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Honor 8X vs Honor 8A

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Honor 8X vs Honor 8A

46 out of 100
Honor 8X
VS
40 out of 100
Honor 8A
Honor 8X
Honor 8A

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.5-inch Honor 8X (with HiSilicon Kirin 710) that was released on September 5, 2018, against the Honor 8A, which is powered by MediaTek Helio P35 and came out 4 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor 8X
  • Comes with 730 mAh larger battery capacity: 3750 vs 3020 mAh
  • 52% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (231K versus 152K)
  • 40% higher pixel density (396 vs 282 PPI)
  • Has a 0.41 inch larger screen size
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR4X 1866 MHz
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 5 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 10 versus 9
Reasons to consider the Honor 8A
  • Delivers 16% higher peak brightness (546 against 472 nits)
  • Weighs 25 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Honor 8X and Honor 8A crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk ( * ) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation

Value for money

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 8X
vs
Honor 8A

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.5 inches 6.09 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 720 x 1560 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 396 ppi 282 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 430 nits 550 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84% 79.52%
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 98.1%
PWM Not detected Not detected
Response time 39.6 ms 36.4 ms
Contrast 880:1 1111:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 8X
472 nits
Honor 8A +16%
546 nits

Design and build

Height 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) 156.2 mm (6.15 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 73.5 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Red Black, Gold, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, rear
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 8X +6%
84%
Honor 8A
79.52%

Performance

Tests of Honor 8X and Honor 8A in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 710 MediaTek Helio P35
Max clock 2200 MHz 2300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A73 		- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.3 GHz: Cortex-A53
L3 cache 1 MB -
Lithography process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
Graphics Mali-G51 MP4 PowerVR GE8320
GPU shading units 64 32
GPU clock 1000 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~128 GFLOPS ~43.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
Honor 8X +52%
231260
Honor 8A
152265
CPU 78091 55038
GPU 31454 9875
Memory 56653 42001
UX 63962 44830
Total score 231260 152265
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Max surface temperature 38.7 °C 37.6 °C
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
Graphics score 564 -
PCMark 3.0
Web score 6322 -
Video editing 5404 -
Photo editing 14248 -
Data manipulation 5575 -
Writing score 8835 -

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4, 6 GB 2 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory clock 1866 MHz 933 MHz
Channels 2 1
Storage
Storage size 64, 128 GB 32 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 400 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10.0) Android 9.0
ROM EMUI 9 EMUI 9
OS size 17 GB 15 GB

Battery

Capacity 3750 mAh 3020 mAh
Max charge power 10 W -
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging No No
Full charging time 2:25 hr 3:00 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:18 hr -
Watching video 09:45 hr -
Gaming 03:38 hr -
Standby 109 hr -
General battery life

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 20 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 5160 x 3872 4128 x 3096
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) -
Lenses 2 (20 MP + 2 MP) 1 (13 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 20 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 27 mm
- Pixel size: 2 micron
- Phase autofocus
- 13 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Phase autofocus
Depth lens - 2 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
-
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode 		-
Selfie camera
Megapixels 16 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor type CMOS BSI CMOS
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Wi-Fi features - Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot 		- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 4.2 4.2
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type Micro USB Micro USB
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG 		- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC * Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM * 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support * No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat * 12 6
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor 8X
84.8 dB
Honor 8A +5%
89.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2018 January 2019
Release date October 2018 March 2019
SAR (head) 0.81 W/kg 0.154 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.02 W/kg 0.63 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint 		- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
* Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor 8X is definitely a better buy.

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