As we briefly mentioned in the beginning, the Xiaomi Redmi Pro is available in three flavors - Standard, High, and Exclusive editions. We're reviewing the Standard edition, which packs a MediaTek Helio X20 chip.
The Helio X20 is comprised of a tri-cluster processor: a couple of Cortex-A72 (2.1GHz), a quad-core Cortex-A53 (2.0GHz) and a low-power, quad-core Cortex-A53 (1.4GHz). The sheer number of cores sounds impressive but the GPU - a Mali-T880 MP 4 GPU - is hardly a match for that.
The difference between the Helio X20 and Helio X25 is in the clock speed of the CPU and GPU. Here's the configuration in the High and Exclusive versions: a couple of Cortex-A72 (2.5GHz), quad-core Cortex-A53 (2.0GHz) and a low-power, quad-core Cortex-A53 (1.4GHz). The GPU works at 900MHz.
Let's kick things off with the impressive CPU setup and see how it fares against the competition. In terms of single-core performance, the Cortex-A72 isn't too far off compared to the Kryo CPU in the OnePlus 3 (Snapdragon 820). In any case, it manages to beat the Cortex-A57 in the Exynos version of the Galaxy Note5.
When it comes to multi-core performance, the deca-core CPU is a one step in front of the Galaxy Note5, but just can't match the raw performance of the Snapdragon 820 setup in the OnePlus 3.
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AnTuTu is a compound benchmark, which takes into account storage performance, RAM and GPU prowess. The Redmi Pro comes with a quad-core Mali-T880 MP4 clocked at 780MHz. As a reference, the Helio X25 comes with the same GPU, but clocked at 850MHz, whereas it's running at 900MHz inside the Huawei P9.
As a result, the GPU implementation has a lot of untapped potential which will never be realized in the Redmi Pro. But even at its highest clock speed, it's still far behind this year's flagships and doesn't even compare favorably to most mid-range smartphones with Adreno GPUs.
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The other compound test - the BaseMark OS II 2.0 - ranks the Redmi Pro below the LG G Flex2 and the Galaxy Note5. The benchmark gauges not only CPU, GPU and UX, but also memory and browser performance, so the final scores bodes well for day-to-day performance.
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You can't say Xiaomi hasn't tried to deliver a performance worthy of the phone's Pro moniker with this 10-core beast of a processor. However, it's far from the best you can get these days in terms of raw performance. Additionally, the GPU underperforms compared to the competition.
But objectively, there's nothing faster in this price range, except the two Redmi Pro variants with a Helio X25 chipset and other rivals that come with it, like the Meizu Pro 6.
Synthetic benchmarks are one thing, but day-to-day performance is another. We didn't experience any hiccups during our time with the Redmi Pro and games ran smoothly. Mind you, some of the heavier AAA titles experienced some hiccups here and there.
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