Honor 8X vs Motorola Moto Z Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8X

Honor 8X

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Motorola Moto Z

Motorola Moto Z

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Honor 8X or Motorola Moto Z Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8X Motorola Moto Z
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Release date 2018, September 2016, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in 153.3 x 75.3 x 5.2 mm | 6.04 x 6.04 x 2.96 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 136 g | 4.8 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink Black/Gray, Black/Rose Gold, Black/Gold, White
Battery 3750 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 270 EUR 220 EUR
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 5.5" in
Screen area 103.2 cm2 83.1 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.0% 72.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 397 PPI 535 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 20 MP, Dual 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-13 MP, f/1.8, OIS, laser AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide) 5 MP, f/2.2, 1/4'', 1.4µm
Functions HDR LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2 Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - USA
-Quad-core (2x1.8 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - Global
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Adreno 530
External memory microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 171131
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 340 291
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1031 580
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 435
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 943
GeekBench 5 Single Core 331 287
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1312 754
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1565 1536
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5451 3744
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4055 6837
GeekBench 4 Battery 3935 1475

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - USA 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - Global
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - USA 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Global
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps - USAHSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps - Global
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go; magnetic connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Charging 5V/2A 10W

- Fast battery charging
Versions
- Also known as Honor View 10 Lite

- Also known as Motorola Moto Z Droid in USA

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