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Samsung Galaxy A50 vs Honor 9X

37 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A50
VS
33 out of 100
Honor 9X
Samsung Galaxy A50
Honor 9X

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy A50 (with Exynos 7 Octa 9610) that was released on February 25, 2019, against the Honor 9X, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 710F and came out 5 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 Samsung Galaxy A50
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5)
  • Delivers 14% higher peak brightness (551 against 482 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.1 versus eMMC 5.1
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 7 Octa 9610
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 30.8 grams less
Reasons to consider the Honor 9X
  • 38% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 512 and 370 points

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy A50 and Honor 9X 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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4 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
90.7
(Very good)
Value Index
97.2
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy A50
vs
Honor 9X

Display

Type Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.4 inches 6.59 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 403 ppi 391 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 650 nits 460 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.9% 84.3%
Display features - Always-On Display -
Display tests
RGB color space 141.5% 99%
PWM 119 Hz Not detected
Response time 7 ms 29 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 969:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy A50 +14%
551 nits
Honor 9X
482 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.5 mm (6.24 inches) 163.5 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) 77.3 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 166 g (5.86 oz) 196.8 g (6.94 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, rear
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy A50 +1%
84.9%
Honor 9X
84.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy A50 and Honor 9X
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 9610 HiSilicon Kirin 710F
Max clock 2300 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.3 GHz: Cortex-A73		 - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A73
L3 cache - 1 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 10 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes No
GPU
Graphics Mali-G72 MP3 Mali-G51
GPU shading units 36 32
GPU clock 1053 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~40.8 GFLOPS ~64 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy A50 and Honor 9X
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy A50
370
Honor 9X +38%
512
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy A50
1021
Honor 9X +52%
1555
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy A50
1410
Honor 9X
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 1410 -
Single-core score 370 512
Multi-core score 1021 1555
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy A50
365008
Honor 9X
363349
CPU 149165 154734
GPU 18580 23598
Memory 94830 103405
UX 102433 81612
Total score 365008 363349
Samples [10 tests] Less than 3
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy A50
6086
Honor 9X +10%
6676
Web score 5152 6231
Video editing 5186 4880
Photo editing 9306 11658
Data manipulation 5338 5329
Writing score 6344 6887
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy A50
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Gadji TΓ¦mΓ¦v)AnTuTu372305
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-05 (A50M Max πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·)AnTuTu380008
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (Muhammed tech)AnTuTu368004
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (A50M max)GeekBench CPU374 / 1132
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (A50M max)AnTuTu365008
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Honor 9X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Bwfxd)AnTuTu363349
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11)
ROM One UI 3.1 EMUI 12
OS size 22 GB 15.4 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4000 mAh
Max charge power 15 W 10 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (40% in 35 min) No
Full charging time 1:50 hr 2:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:00 hr 07:29 hr
Watching video 11:18 hr 10:29 hr
Gaming 04:38 hr 04:36 hr
Standby 86 hr 98 hr
General battery life
Galaxy A50
18:02 hr
Honor 9X +6%
19:04 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 25 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 5288 x 3968 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 25 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Depth: 5 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 25 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony IMX576 Sony IMX582
Sensor size 1/2.78" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.9 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A50 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 25 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 6024 x 4024 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 25 mm 26 mm
Sensor CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/3" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.9 micron 1 micron
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 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 5 4.2
Bluetooth features PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, 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
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region 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 4
5G support No -

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy A50 +9%
85 dB
Honor 9X
78 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced February 2019 July 2019
Release date March 2019 September 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $395 $250
Successor - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G -
SAR (head) 0.27 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.39 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 Samsung Galaxy A50 is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 127

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