The Snapdragon 625 chipset we saw on the Redmi Note 4 and Mi 5X also powers the Mi A1. This particular SoC is somewhat a favorite for the midrange class because of its power-efficiency and balanced performance. The S625 packs 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.
As usual we start with GeekBench and the Mi A1 processor did great, beaten only by the A72 core inside the Snapdragon 652 chip (Oppo F3 Plus).
GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)
Higher is better
Oppo F3 Plus 1438
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus 901
Xiaomi Mi A1 877
Xiaomi Mi 5X 868
Moto G5S Plus 843
Huawei P10 lite 834
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 824
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) 731
Nokia 5 672
Nokia 6 (Global version) 665
Nokia 3 551
The multi-core performance is superb for the midrange class as was to be expected from an octa-core CPU.
GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)
Higher is better
Oppo F3 Plus 4695
Xiaomi Mi A1 4292
Xiaomi Mi 5X 4225
Moto G5S Plus 4193
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus 3783
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) 3667
Huawei P10 lite 3344
Nokia 5 2851
Nokia 6 (Global version) 2841
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 2445
Nokia 3 1529
Moving on to graphics - the Mi A1's Adreno 506 GPU is perfectly capable of handling the Full HD screen resolution. The more recent mid-range Mali combos (Sony Xperia XA1 Plus, Redmi Note 4) are somewhat faster, though.
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Oppo F3 Plus 11
Nokia 5 10
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 9.4
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 9
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) 7.4
Moto G5S Plus 6.8
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus 6.7
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 6.4
Xiaomi Mi 5X 6.3
Xiaomi Mi A1 6.3
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 6.2
Huawei P10 lite 5
Nokia 6 (Global version) 4.5
Nokia 3 3.2
GFX 3.1 Car scene (onscreen)
Higher is better
Oppo F3 Plus 6
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 5.4
Nokia 5 5.2
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 5.2
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus 4
Moto G5S Plus 3.8
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) 3.8
Xiaomi Mi A1 3.5
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 3.5
Xiaomi Mi 5X 3.5
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 3.4
Huawei P10 lite 3
Nokia 6 (Global version) 2.5
The BaseMark X test perfectly demonstrates the balanced performance of the Adreno 506. It's in line with all recent smartphones from the same class.
Basemark X
Higher is better
Oppo F3 Plus 16695
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 13666
Moto G5S Plus 10488
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 10482
Xiaomi Mi A1 10472
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 10446
Xiaomi Mi 5X 10403
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus 9543
Huawei P10 lite 7588
Nokia 6 (Global version) 7516
Nokia 5 7316
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) 5258
Nokia 3 2210
Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal
Higher is better
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 287
Oppo F3 Plus 261
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 259
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus 191
Huawei P10 lite 145
Xiaomi Mi 5X 138
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 138
Moto G5S Plus 137
Xiaomi Mi A1 136
Nokia 6 (Global version) 100
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) 93
The compound tests AnTuTu and BaseMark confirm the Mi A1 produced two more solid scores - not quite good enough to get you bragging rights, but sufficient to handle everyday tasks with ease.
AnTuTu 6
Higher is better
Oppo F3 Plus 91458
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 85162
Moto G5S Plus 64554
Xiaomi Mi 5X 63548
Xiaomi Mi A1 61762
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 61616
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 61020
Huawei P10 lite 60895
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 57902
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus 55657
Nokia 6 (Global version) 47495
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) 46400
Nokia 5 43392
Nokia 3 28441
Basemark OS 2.0
Higher is better
Oppo F3 Plus 1890
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20) 1728
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 1417
Huawei P10 lite 1284
Xiaomi Mi A1 1262
Xiaomi Mi 5X 1246
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus 1198
Moto G5S Plus 1176
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 1107
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 1050
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) 1038
Nokia 5 982
Nokia 3 568
The Xiaomi Mi A1 is well equipped to handle Android and its apps. Sure, the Snapdragon 625 may not be the most powerful midrange chipset, but it offers very balanced performance and lightweight processing thanks to the efficient 14nm manufacturing process. Everything on the Mi A1 runs very cool even under peak load. You bet the vanilla Android runs buttery-smooth and lag-free, and so were the games we tried.
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