Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Honor 6x (2016) Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S8

Samsung Galaxy S8

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Honor 6x (2016)

Honor 6x (2016)

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Samsung Galaxy S8 or Honor 6x (2016) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S8 Honor 6x (2016)
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Release date 2017, March 2016, October
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.68 in 150.9 x 76.2 x 8.2 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 3 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 162 g | 5.71 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Aluminum body
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Colors Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red Gray, Gold, Silver
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3340 mAh,  Non-removable
Battery life Talking time - Up to 20 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 67 h
Stand by time - Up to 650 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED LTPS IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" in 5.5" in
Screen area 84.8 cm2 82.6 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.6% 71.8%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 570 PPI 403 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF -12 MP, 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 8 MP
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 73
DxOMark Photo 71
DxOMark Video 75

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 5
Chipset - Exynos 8895 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
- HiSilicon Kirin 655 (16 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
- Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
Adreno 540 - USA & China
Mali-T830MP2
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 231907
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 361 189
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1243 694
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1255
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 531
GeekBench 5 Single Core 340 168
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1454 783
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1763 811
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6028 3335
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8798 2655
GeekBench 4 Battery 3410

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - 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), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.44 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
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-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: G950F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G950FD (Global Dual-SIM); G950U (USA Unlocked); G950A (AT&T); G950P (Sprint); G950T (T-Mobile); G950V (Verizon); G950R4 (US Cellular); G950W (Canada); G950

- Also known as Huawei Mate 9 Lite, Huawei GR5 2017

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