Honor 8X vs Xiaomi Mi A2 (Mi 6X) Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8X

Honor 8X

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Xiaomi Mi A2 (Mi 6X)

Xiaomi Mi A2 (Mi 6X)

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Honor 8X or Xiaomi Mi A2 (Mi 6X) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8X Xiaomi Mi A2 (Mi 6X)
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Release date 2018, September 2018, July
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in 158.7 x 75.4 x 7.3 mm | 6.25 x 6.25 x 2.97 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 166 g | 5.86 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink Black, Gold, Blue, Red, Rose Gold
Battery 3750 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
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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 5.99" in
Screen area 103.2 cm2 92.6 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 18:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.0% 77.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1080 x 2160 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 397 PPI 403 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 20 MP, Dual 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.9'', 1.25µm
-20 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.8'', 1.0µm, PDAF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@120fps
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 20 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide) 20 MP, f/2.2, 1/2.8'', 1.0µm
Functions HDR LED flash, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2 Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); Android One
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) - Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Adreno 512
External memory microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 171131 161030
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 340 351
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1031 1001
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 435
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 943 275
GeekBench 5 Single Core 331 332
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1312 1290
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) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / 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 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA - China
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - China
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 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
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio No
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 (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port
Other extras
- Charging 5V/2A 10W

- Charging 5V/2A 10W (Quick Charge 3.0)
-Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 4.0) India only
Versions
- Also known as Honor View 10 Lite

- Versions: Mi A2 (Global); Mi 6X (China)

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