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Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 vs Honor 8X

47 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12
VS
34 out of 100
Honor 8X
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12
Honor 8X

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 685) that was released on March 23, 2023, against the Honor 8X, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 710 and came out 4 years and 8 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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 12
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1250 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3750 mAh
  • 47% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (496K versus 337K)
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • Shows 18% longer battery life (23:06 vs 19:34 hours)
  • Delivers 59% higher peak brightness (747 against 469 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 10W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 10
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 685
  • The phone is 4 years and 8 months newer
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
Reasons to consider the Honor 8X
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 and Honor 8X 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)

Should I update?
No 75% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Honor 8X to Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: display, battery life, and connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Redmi Note 12
vs
Honor 8X

Display

Type AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.67 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 396 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 430 nits
HDR support No No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 85.3% 84.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 -
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.5%
PWM 484 Hz Not detected
Response time 5 ms 39.6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 880:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi Note 12 +59%
747 nits
Honor 8X
469 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 165.66 mm (6.52 inches) 160.4 mm (6.31 inches)
Width 75.96 mm (2.99 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 183.5 g (6.47 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Gray, Blue, Green Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, rear
Screen-to-body ratio
Redmi Note 12 +1%
85.3%
Honor 8X
84.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 and Honor 8X
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 HiSilicon Kirin 710
Max clock 2800 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A73		 - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A73
L3 cache - 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 No
GPU
Graphics Adreno 610 Mali-G51
GPU shading units 128 32
GPU clock 1260 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~322.6 GFLOPS ~64 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 and Honor 8X
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Redmi Note 12 +30%
469
Honor 8X
362
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi Note 12 +21%
1484
Honor 8X
1222
Compute Score (GPU)
Redmi Note 12
381
Honor 8X +27%
484
Compute Score (GPU) 381 484
Single-core score 469 362
Multi-core score 1484 1222
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi Note 12 +47%
496286
Honor 8X
337060
CPU 187869 151851
GPU 29691 19787
Memory 141765 83300
UX 136961 82122
Total score 496286 337060
Samples [20 tests] Less than 3
PCMark 3.0
Redmi Note 12 +20%
8933
Honor 8X
7470
Web score 8747 6738
Video editing 4745 5134
Photo editing 15136 14180
Data manipulation 7401 5432
Writing score 10107 8694
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-10 (Morteza)CPU Throttle91%
📘 2026-10-10 (Morteza)Geekbench 7 CPU489 / 1625
📘 2026-10-10 (Morteza)AnTuTu 12544428
📘 2026-09-20 (SSAN)AnTuTu 11508133
📘 2026-07-24 (Tameng)AnTuTu 11501656
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Honor 8X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-20 (Zephy)AnTuTu 11337060
📘 2025-02-07 (maj81)Geekbench 6 GPU483
📘 2025-02-07 (maj81)Geekbench 6 CPU362 / 1222
📘 2023-10-29 (Lehtommaki)Geekbench 6 GPU484
📘 2023-10-29 (Lehtommaki)Geekbench 6 CPU359 / 1151
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 400 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10.0)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 EMUI 12
OS size 21 GB 17 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3750 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 10 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (55% in 30 min) No
Full charging time 1:11 hr 2:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:20 hr 07:11 hr
Watching video 15:10 hr 09:57 hr
Gaming 05:33 hr 04:15 hr
Standby 113 hr 110 hr
General battery life
Redmi Note 12 +18%
23:06 hr
Honor 8X
19:34 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 5160 x 3872
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 20 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 20 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length - 27 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron 2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4128 x 3096 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.5 f/2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 4.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C Micro USB
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 13 12
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Redmi Note 12
81.3 dB
Honor 8X +4%
84.8 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2023 September 2018
Release date March 2023 October 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $300
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 4G - Honor 9X
SAR (head) - 0.81 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.02 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 33 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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 25

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