The Snapdragon 625 chipset powers yet another Xiaomi - this time it's the Mi 5X, also available as the Mi A1. This particular piece of silicon is somewhat a favorite for the midrange class because of its power-efficiency and balanced performance. The S625 offers an octa-core Cortex-A53 processor clocked at 2.0GHz and Adreno 506 GPU. There are 4 gigs of RAM, more than enough for the class.
We always start with Geekbench and the Mi 5X processor did great, beaten only by the A72 core inside the Helio X20 chip.
GeekBench 4 (single-core)
Higher is better
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 1546
Xiaomi Mi 5X 846
Lenovo P2 840
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 832
Sony Xperia XA1 800
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 799
Moto G5 Plus 799
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 799
Oppo F3 737
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 693
LG Q6 508
The multi-core performance is great for the midrange class and the Mi 5X will hardly disappoint anybody.
GeekBench 4 (multi-core)
Higher is better
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 4456
Xiaomi Mi 5X 4106
Moto G5 Plus 3789
Sony Xperia XA1 3554
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 3388
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 3011
Lenovo P2 2965
Oppo F3 2685
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 2353
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 2353
LG Q6 1898
Moving on to graphics - the Mi 5X's Adreno 506 GPU is perfectly capable of handling every Full HD move or intensive 3D game. The Adreno 510 of the Snapdragon 650 series was somewhat dropped by the makers, as the whole chip lineup in fact, so while we would have liked it better, the 506 will serve you fine as well.
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia XA1 15
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 9.4
Xiaomi Mi Max 9.4
Lenovo P2 6.7
Moto G5 Plus 6.4
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 6.4
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 6.4
Xiaomi Mi 5X 6.3
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 6.2
Oppo F3 4.5
LG Q6 3.5
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 3.3
GFX 3.1 Car scene (onscreen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia XA1 7.9
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 5.4
Xiaomi Mi Max 5.4
Lenovo P2 3.7
Moto G5 Plus 3.5
Xiaomi Mi 5X 3.5
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 3.5
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 3.5
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 3.4
Oppo F3 2.4
LG Q6 1.9
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 1.9
Basemark X
Higher is better
Xiaomi Mi Max 15487
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 13666
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 10482
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 10482
Lenovo P2 10472
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 10446
Moto G5 Plus 10406
Xiaomi Mi 5X 10403
Sony Xperia XA1 9714
LG Q6 6179
Oppo F3 6148
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 5489
Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal
Higher is better
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 287
Xiaomi Mi Max 238
Sony Xperia XA1 191
Xiaomi Mi 5X 138
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 138
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 138
Moto G5 Plus 137
Lenovo P2 137
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 93
LG Q6 82
The compound tests AnTuTu and BaseMark confirm the Mi 5X is perfectly capable of handling any task thanks to its balanced hardware design and output performance.
AnTuTu 6
Higher is better
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 85162
Xiaomi Mi Max 74488
Xiaomi Mi 5X 63548
Lenovo P2 63493
Moto G5 Plus 63390
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 61616
Sony Xperia XA1 60707
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 57902
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 57902
Oppo F3 53008
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 46822
LG Q6 37276
Basemark OS 2.0
Higher is better
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 1728
Xiaomi Mi Max 1362
Sony Xperia XA1 1351
Xiaomi Mi 5X 1246
Lenovo P2 1235
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 1107
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 1107
Moto G5 Plus 1089
Oppo F3 1085
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 1050
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 349
LG Q6 275
The Xiaomi Mi 5X is well equipped to handle Android and its apps, and while the Snapdragon 625 may not be the most powerful midrange chipset, it was chosen for a reason. The performance is balanced, the processor is lightweight on the battery thanks to the high-end 14nm manufacturing process, and everything runs very cool even under peak load. MIUI runs smooth and lag-free, and the games we tried were handled pretty well, too. That's enough by our book.
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