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Realme 8 Pro vs Realme 8

47 out of 100
Realme 8 Pro
VS
43 out of 100
Realme 8
Realme 8 Pro
Realme 8

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.4-inch Realme 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G) that was released on March 24, 2021, against the Realme 8, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G95. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Realme 8 Pro
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 720G
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (50W versus 30W)
Reasons to consider the Realme 8
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Realme 8 Pro and Realme 8 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
243.8
(Excellent)
Value Index
8.8
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Realme 8 Pro
vs
Realme 8

Display

Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.4 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 409 ppi 411 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 430 nits 430 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 180 Hz 180 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 83.3% 83.3%
Display features - Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 90.7%
PWM 114 Hz 255 Hz
Response time 7 ms 8 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Realme 8 Pro +4%
626 nits
Realme 8
603 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.6 mm (6.32 inches) 160.6 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) 73.9 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Yellow Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Realme 8 Pro
83.3%
Realme 8
83.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme 8 Pro and Realme 8
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G MediaTek Helio G95
Max clock 2300 MHz 2050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.05 GHz: Cortex-A76
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 8 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 692 MediaTek APU
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Mali-G76 MC4
GPU shading units 256 96
GPU clock 750 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~384 GFLOPS ~172.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme 8 Pro and Realme 8
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Realme 8 Pro +2%
696
Realme 8
681
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Realme 8 Pro +2%
1842
Realme 8
1798
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 2207
Single-core score 696 681
Multi-core score 1842 1798
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Realme 8 Pro +1%
541222
Realme 8
536149
CPU 221329 201521
GPU 50153 58583
Memory 115427 130020
UX 154313 146025
Total score 541222 536149
Samples Less than 3 [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 91%
Graphics test - 1 FPS
Graphics score - 173
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Realme 8 Pro
317
Realme 8 +32%
418
Stability 99% 87%
Graphics test 1 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 317 418
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Realme 8 Pro
9730
Realme 8 +6%
10316
Web score 7665 8874
Video editing 5912 6771
Photo editing 23244 26330
Data manipulation 6693 6560
Writing score 12966 11509
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (makar)AnTuTu541222
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Realme 8
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-25 (Wow)AnTuTu514936
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-11 (treugosha)AnTuTu538679
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (KhoaUnknown)AnTuTu536149
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-14 (seth16)GeekBench GPU2207
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-14 (seth16)GeekBench CPU681 / 1798
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM Realme UI 4.0 Realme UI 4.0
OS size 13 GB 10 GB

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 50 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (88% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 26 min)
Full charging time 0:39 hr 1:10 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:50 hr -
Watching video 13:30 hr -
Gaming 05:43 hr -
Standby 120 hr -
General battery life
Realme 8 Pro
24:06 hr
Realme 8
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9204 9248 x 6920
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Monochrome: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Monochrome: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/1.52" (β‰ˆ 0.66 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.3
Focal length 16 mm 16 mm
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Realme 8 Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 4920 x 3264
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Sensor Sony IMX471 Sony IMX471
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 120 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 5.1
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 15 12
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Realme 8 Pro +5%
84.7 dB
Realme 8
80.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2021 March 2021
Release date March 2021 March 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $200
Successor - Realme 15 Pro 5G - Realme 16 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Realme 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
375 (38.6%)
597 (61.4%)
Total votes: 972

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