Honor 5X vs Huawei GX8

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Comparing the Honor 5X vs Huawei GX8 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both Honor 5X and Huawei GX8 run at the same processing speed of 1.5 GHz.


Display: Both Honor 5X and Huawei GX8 offer the same screen size of 5.5 inches and feature the same IPS LCD display.


Rear Camera: Both Honor 5X and Huawei GX8 feature a 13 MP primary rear camera.


Front Camera: Both Honor 5X and Huawei GX8 feature a 5 MP primary front camera.


Battery: Both Honor 5X and Huawei GX8 offer the same 3000 mAh battery capacity.


Storage: Huawei GX8 offers higher internal storage with 32 GB, while Honor 5X offers 16 GB, making Huawei GX8 the better option for storage.

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Honor 5X
₹12,999
(Out of Stock)
Huawei GX8
₹23,285
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Spec Score

69%
70%

Release Date

01 Feb, 2016
N/A

Performance

Snapdragon 616
Snapdragon 616
Octa Core (upto 1.5 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 1.5 GHz)
2 GB RAM
3 GB RAM

Display

5.5 inches (13.97 cm)
5.5 inches (13.97 cm)
IPS LCD
IPS LCD
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Rear Camera

13 MP
Primary Camera
13 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

5 MP
5 MP

Battery

3000 mAh
3000 mAh
Quick Charging
N/A
No Wireless Charging
N/A

Storage

16 GB
32 GB

Expert Review

7.0/10
N/A

Pros

  • Clean, classy build
  • Good battery life
  • Responsive fingerprint sensor
  • Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

  • Slow touch response on display
  • Sluggish UI
  • No USB OTG
  • Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.1/5
(20,212 ratings)
N/A

Video

Videos
4 More Videos
There are no videos available for the device.

User Feedback

General

Launch Date

Feb 01, 2016
(Official)
N/A

Operating System

Android v5.1 (Lollipop)
Android v5.1 (Lollipop)

Custom UI

EMUI
EMUI

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg
Avg

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939
Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939

Processor

Octa core

1.5 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53 1.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53
Octa core

1.5 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53 1.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 405
Adreno 405

RAM

2 GB
3 GB

Display

Display Rating

Excellent
Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD
IPS LCD

Screen Size

5.5 inches  (13.97 cm)
5.5 inches  (13.97 cm)

Resolution

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Pixel Density

401 ppi
401 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

72.07 %
71.32 %

Screen Protection

N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass Scratch-resistant glass

Design

Height

151.3 mm
152.5 mm

Width

76.3 mm
76.5 mm

Thickness

8.1 mm
7.5 mm

Weight

158 grams
167 grams

Build Material

Frame: Metal
Back: Metal
Frame: Metal
Back: Metal

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good
Good

Resolution

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.028 mm focal length Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor
13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.0

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

OIS

No
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

4128 x 3096 Pixels
4160 x 3120 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control
Exposure compensation ISO control

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus
Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good
Good

Resolution

5 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

No
N/A

Flash

No
N/A

Video Recording

N/A
1280x720 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
Very Good

Capacity

3000 mAh
3000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-Polymer

TalkTime

Up to 26 Hours(3G) / Up to 27 Hours(2G)
N/A

Quick Charging

Yes Quick Charging v3.0
N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB
32 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB
Yes Up to 128 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro SIM2: Nano
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G
5G Not Supported 4G

SIM 1

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19)
4G Bands:
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 700(band 28) / 800(band 20)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)
N/A
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SIM 2

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19)
N/A
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)
N/A
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SAR Value

Head: 0.69 W/kg Body: 0.49 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.1
Yes v4.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

No
Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear
N/A

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass