Honor 8X vs Honor 8 Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8X

Honor 8X

Smartphone 2

Honor 8

Honor 8

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Honor 8X or Honor 8 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8X Honor 8
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Release date 2018, September 2016, July
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in 145.5 x 71 x 7.5 mm | 5.73 x 5.73 x 2.8 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 153 g | 5.4 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front/back glass & aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink Pearl White, Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, Gold
Battery 3750 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 270 EUR 260 EUR
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD LTPS IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 5.2" in
Screen area 103.2 cm2 74.9 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.0% 72.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 397 PPI 423 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 20 MP, Dual 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-12 MP, f/2.2, 35mm (standard), 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, PDAF & laser AF
-12 MP B/W, f/2.2, 35mm (standard), 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, PDAF & laser AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec. 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide) 8 MP, f/2.4, 1/3.2'', 1.4µm
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2 Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); EMUI 8
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53)
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-T880 MP4
External memory microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 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 340 357
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1031 1021
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 435 436
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 943
GeekBench 5 Single Core 331 338
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1312 1208
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1565 1665
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5451 5203
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4055 3962
GeekBench 4 Battery 3935 1920

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / 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)
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
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, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    

SAR EU - 1.45 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-DTS sound

Other features

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

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--Custom function back button
- Fast battery charging: 47% in 30 min (Smart Power 4.0)
Versions
- Also known as Honor View 10 Lite

- Versions: FRD-L19 (Europe, Global); FRD-L14 (USA); FRD-L04 (USA, Canada); FRD-AL00 (Hong Kong, China, USA); FRD-TL00 (China); FRD-AL10 (China)

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