Global Top 10 Best Performing Flagship Phones and Mid-range Phones,December 2020
Compared with
constant release of new models with 5nm processors on China’s mobile phone
market, there are only a handful of new phone models with 5nm processors
released globally. Among the Global Top 10 Best Performing Android Flagship
Phones on the ranking list, only Huawei Mate 40 Pro remaining the first place
on the list this month, the same as last month, adopts 5nm processor, while the
other nine phones on the list carry Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 series.
Let’s take a look at
the ranking list.
The data was
collected from December 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 and the results on the
ranking list are average scores instead of highest ones. There are more than
1,000 pieces of data for a single phone model. The data was calculated based on
Antutu V8. If several memory capacity versions of any single phone model are
available on the List, the version of highest memory capacity shall prevail.
1. Flagship phones
No. 1: HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro
Average
score: 657,784
Xiaomi 11 powered by
the Snapdragon 888 flagship processor has been released, but it is only
available in China, so Huawei Mate 40 Pro still leads the global market, with
its average score of 657,784, a big win over iQOO Neo3 ranking No. 2 by more
than 20,000 points.
In the first few
days of 2021, the news came out that Huawei, despite severe restrictions
suffered, seems to have not given up on processor development. The
next-generation Kirin processor will be called Kirin 9010 and the 3nm process it
will be using can be viewed as an iteration of 5nm. Compared to the 5nm
process, 3nm process will bring 25~30% power reduction and 10~15% performance
improvement. Whether this news is true or not depends on the actual situation
of Huawei in the second half of this year.
No.
2: iQOO Neo3
Average
score: 646,016
iQOO Neo3, which had
been out of the top three for years, rushed into the second place this time. With
the Snapdragon 865 processor series, it even has a higher average score than
that of ROG Phone3, a ASUS gaming phone, which is to be congratulated. We know
that ROG Phone3 carries 865 Plus, a slightly more powerful version than
Snapdragon 865, so such a score can be viewed the glory of the Snapdragon 865
era. Probably on the ranking list from next month, Snapdragon 865 era is coming
to an end and the new flagship Snapdragon 888 has officially debuted.
No.
3: ROG Phone 3
Average
score: 630,307
Being the first
phone with Snapdragon 865 Plus processor and with the support of ASUS’s super gaming
performance, ROG Phone3 remained on the first place on the performance ranking
list for several months. However, with more and more new 5 nm flagship
processors making their debuts now and the difference in nature making this
veteran model a little bit out of its depth, ROG Phone3 only came in the third
place this time.
Following them, the
seven phone models are respectively OPPO Find X2 (average score: 610,749),
Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G (average score: 604,401), OnePlus 8 Pro (average score:
584,057), Mi 10T Pro 5G (average score: 581,233), Black Shark 3 (average score:
574,438), Galaxy S20 FE 5G (average score: 574,187), and Poco F2 Pro (average
score: 572,474).
Two new phones on
this List are Galaxy S20 FE 5G and Poco F2 Pro. The former is a fan-only
version of Samsung’s S20 series and the latter is a new Xiaomi phone on the
Indian market. These two phones are very cost effective and has good performance,
so it is a natural thing for them to make the List,.
2. Mid-range phones
Compared with the rapidly changing flagship phone market, the heat of mid-range phone market is obviously much lower, without release of new SoC and new models. So there is little change in phone models on the list. Let’s take a look in details.
No. 1: HONOR 30
Average
score: 404,970
Since there has been
no new competitive mid-range phones released on the market, Honor 30 still
topped the List this month, which has held the first place on the mid-range
phone performance list for the third consecutive month. It carries Kirin 985
processor independently developed by Huawei, which is second only to the
previous flagship Kirin 990 in terms of performance. Therefore, Kirin 985
processor is suitable to be used in mid-range phones, and crucially, it is
better than Qualcomm’s mid-range Snapdragon processors. Therefore, Huawei
contributes a lot in terms of performance of processors of mid-range phones.
No.
2: HUAWEI nova 7
Average
score: 402,080
Huawei Nova 7, also
equipped with Kirin 985 processor, still took the second place this time. It
has been the quarterly champion of the second place of Global Top 10 Best
Performing Mid-range Phones. The biggest difference between HONR 30 and HUAWEI
nova 7 is their camera. HONOR 30 supports 5x optical zoom while HUAWEI nova 7
supports 3x optical zoom. Other than that, they are pretty much the same thing,
so there’s not much difference in their final performance. These two products
are also expected to occupy these two places for a long time in the absence of
release of new phones.
No.
3: Redmi 10X 5G
Average
score: 394,545
The phone model
ranking the third is Redmi 10X 5G released by Redmi in May last year. Its
biggest feature is that it is equipped with MediaTek Dimensity 820 processor
exclusively cooperated with Media Tek. Inc, which is better than MediaTek
Dimensity 800 or MediaTek Dimensity 800U processor in performance, so it
finally achieved a very good score.
MediaTek Dimensity 820
is targeted at mid-range to high-end smartphones, using TSMC 7nm process. There
are four 2.6GHz ARM Cortex-A76 high-performance cores and four 2.0GHz ARM
Cortex-A55 energy-efficient cores. In addition, MediaTek Dimensity 820 also
uses 5-core ARM NATT MC5 GPU, with the gaming performance raised by up to 33%
compared with its peers at the same level.
Following them, the
seven phone models are respectively Mi 10T Lite 5G (average score: 331,796),
Redmi K30 5G (average score: 325,915), Mi 10 Lite 5G (average score: 323,260),
HUAWEI nova 7i (average score: 313,322), realme 7 (average score: 297,910),
Redmi Note 8 Pro (average score: 292,901), and realme 6 (average score:
291,109).
In terms of
mid-range phones, Redmi 10X 5G and Mi 10T Lite 5G made the List this time,
which are developed by Xiaomi. It seems that Xiaomi still stands out in terms
of performance as always, and it can also maintain a stable update frequency on
the global market and mid-range market.
That’s all about the
ranking list of Global Top 10 Best Performing Android Phones in December 2020.
Since there are no new products released, the ranking list of global markets
has not changed much this time. Two Huawei models still occupy the first place
of flagship and mid-range phones. Congratulations to Huawei again.