Global Top 10 Best Performing Flagship Phones and Mid-range Phones, April 2020
In the past month, a number of Chinese brands have released their flagship 5G models for the first half of the year in the overseas market, such as Xiaomi and OnePlus, and their new products unsurprisingly entered the Android phone performance list of April.
Based on the product data gained from Antutu
backstage, today Antutu reveals our list of the Global Top 10 Best Performing
Android Phones for April. Let's take a look at which new phones appeared in the
April ranking and how the ranking is.
As before, there will be two lists, one for
flagship phones, the other for mid-range phones. The ranking is mostly
determined by the smartphones’ SoC on board.
The data collection period is from April 1
to April 30. The scores in the lists are all average scores, not the highest
ones, which are more representative. And the amount of data for a single model
is larger than 1000. The data are calculated based on Antutu Benchmark V8.
1. Flagship Phones
In April, Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro 8+256G version claimed the top position in the top 10 flagship list. The phone squeezed out the top-ranked Samsung S20 Ultra 5G (865) 12+256G version of last month upon its release, with an average score of 593,769 points. The near 600,000 score is a testament to its strong performance.
The international version of the Xiaomi Mi 10
Pro is not different from the Chinese domestic version, which is powered by
Qualcomm's latest 5G flagship SoC Snapdragon 865 with a 6.67-inch screen size
and a hyperbolic screen that can achieve near-bezel-less visuals with a maximum
refresh rate of 90Hz and an off-screen optical fingerprint unlock.
In terms of other configurations, Xiaomi 10
Pro also adopts UFS3.0 and LPDDR5 storage technology and features a
100-megapixel AI quad camera which supports up to 50x digital zoom. It has a 4500mAh
battery, supporting 50W wired fast charging and 30W wireless fast charging as
well as 10W reverse wireless charging. In addition, it runs MIUI 11 operating
system, and is equipped with a fully symmetrical dual stereo speakers, with dual
1216 ultra-linear speakers symmetrically arranged on both top and bottom, which
is equivalent to a 1.2cc super large sound cavity, certified by Hi-Res Audio.
Coming second is OnePlus’s latest flagship OnePlus
8 Pro 12+256G version, which achieves an overall score of 582,697 points.
This phone was released in mid-April. It
comes with a more aggressive 2K+120Hz screen, which is more outstanding in
terms of appearance after OnePlus’s tuning. OnePlus is the pioneer in using 90Hz
refresh rate screen in mobile phones, and this time it is only natural for it to
further upgrade the screen.
The third place is still occupied by Xiaomi’s
product, which is the standard version of the Mi 10, with an overall score of 580,027,
which is not much different from the Mi 10 Pro in terms of score, because the
main difference between the two is the camera lens, other than which there is
not much difference in the hardware that mainly affects the score, so naturally
their scores are very close.
The phones ranking the 4th to the 10th are: Samsung S20 Ultra 5G (990) 12+128GB version(avg. score: : 519,713), Samsung S20+ 5G (990) 12+128GB version (avg. score: 518,494), ROG Phone 2 12+512GB version (avg. score: 509,060), Samsung S20+ (990) 8+128GB version (avg. score: 505,071), Samsung S20 5G (990) 8+128GB version (avg. score: 503,324), OnePlus 7T 8+256G version (avg. score: 496,700) and OnePlus 7T Pro 8+256G version (avg. score: 496,211).
As can be seen, all the Samsung phones that
dominated the list last month have been squeezed into the back seven positions.
New smartphones from Chinese manufacturers are still as strong as ever in terms
of performance, especially for a manufacturer like Xiaomi, which is known for
its performance, with all its hardware configurations reaching the highest level.
2. Mid-range Phones
The first place on the mid-range phone list
in April is finally replaced by a new Huawei model, the Huawei nova 7i, with an
overall score of 308,853 points. This phone is also a new model which is just released
in April. It is equipped with Huawei's self-developed Kirin 810 processor,
which has been widely used by Huawei in mid-range phones since last year, so
the performance is also good.
The Redmi Note 8 Pro, which has been ranked
No. 1 for several months in a row, has been squeezed to No. 2 this time because
of Huawei's new model, with an overall score of 291,742 points, which is still a bit
lower than the score of the No. 1. Since its configuration parameters are
already familiar to us, we won't go into details.
The third place phone is also a new one, realme's
latest model realme 6, which is powered by the same G90T processor from
MediaTek as the second place Redmi Note 8 Pro, with an overall score of 291093,
so there's no need to worry about its performance.
The next seven products are: realme 6 Pro 8+128GB version (avg. score: 282,519), Redmi Note 9S 6+128GB version(avg. score: 277,954), realme X2 6+64GB version (avg. score: 270,995), Mi 9T 6+128GB version (avg. score: 265,032), Samsung A80 8+128GB version (avg. score: 264,952), Samsung A71 6+128GB version (avg. score: 264,860), and Mi Note 10 6+128GB version (avg. score: 263,965).
The bottom seven phones are all powered by
Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. But interestingly enough, the fourth and
fifth-ranked phones are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, while the sixth to
tenth ranked phones are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 730/730G. According to
Qualcomm's product positioning, the bigger the number, the better the
performance. But the newly released Snapdragon 720G is a little bit above the
Snapdragon 730/730G in terms of score.
The reason for this is that the Snapdragon
720G's main frequency is 0.1 higher than the 730G's. The 0.1 advantage makes
the Snapdragon 720G’s performance a little better, so it's clear that sometimes
we cannot judge the performance of Qualcomm’s products by simply looking at the
product numbers, but rather by specific strengths.
In summary, there are many new entries in
the ranking list of April, whether it’s the flagship phone list or the mid-range
phone list, among which 5G phones are obviously dominating the flagship list, while
the mid-range list is still dominated by 4G phones, even the new mid-range phones
do not support 5G network. It seems that this phenomenon will continue for some
time, and those who want to buy 5G phones at a lower price will still have to wait.