Honor 8X vs Samsung Galaxy A51 Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8X

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Honor 8X or Samsung Galaxy A51 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8X Samsung Galaxy A51
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Release date 2018, September 2019, December
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in 158.5 x 73.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 2.9 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 172 g | 6.07 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, plastic frame
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Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink Prism Crush Black, White, Blue, Pink
Battery 3750 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Talking time - Up to 32 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 87 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 6.5" in
Screen area 103.2 cm2 102.0 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.0% 87.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1080 x 2400 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 397 PPI 405 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 20 MP, Dual 48 MP, Quad
Camera specs -20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-48 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide)
-5 MP, f/2.4, 25mm (macro), 1/5.0", 1.12µm
-5 MP, f/2.2, 1/5.0", 1.12µm, depth sensor
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps; gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 87
DxOMark Photo 90
DxOMark Video 86
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 32 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide) 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2 Android 10.0; One UI 2
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) - Exynos 9611 (10nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-G72 MP3
External memory microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 1 TB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 266589
Antutu 10 CPU 78142
Antutu 10 GPU 45333
Antutu 10 Mem 67437
Antutu 10 UX 78142
Antutu 8 Total 171131 138454
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 340 325
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1031 1031
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 435 761
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 943 1472
GeekBench 5 Single Core 331 264
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1312 1276
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1565
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5451
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4055
GeekBench 4 Battery 3935

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 / 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA, LTE-A
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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, 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 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    
SAR - 0.80 W/kg (head) 0.67 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.37 W/kg (head) 1.59 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

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

- ANT+
- Fast battery charging 15W
Versions
- Also known as Honor View 10 Lite

- Versions: SM-A515F/DSN (Global); SM-A515F/DS (LATAM); SM-A515F/DST (Brazil); SM-A515F/DSM (Russia); SM-A515F/N (Australia)

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