Web score - 12996
Video editing - 7162
Photo editing - 24195
Data manipulation - 10073
Writing score - 15092
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor X9a
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-23 (John)AnTuTu 11605759
πŸ“˜ 2024-06-11 (ikram)Geekbench 6 GPU1355
πŸ“˜ 2024-06-11 (ikram)Geekbench 6 CPU895 / 2057
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Honor X9c
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (LenslyWhite)AnTuTu 11764283
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (Ааа)AnTuTu 11611007
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-19 (trixeee)AnTuTu 11603217
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (Zver)AnTuTu 11773303
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Mohammed)AnTuTu 11743177
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM Magic UI 7.2 MagicOS 9.0
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5100 mAh 6600 mAh
Max charge power 40 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 40 min)
Full charging time 1:13 hr 1:15 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:51 hr -
Watching video 13:56 hr -
Gaming 05:42 hr -
Standby 139 hr -
General battery life
Honor X9a
25:08 hr
Honor X9c
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 9216 x 6912 12000 x 9000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Sensor - Samsung HM6
Sensor size - 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 5 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3456 x 4608
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.1
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes 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* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2023 November 2024
Release date January 2023 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $350
Successor - Honor X9d - Honor X9d
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 40 W Yes, 66 W
*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 X9c is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
22 (30.6%)
50 (69.4%)
Total votes: 72

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