Honor 8 Smart vs Honor 5X
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 146.80 x 72.60 x 7.50 mm | 151.30 x 76.30 x 8.15 mm |
| Weight | 147.00 g | 158.00 g |
| Display size | 5.20" | 5.50" |
| Display | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 x 1920 px (5.20") 424 ppi | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 x 1920 px (5.50") 401 ppi |
| Display protection |   | |
| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 1890 min. (31.5 h) 3G: 1134 min. (18.9 h) |  |
| Stand-by (max.) | 2G: 600 h. (25.0 days) 3G: 630 h. (26.3 days) 4G: 610 h. (25.4 days) | |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 3000 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Po 3000 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | SmartPower 3.0 |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| End-user memory | | 9.6 GB |
| RAM memory | 2 GB, 3 GB | 2 GB, 3 GB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 128 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 128 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow | Android 5.1 Lollipop |
| Interface | EMUI 4.1 | EMUI 3.1 |
| Processor | HiSilicon Kirin 650 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 8939 |
| Processor clock | 2000 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| GPU | ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @600 MHz | Adreno 405 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | DualSIM(nanoSIM, nanoSIM) | DualSIM(microSIM, nanoSIM) |
| DualSIM mode | dual standby | dual standby |
| Hybrid DualSIM | nanoSIM, microSD | |
| Announced | 2Q 2016 | 4Q 2015 |
| Other names | - | Honor Glory Play 5X; KIW-L21 |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 850 900 1900 2100 | 850 900 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1800, 900, 800 | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1900, 1800, 1700, 900, 850, 800, 700 |
| CDMA | | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | 1900 2000 |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo sensor model | Sony IMX214 | |
| Photo matrix | 13 Mpx | 13 Mpx |
| Resolution | 4192x3104 px | 4160x3120 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | 2x LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | | 1920x1080 px |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | AF, f/2.0 | AF, f/2.0 |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 8 Mpx | 5 Mpx |
| Resolution | 3264x2448 px | 2592x1944 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | FF, f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 42.20 Mbit/s | 42.00 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | 5.76 Mbit/s |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | - | - |
| LTE UP | 51.00 Mbit/s | 51.00 Mbit/s |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | | v4.1 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 b/g/n | v802.11 b/g/n |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | T9 | XT9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, APE, FLAC, OGG, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | AAC, AAC+, AMR, FLAC, OGG, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | | 64 voices |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | ART | ART |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |