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The Redmagic 8 Pro was announced back in January and received favourable reviews from most critics.
I have finally got my hands on a review sample, and this is the new titanium model, which has 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
I will be posting my full review of this phone at the same time as this post. For this article, I am focussing on the performance of the phone. It is a gaming phone, and therefore this is one of the most important aspects. It is also the first time I have used a phone with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
Redmagic 8 Pro Specification
- SoC: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Display: 6.8 inches, 1116p, up to 120Hz
- RAM: 12GB / 16GB
- Storage: 256GB / 512GB
- Battery: 6000mAh
- Operating System: Android 13
- Front camera: 16MP, 2nd generation under-display-camera (UDC)
- Rear cameras: 50 MP, f/1.9 primary / 8MP, f/2.2 ultrawide
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 7 802.11, Bluetooth 5.3, 5G
- Dimensions: 164 x 76.4 x 8.9 mm (6.46 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)
- Colours: Black / Transparent / Titanium
- Weight: 228 g (8.04 oz)
- Charging: 65W wired
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Specification
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A quick reminder, the older Redmagic 7 Pro used the normal Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. This was mostly the same as the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, except it was made on Samsung’s 4nm fabrication process and had a lower clock speed of 3.0GHz on the Cortex-X2.
The switch of the fabrication process was the main upgrade. It had a significant improvement for battery life and reduced thermal throttling. The SD8 Gen 2 sticks with the superior TSMC fabrication process.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Benchmarks
As always with Redmagic, it is worth remembering that these are gaming phones and are tuned to prioritise performance over battery efficiency.
Since the launch of the SD888, Redmagic is one of the only brands I have tested that has almost no thermal throttling for 3Dmark Wildfire stress testing.
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The phone starts off well with a significant 16% improvement from the previous generation. The temperature and battery decrease is fractionally more than the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, but still much better than the Samsung fabricated Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Looking at the breakdown of scores, there is barely any difference with the CPU, just a 1.23% improvement.
For the GPU, you get a 22.2% improvement.
Memory is a massive 32.5% increase.
Then for the UX it is a 3.4% improvement.
The temperature increase was higher than the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 but is around the same as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The battery only dropped 3% from 100%, which is significantly better than the Redmagic 7 Pro, and slightly less than the 7S Pro, however, this has a 20% larger battery.
Page 2 of benchmarks for 3DMark Wildfire Stress Testing & Thermal Throttling, Geekbench & PCMark
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