Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Review
9 July 2020, 16:47:53
Performance
The Redmi Note 9 is based on a MediaTek Helio G85 chipset. Built on the 12nm process, it houses an octa-core CPU with 2x 2.0GHz Cortex-A75 cores and 6x 1.8GHz Cortex-A55 cores in a big.LITTLE structure. The graphics department is headed by an ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 GPU clocked up to 1GHz. MediaTek's HyperEngine is on board providing various gaming enhancements including dynamic allocation of CPU, GPU, and memory. There are 3GB or 4GB of dual-channel LPDDR4X RAM clocked at 1800 MHz. The internal storage is either 64GB or 128GB and can be further expanded. We are reviewing a 4GB+128GB unit. Of those 128GB, 112.74GB is available to the user.
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Doogee S97 Pro | 273128 (MediaTek Helio G95 (MT6785V/CD)) |
Doogee S98 | 266422 (MediaTek Helio G96 (MT6781)) |
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Oukitel WP15 | 259963 (MediaTek Dimensity 700 (MT6833)) |
Oukitel WP13 | 257280 (MediaTek Dimensity 700 (MT6833)) |
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 | 206461 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
Ulefone Power Armor 14 Pro | 204642 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
Ulefone Armor 9 | 201681 (MediaTek Helio P90 (MT6779)) |
AGM H5 Pro | 186373 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
Doogee S86 Pro | 180366 (MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771)) |
Doogee N40 Pro | 176684 (MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771)) |
Cubot X20 Pro | 175087 (MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771)) |
Cubot X50 | 165206 (MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771)) |
Doogee S98 | 501 (MediaTek Helio G96 (MT6781)) |
Doogee S97 Pro | 500 (MediaTek Helio G95 (MT6785V/CD)) |
Ulefone Armor 11T 5G | 497 (MediaTek Dimensity 800 (MT6873)) |
Ulefone Armor 22 | 489 (MediaTek Helio G96 (MT6781)) |
Oukitel WP19 | 488 (MediaTek Helio G95 (MT6785V/CD)) |
Ulefone Armor 9 | 404 (MediaTek Helio P90 (MT6779)) |
Doogee S95 Pro | 379 (MediaTek Helio P90 (MT6779)) |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 | 350 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
Cubot KingKong Mini 3 | 346 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
Ulefone Power Armor 14 Pro | 346 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
AGM H5 Pro | 343 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
Cubot Pocket 3 | 343 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
Ulefone Note 16 Pro | 308 (Unisoc Tiger T606) |
AGM H6 | 307 (Unisoc Tiger T606) |
Ulefone T2 | 305 (MediaTek Helio P70 (MT6771V)) |
Unihertz Atom L | 1385 (MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771), cores: 8) |
Doogee N40 Pro | 1379 (MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771), cores: 8) |
Ulefone Armor 22 | 1369 (MediaTek Helio G96 (MT6781), cores: 8) |
AGM H6 | 1332 (Unisoc Tiger T606, cores: 8) |
Ulefone Note 16 Pro | 1327 (Unisoc Tiger T606, cores: 8) |
Oukitel RT2 | 1312 (MediaTek MT8788V, cores: 8) |
Cubot X50 | 1300 (MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771), cores: 8) |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 | 1292 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z), cores: 8) |
AGM H5 Pro | 1291 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z), cores: 8) |
Ulefone Power Armor 14 Pro | 1290 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z), cores: 8) |
Cubot Pocket 3 | 1262 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z), cores: 8) |
Cubot KingKong Mini 3 | 1250 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z), cores: 8) |
Doogee S98 | 1240 (MediaTek Helio G96 (MT6781), cores: 8) |
Doogee S61 Pro | 985 (MediaTek Helio G35 (MT6765G), cores: 8) |
Ulefone Armor 15 | 984 (MediaTek Helio G35 (MT6765G), cores: 8) |
Xiaomi Mi 9 | 8891 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (SM8150)) |
Xiaomi Redmi K30 4G | 8890 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G (SM7150-AB)) |
Cubot KingKong AX | 8792 (MediaTek Helio G99 (MT6789)) |
Ulefone Armor 10 5G | 8696 (MediaTek Dimensity 800 (MT6873)) |
POCO M3 Pro 5G | 8624 (MediaTek Dimensity 700 (MT6833)) |
Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S | 8599 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (SDM845)) |
Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 | 8596 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (SDM845)) |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 | 8551 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
OnePlus 6T | 8549 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (SDM845)) |
Ulefone Armor 11T 5G | 8533 (MediaTek Dimensity 800 (MT6873)) |
POCO M4 Pro 5G | 8532 (MediaTek Dimensity 810 (MT6833P)) |
iiiF150 R2022 | 8508 (MediaTek Helio G95 (MT6785V/CD)) |
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE | 8504 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (SM7325)) |
Ulefone Power Armor 14 Pro | 8432 (MediaTek Helio G85 (MT6769Z)) |
Oukitel WP13 | 8429 (MediaTek Dimensity 700 (MT6833)) |
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