The all-new Honor 8X is the first phone in India with an octa-core Kirin 710 chipset coupled with up to 6GB RAM and up to 128GB storage, making it one of the most powerful mid-rangers in the market today. And it has killer looks too, if you are wondering. For the unaware, the Kirin 710 chipset from Huawei falls in the same ballpark as the Snapdragon 660 from Qualcomm and delivers similar performance, so it’s wonderful to see at this price point.
As we said, the Kirin 710 chipset is comparable to the Snapdragon 660 in terms of performance. But to get a clearer understanding of the performance difference, we first ran the usual slew of benchmarks, including AnTuTu, Geekbench 4 and 3DMark.
As soon as I pulled the Honor 8X out of the box, I installed AnTuTu, Geekbench 4 and 3DMark on the device to estimate the device’s performance at its best. The scores delivered by the Honor 8X are in line with those posted by Snapdragon 660 devices, varying ever so slightly as the Snapdragon 660 packs in a more powerful GPU.
Even though benchmarking scores are great for getting a preliminary reading of any device’s performance, they don’t really paint an accurate picture of its performance in real-world use. In order to test out the real-world performance of the Honor 8X, I played some graphically intensive games on the device, including PUBG Mobile, Asphalt 9: Legends, and Shadowgun Legends.
The Honor 8X’s performance is in line with most mid-range devices and it manages to run PUBG Mobile at medium settings without any issues. The game loads up quickly, runs smoothly and there are no frame drops whatsoever. However, cranking up the settings to high takes a major toll on the performance and the game stutters quite frequently, especially in intense gun fights.
Priced starting at Rs. 14,999, the Kirin 710-powered Honor 8X offers one of the best, if not the best, performance in this price segment. The phone manages to run graphically intensive games quite well at medium settings, which is what you’d probably expect from a device at this price point.
In my time with the device, I faced absolutely no issues when it comes to performance, be it while playing games or while using the device on the daily. So, in case you’re currently in the market for a mid-range device that won’t disappoint when it comes to performance then you should definitely consider the Honor 8X.
