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Honor X9c vs 200 Pro

62 out of 100
Honor X9c
VS
71 out of 100
Honor 200 Pro
Honor X9c
Honor 200 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Honor X9c (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1) that was released on November 5, 2024, against the Honor 200 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor X9c
  • Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 6600 vs 5200 mAh
Reasons to consider the Honor 200 Pro
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1698K versus 760K)
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 66W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 66W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Honor X9c and 200 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
99.0
(Very good)
Value Index
85.4
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor X9c
vs
200 Pro

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1224 x 2700 pixels 1224 x 2700 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.85:9 19.85:9
PPI 437 ppi 437 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 4000 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 4000 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Tempered glass Aluminosilicate glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM - 60 Hz
Response time - 2 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor X9c
n/a
200 Pro
1102 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 75.5 mm (2.97 inches) 75.2 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 189 g (6.67 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP65
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor X9c
90.7%
200 Pro
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor X9c and Honor 200 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 2200 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 676 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~346.1 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor X9c and Honor 200 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor X9c
935
200 Pro +95%
1820
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor X9c
2719
200 Pro +68%
4579
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor X9c
246
200 Pro +3486%
8821
Compute Score (GPU) 246 8821
Single-core score 935 1820
Multi-core score 2719 4579
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor X9c
760332
200 Pro +123%
1698060
CPU 284852 516831
GPU 55762 495795
Memory 201468 270542
UX 218250 414892
Total score 760332 1698060
Samples [12 tests] [16 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor X9c
200
200 Pro +399%
998
Stability 99% 60%
Graphics test 1 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 200 998
3DMark Solar Bay
Honor X9c
n/a
200 Pro
4494
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Section 1 - 19 FPS
Section 2 - 17 FPS
Section 3 - 14 FPS
Graphics score - 4494
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Honor X9c
12708
200 Pro +15%
14677
Web score 12996 15496
Video editing 7162 7821
Photo editing 24195 29476
Data manipulation 10073 12021
Writing score 15092 16099
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor X9c
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-28 (LenslyWhite)AnTuTu 11764283
📘 2026-03-14 (Ааа)AnTuTu 11611007
📘 2026-02-19 (trixeee)AnTuTu 11603217
📘 2026-02-11 (Zver)AnTuTu 11773303
📘 2026-02-07 (Mohammed)AnTuTu 11743177
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Honor 200 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-08 (ChenTH)AnTuTu 111573533
📘 2026-06-07 (Dimik)AnTuTu 111768071
📘 2026-05-26 (Jason)AnTuTu 111633389
📘 2026-04-25 (Олег)AnTuTu 111801694
📘 2026-03-29 (Fenrir)AnTuTu 111421683
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2750 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 9.0 MagicOS 10
OS size - 55 GB
OS updates 2 years 4 years
Security updates 3 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 6600 mAh 5200 mAh
Max charge power 66 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (66 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 40 min) Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 0:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:55 hr
Watching video - 08:13 hr
Gaming - 05:51 hr
Standby - 99 hr
General battery life
Honor X9c
n/a
200 Pro
20:51 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 12000 x 9000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 2.5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens - 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Sensor Samsung HM6 OmniVision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 68 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX856
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 5 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Honor X9c
n/a
200 Pro
138
Video quality
Honor X9c
n/a
200 Pro
134
Generic main camera score
Honor X9c
n/a
200 Pro
137
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 69
Zoom - 132
Samples - Photo samples of Honor 200 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3456 x 4608 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.1
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard 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 MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor X9c
n/a
200 Pro
91.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced November 2024 May 2024
Release date November 2024 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $699
Successor - Honor X9d - Honor 500 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 66 W Yes, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor 200 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
9 (20.5%)
35 (79.5%)
Total votes: 44

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