Pubg Mobile, Asphalt 9, Shadowgun Legends in Honor 8x Game Test

The all-new Honor 8x is the first phone in India to feature an octa-core Kirin 710 chipset paired with up to 6GB RAM and up to 128GB storage , making it one of the most powerful mid-rangers on the market today. . And in case you were wondering, it has a killer look too. In case you haven’t noticed, Huawei’s Kirin 710 chipset falls in the same ballpark as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 and offers similar performance, so it’s great to see at this price point.

If you’re in the market for a mid-range device and pondering the Honor 8X’s performance, let us help you make an informed decision. Here’s our all-new Honor 8x performance and gaming review:

Honors 8x performance and game reviews

As we said, the Kirin 710 chipset is comparable to the Snapdragon 660 in terms of performance. But to understand the performance difference more clearly, I first ran one of the usual benchmarks like Antutu, Geekbench 4, and 3DMark.

Honors 8x Benchmark

As soon as I pulled the 8x Honor out of the box, I installed Antutu, Geekbench 4, and 3DMark on my device to estimate the device’s performance at its best. The scores provided by the Honor 8X are in line with the scores posted by Snapdragon 660 devices, and differ as the Snapdragon 660 packs in more powerful GPUs.

Honor 8X was able to score 138401 on Antutu . This is slightly better than the Mi A2 and Vivo V11 Pro (both featuring the Snapdragon 660) posted 129863 and 128304 posted.

The Honor 8X also outperformed Snapdragon 660-powered devices on Geekbench 4, scoring 1601 in the single-core test and 5534 in the multi-core test . The Mi A2 with Snapdragon 660 was able to hold up in the single-core test, but Honor 8x won in the Multi-Core score.

However, in GPU-intensive benchmarks like 3DMark, the Honor 8X’s Kirin 710 chipset is unable to keep up with its Snapdragon 660-powered rival due to the former’s older Mali-G51 MP4 GPU. The device scored 955 in 3DMark’s Sling Shot Extreme OpenGL test and 1125 in 3DMark’s Sling Shot Extreme Vulkan test . In comparison, Mi A2 scored 1265 in the OpenGL test and 1045 in the Vulkan test. Vivo V11 Pro scored 1211 in OpenGL test and 962 in Vulkan test.

Honor 8x game

Benchmark scores are great for giving a preliminary reading of any device’s performance, but they don’t really paint an accurate picture of performance in real-world usage. To test the Honor 8X’s real-world performance, we played some graphically intensive games on the device, including PUBG Mobile, Asphalt 9: Legends, and Shadowgun Legends.

Honor 8X’s performance is in line with most mid-range devices and can run PUBG Mobile on medium settings without any issues. The game loads quickly, runs smoothly, and there are no frame drops at all . But performance and gaming take a hit too often when you tighten the settings to high, especially in intense gun battles.

Another interesting point worth noting is that PUBG Mobile’s UI on Honor 8X is not optimized for notched displays. This means that some UI elements will be cut with notches and rounded corners . This isn’t on any pretense of being accurate, but it’s still worth mentioning.

Moving onto Asphalt 9: Legends, Honor 8X , I had no issues running the game . The device managed to zip through the power even after cranking the graphics settings high. I’m honestly very impressed with its performance. Some UI elements in Asphalt 9 were also cut off by rounded edges, but they weren’t as bad as in PUBG Mobile.

Shadowgun Legends, another graphically intensive game, ran perfectly fine on the Honor 8X. The device took quite a while to load the game the first time, but the problem didn’t continue the next time I opened the game. Similar to Pubg Mobile, the Honor 8X was able to run the game without frame drops at medium settings , but faced some issues when cranking the settings higher.

Heating on the Honor 8x was not an issue, as the device was barely warm to the touch , even when playing games for several hours straight. In my opinion, Honor 8X’s performance is par or slightly better than its competitors. Games feel much more immersive due to the device’s large display, and we would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a mid-range device to meet their mobile gaming needs.

If you’re interested in day-to-day performance, you’ll be happy to know that the Honor 8X performs extremely well, with no signs of lag or stuttering. All apps loaded very quickly and ran without issue, but the 4GB RAM variant I received had issues with keeping more than two large apps in memory . If you think that might be a problem for you, you can always go for the 6GB RAM variant, but I’m sure you won’t face any such problems.

Honor 8x Performance and Game Review: One of the best in this price range

Prices starting from Rs. 14,999 , the Kirin 710-powered Honor 8X offers the best, if not the best performance in this price segment. The phone can run graphically intensive games very well on medium settings. This is what you would probably expect from a device at this price point.

In my time with the device, I had no issues whatsoever when it came to performance, whether it was while playing games or using the device daily. So if you’re in the market for a mid-range device that won’t disappoint when it comes to performance, you should definitely consider the Honor 8X.