Huawei Honor X9a vs OnePlus 8 Pro

Compared 2 smartphones : Huawei Honor X9a Manufactured in January, 2023, with display 6.67 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 695, vs OnePlus 8 Pro, Manufactured in April, 2020 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 865. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose Huawei Honor X9a
  • Lighter design: 175g vs 199g
  • Higher battery capacity: 5100mAh vs 4510mAh
  • Infrared port
  • Includes charger
Reasons to choose OnePlus 8 Pro
  • Larger display: 6.78in
  • Higher pixel density: 513ppi
  • Supports newer USB: 3.1 vs 2
  • Supports DisplayPort
  • Supports Dolby Atmos

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Memory Options - 6/128 GB
- 8/128 GB
- 8/256 GB
- 8/128 GB
- 12/256 GB

Review

Key Specs Huawei Honor X9a and OnePlus 8 Pro
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Camera
Main & front camera tests
Performance
App & system performance
Games
3D gaming performance
Battery
Battery life, charging speed & type
Connectivity
Connectivity features
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Display

Display quality comparison
Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 in 6.78 in
Resolution 1080x2400 pixels 1440x3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
Pixel density 395 ppi 513 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max brightness 800 nits 1300 nits
HDR support No Yes HDR10+
Touch Sampling Rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9 % 91.8 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
Huawei Honor X9a
859 nits
OnePlus 8 Pro
882 nits
sRGB gamutn/a99.9 %
PWM (Flicker)n/a258 Hz
Response timen/a7.5 ms
Contrastn/a∞ Infinite

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 161.6 mm (6.36 in) 165.3 mm (6.51 in)
Width 73.9 mm (2.91 in) 74.4 mm (2.93 in)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 in) 8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Water resistance No IP68
Back panel Plastic Glass
Frame Plastic Metal
Colors - Black
- Silver
- Green
- Black
- Blue
- Green
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display Yes In-Display
Screen-to-body ratio
Huawei Honor X9a
89.9 %
OnePlus 8 Pro
91.8 %

Performance

Testing Huawei Honor X9a and OnePlus 8 Pro In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Max Frequency 2200 MHz 2840 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6/1.8 (Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55))
- 2/2.2 (Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78))
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55))
- 3/2.42 (Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77))
- 1/2.84 (Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77))
Process TSMC TSMC
Transistor Size 6 nm 7 nm
Neural Processor Hexagon 686 Hexagon 698
Graphics Adreno 619 Adreno 650
GPU Cores 256 768
GPU Frequency 950 MHz 587 MHz
FLOPS 430.1 GFLOPS 1202.1 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Huawei Honor X9a
912
OnePlus 8 Pro
1258
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Huawei Honor X9a
2097
OnePlus 8 Pro
3476
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)9121258
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)20973476
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Huawei Honor X9a
412091
OnePlus 8 Pro
758854
CPU124245236093
GPU82760194272
Memory92221149001
UX112865179488
NanoReview Score412091758854
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Huawei Honor X9a
n/a
OnePlus 8 Pro
3839
Max Surface Temp.n/a50.2 °C
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Testn/a22 fps
Graphics Scoren/a3839
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
Huawei Honor X9a
n/a
OnePlus 8 Pro
11994
Writing scoren/a14813
Web scoren/a9833
Video editingn/a5842
Data manipulationn/a9517
NanoReview Scoren/a11994

Memory

RAM
RAM Size - 6 GB
- 8 GB
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage Capacity- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
Storage TypeUFS 2.2UFS 3.0
Memory CardNoNo

Software

OS Android 12 (Upgradeable to Android 13) Android 10.0 (Upgradeable to Android 13)
OS Size n/a 20 GB
UI Skin Magic UI 7.2 OxygenOS 13

Battery

Volume 5100 mAh 4510 mAh
Max Charging Power 40 W 30 W
Battery Type Li-Po Li-Po
Removable No No
Wireless Charging No Yes (30 W)
Reverse Charging No Yes (Wireless)
Fast Charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 23 min)
Full Charge Time 1:13 h 0:55 h
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
Huawei Honor X9a
25:08
OnePlus 8 Pro
20:36
Web Browsing08:51 h08:01 h
Video Playback13:56 h12:03 h
Games05:42 h04:57 h
Standby Mode139 h103 h

Main camera

Matrix 64 MP 48 MP
Photo resolution 9216x6912 pixels 8000x6000 pixels
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K Recording No No
4K Recording No Yes (Up to 60 fps)
1080p Recording Yes (Up to 30 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
Slow Motion 120 fps (720p) 240 fps (1080p)
Wide-angle lens n/a 120 °
Lenses count Standard: 64 MP
Ultra-wide: 5 MP
Macro: 2 MP
Standard: 48 MP
Telephoto: 8 MP
Ultra-wide: 48 MP
Depth: 5 MP
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Main lens
Matrix64 MP48 MP
Aperturef/1.8f/1.8
Focal lengthn/a25 mm
Sensorn/aSony IMX689
Sensor sizen/a1/1.43
Pixel size0.8 μm1.12 μm
AutofocusPhase autofocusPhase autofocus
StabilizationDigitalOptical
Telephoto
Matrixn/a8 MP
Aperturen/af/2.4
Pixel sizen/a1 μm
Stabilizationn/aOptical
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix5 MP48 MP
Aperturef/2.2f/2.2
Focal lengthn/a13 mm
Sensorn/aSony IMX586
Sensor sizen/a1/2.25
Pixel sizen/a0.8 μm
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Huawei Honor X9a
n/a
OnePlus 8 Pro
113
Video quality
Huawei Honor X9a
n/a
OnePlus 8 Pro
109
Overall camera score
Huawei Honor X9a
n/a
OnePlus 8 Pro
113
Bokehn/a60
Previewn/a53
Zoomn/a107

Front camera

Matrix 16 MP 16 MP
Photo resolution 4608x3456 pixels 4920x3264 pixels
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX471
Sensor size n/a 1/3.06
Pixel size n/a 1 μm
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 fps 1080p (Full HD) at 30 fps
TOF 3D sensor No No
Selfie camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Huawei Honor X9a
n/a
OnePlus 8 Pro
121
Video quality
Huawei Honor X9a
n/a
OnePlus 8 Pro
127

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.1
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
DisplayPort n/a Yes
GPS - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC
- SBAS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port Yes No
Connectivity
SIM Count*22
SIM TypeNanoNano
SIM ModeDual SIM StandbyDual SIM Standby
eSIM Support *NoNo
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G Bandsn/aGSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900
3G Bandsn/aWCDMA B1, B2, B4、B5, B8, B9, B19
LTE Bands*n/aLTE (B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B32/B66)
LTE category1820
5G SupportYesYes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
3.5 mm Jack No No
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speaker Test
Max Volume
Huawei Honor X9a
n/a
OnePlus 8 Pro
84.4 dB

Other

Class Mid-range Flagship
Announced January, 2023 yr April, 2020 yr
Release Date January, 2023 yr April, 2020 yr
Launch Price ($) 350 899
Sensors - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
- Hall Sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
Charger Included Yes 40 W n/a
* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider OnePlus 8 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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