Huawei P20 vs Honor 8X Comparison and Differences

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Huawei P20

Huawei P20

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Honor 8X

Honor 8X

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Huawei P20 or Honor 8X Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei P20 Honor 8X
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Release date 2018, March 2018, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 149.1 x 70.8 x 7.7 mm | 5.87 x 5.87 x 2.79 in 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in
Weight 165 g | 5.82 oz 175 g | 6.17 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold Black, Blue, Red, Pink
Battery 3400 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3750 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 5.8" in 6.5" in
Screen area 84.9 cm2 103.2 cm2
Screen format 18.7:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 80.4% 84.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2240 px 1080 x 2340 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 429 PPI 397 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 20 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/2.3'', 1.55µm, OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-20 MP B/W, f/1.6, 27mm (wide), 2x lossless zoom, PDAF
-20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
Functions Leica optics, LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec.
DxOMark Main Score 102
DxOMark Photo 107
DxOMark Video 94
Front camera, selfie 24 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 24 MP, f/2.0 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide)
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 8.1 Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm) - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G72 MP12 Mali-G51 MP4
External memory No microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 235257 171131
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 340
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1031
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 435
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 943
GeekBench 5 Single Core 346 331
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1743 1312
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1891 1565
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6712 5451
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4055
GeekBench 4 Battery 3935

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-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)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging
- Dust and splash resistant

- Charging 5V/2A 10W
Versions
- Also known as Honor View 10 Lite

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