Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra vs Redmi K70

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra (with MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus) that was released on July 19, 2024, against the Xiaomi Redmi K70, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2384K versus 1757K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • 18% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2256 and 1915 points
  • The phone is 6 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi K70
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 18% higher pixel density (526 vs 446 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra and Redmi K70 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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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
119.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
51.7
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1440 x 3200 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 526 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 4000 nits 4000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 89.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) 160.86 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.21 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 209 g (7.37 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Orange, Purple Black, Silver, Blue, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra and Xiaomi Redmi K70
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3400 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 790 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G720 MC12 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra and Xiaomi Redmi K70
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2256
1915
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
7541
5560
Compute Score (GPU)
13185
6840
Compute Score (GPU) 13185 6840
Single-core score 2256 1915
Multi-core score 7541 5560
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2384849
1757044
CPU 690068 553922
GPU 778300 434880
Memory 370642 311861
UX 545839 456381
Total score 2384849 1757044
Samples [3 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1474
1016
Stability 76% 98%
Graphics test 11 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1474 1016
3DMark Solar Bay
6488
4951
Stability - 94%
Graphics test 25 FPS 19 FPS
Section 1 27 FPS 21 FPS
Section 2 25 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 22 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 6488 4951
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
3834
3600
Stability 70% 91%
Graphics test 22 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 3834 3600
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Redmi K70 +2%
15557
Web score 15413 13957
Video editing 6546 7265
Photo editing 27049 32179
Data manipulation 14781 14272
Writing score 17583 17828
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#167th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-10 (Caleb)Geekbench 6 GPU13185
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-10 (Caleb)Geekbench 6 CPU1988 / 7243
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-10 (Caleb)AnTuTu 112384849
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-10 (Caleb)AnTuTu 112384849
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (KhalπŸ‡²πŸ‡Ύ)AnTuTu 112229305
Xiaomi Redmi K70
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-22 (@stay_driven)AnTuTu 111808163
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-18 (MaNameBin)AnTuTu 111778097
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (MaNameBin)AnTuTu 111757044
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 (Zamu)AnTuTu 111769084
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-02 (AmogusLol)AnTuTu 111762724

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 14
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 1.0

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 12 min) Yes (64% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:24 hr 0:27 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX906 OmniVision OVX8000
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX355
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
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 4608 x 3456
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B Omnivision OV16A1Q
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus - No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version - 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
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* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio - No
Dolby Atmos - Yes

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced July 2024 December 2023
Release date July 2024 December 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $360 $475
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra - Xiaomi Redmi K90
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi K70 Ultra:
    - Also known as Redmi K70 Extreme Edition in China.
Notes on Redmi K70:
    - Xiaomi Redmi K70 is a Chinese version of Poco F6 Pro.
*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 Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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