The Honor Pad X8b has a physical footprint of 256.9 x 168.5 mm with a slim 7.3 mm thickness and a weight of 496 g, giving it a relatively compact form for an 11-inch tablet. The device does not include a stylus, a detachable keyboard, or backlit keyboard support, and it offers no water resistance rating. Tilt sensitivity is also absent, reflecting a straightforward design focused on essentials rather than accessory-driven functionality.
The Honor Pad X8b features an 11-inch IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 px and a pixel density of 207 ppi, delivering a reasonably sharp image for its size class. The panel supports a 90Hz refresh rate, which contributes to smoother scrolling and motion. However, it lacks branded damage-resistant glass, an anti-reflection coating, and does not support HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision, meaning advanced display enhancement technologies are not part of its feature set.
The Honor Pad X8b is powered by an octa-core processor built on a 6 nm semiconductor process, configured as four cores at 2.4 GHz and four at 1.9 GHz using big.LITTLE technology, with a TDP of 6W and 8 threads in total. It is paired with 4 GB of DDR4 RAM running at 2133 MHz across two memory channels, supporting up to 8 GB maximum, alongside 128 GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage that can be supplemented via an external memory slot. Graphics are handled by an Adreno 610 GPU clocked at 845 MHz with a turbo of 800 MHz, supporting DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2, with a maximum memory bandwidth of 14.9 GB/s. The chipset also integrates LTE, supports 64-bit processing, includes an NX bit and TrustZone for security, and runs Android 16, with Geekbench 6 scores of 416 single-core and 1466 multi-core.
The Honor Pad X8b features a 5 MP rear camera with a CMOS sensor, an f/2.0 aperture, and no optical zoom, capable of recording video at 1080p and 30 fps with continuous autofocus during recording. Manual controls cover ISO, focus, exposure, and white balance, and HDR mode is available, though there is no flash, no optical image stabilization, no slow-motion recording, and no timelapse function. The front camera also measures 5 MP with an f/2.0 aperture and supports touch autofocus, but lacks a front-facing flash. Neither camera supports panorama, burst mode, 360-degree panorama, HDR10 recording, Dolby Vision recording, a BSI sensor, or 3D capture capabilities.
The Honor Pad X8b includes stereo speakers for built-in audio output, but does not offer a 3.5 mm headphone jack or a radio receiver. On the wireless audio side, none of the advanced Bluetooth codec standards are supported, meaning aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent from the device.
The Honor Pad X8b is equipped with a 10100 mAh rechargeable battery that includes a battery level indicator for monitoring charge status. The battery is non-removable and does not support fast charging or wireless charging, meaning it relies solely on standard wired charging.
The Honor Pad X8b connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Bluetooth 5.0, and includes a cellular module with a single SIM slot supporting download speeds up to 390 Mbits/s and upload speeds up to 150 Mbits/s, though 5G is not supported. Wired connectivity is handled through a USB Type-C port at USB version 5, while HDMI output and Ethernet are absent. On the hardware sensor side, the tablet includes an accelerometer but lacks a gyroscope, compass, barometer, GPS, infrared sensor, and does not support Galileo positioning. Security and biometrics are limited — there is no fingerprint scanner, iris scanner, or 3D facial recognition. The software feature set is fairly broad, with multi-user support, split-screen multitasking, picture-in-picture, dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, media picker, full-page screenshots, customizable notifications, offline voice recognition, voice commands, child lock, battery health check, app offloading, extra dim mode, and the ability to play games while downloading. Privacy options include location privacy controls, camera and microphone access management, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking blocking, Mail Privacy Protection, and Wi-Fi password sharing are not available. The device also supports on-device machine learning, sharing intents, Live Text, and mobile device position tracking, but does not offer focus modes, Quick Start, direct OS vendor updates, or a built-in projector.
In Geekbench 5 testing, the Honor Pad X8b recorded a multi-core score of 1550 and a single-core score of 385, offering a reference point for its general processing capability. The device uses DDR4 memory, consistent with its broader memory configuration.
