Honor GR5 5X vs Huawei Mate 8 Comparison and Differences

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Honor GR5 5X

Honor GR5 5X

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Huawei Mate 8

Huawei Mate 8

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Honor GR5 5X or Huawei Mate 8 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor GR5 5X Huawei Mate 8
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Release date 2015, October 2015, November
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.3 x 76.3 x 8.2 mm | 5.96 x 5.96 x 3 in 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 3.17 in
Weight 158 g | 5.57 oz 185 g | 6.53 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors White, Black, Gold Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 528 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 98 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD IPS-NEO LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 6" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 98.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.2% 78.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI 368 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), AF -16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8'', OIS, PDAF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide) 8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); EMUI 4 Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 4
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616 (28 nm) - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53)
GPU Adreno 405 Mali-T880 MP4
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 2 GB RAM - GR5W H1621, KIW-CL00, KIW-TL00, KIW-TL00H, KII-L21, KII-L22, KII-L23
16 GB, 3 G
32 GB, 3 GB RAM - NXT-L09, NXT-L29
64 GB, 4 GB RAM - NXT-L29

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 363
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1131
GeekBench 5 Single Core 111 339
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 480 1273
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1683
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5282
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3812

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM - NXT-L09Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - NXT-L29
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Canada
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - USA 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China 
LTE band 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - Canada
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - NXT-L29, NXT-L09
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L29 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L09
Speed HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps 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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.49 W/kg (head)     0.32 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.46 W/kg (head)     0.21 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - DTS sound
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Honor X5, Huawei GR5; Huawei GR5W (Canada)

- Also known as Huawei Ascend Mate8

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