Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S vs Honor 8X Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S

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Honor 8X

Honor 8X

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S or Honor 8X Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S Honor 8X
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Release date 2020, March 23 2018, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 165.8 x 76.7 x 8.8 mm | 6.53 x 6.53 x 3.02 in 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in
Weight 209 g | 7.37 oz 175 g | 6.17 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Aurora Blue, Glacier White, Interstellar Gray Black, Blue, Red, Pink
Battery 5020 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3750 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price $ 199 270 EUR
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD LTPS IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.67" in 6.5" in
Screen area 107.4 cm2 103.2 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.5% 84.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2400 px 1080 x 2340 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 395 PPI 397 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - 450 nits typ. brightness (advertised)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 48 MP, Quad 20 MP, Dual
Camera specs -48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0'', 0.8µm, PDAF
-8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0'', 1.12µm
-5 MP, f/2.4, (macro), 1.12µm
-2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
-20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec.
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1.0µm 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide)
Functions HDR, panorama HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 10.0; MIUI 11 Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2
Chipset - Qualcomm SM7125 Snapdragon 720G (8 nm) - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.3 GHz Kryo 465 Gold & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 465 Silver) - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Adreno 618 Mali-G51 MP4
External memory microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 390602
Antutu 10 CPU 139828
Antutu 10 GPU 74076
Antutu 10 Mem 73867
Antutu 10 UX 139828
Antutu 9 Total 303943
Antutu 8 Total 278791 171131
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 729 340
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1714 1031
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1144 435
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 582 943
GeekBench 5 Single Core 568 331
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1693 1312
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 / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-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), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
-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 HSPA, LTE-A
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 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast charging 18W
- Splash-proof

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

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