Xiaomi Redmi K70 vs K100 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi K70 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on December 29, 2023, against the Xiaomi Redmi K100 Pro, which is powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series and came out 2 years and 8 months after. 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
  • 26% higher pixel density (526 vs 419 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi K100 Pro
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Comes with 3580 mAh larger battery capacity: 8580 vs 5000 mAh
  • 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3531K versus 1757K)
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The phone is 2 years and 8 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi K70 and K100 Pro 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)

Should I update?
No 86% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Redmi K70 to Xiaomi Redmi K100 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: battery life, gaming, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.59 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1156 x 2510 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 526 ppi 419 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 185 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 4000 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR - 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 160.86 mm (6.33 inches) 157.49 mm (6.2 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 75.25 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.21 mm (0.32 inches) 8.55 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof No IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green, Purple White, Black, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.1%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi K70 and Xiaomi Redmi K100 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series
Max clock 3200 MHz 4610 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 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
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 680 MHz 1200 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2457.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi K70 and Xiaomi Redmi K100 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1915
3474
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5560
10594
Compute Score (GPU)
6840
20875
Compute Score (GPU) 6840 20875
Single-core score 1915 3474
Multi-core score 5560 10594
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1757044
3531378
CPU 553922 1072515
GPU 434880 1108332
Memory 311861 543094
UX 456381 807437
Total score 1757044 3531378
Samples [9 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 8 FPS -
Graphics score 1016 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 94% -
Graphics test 19 FPS -
Section 1 21 FPS -
Section 2 19 FPS -
Section 3 16 FPS -
Graphics score 4951 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 91% -
Graphics test 21 FPS -
Graphics score 3600 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13957 -
Video editing 7265 -
Photo editing 32179 -
Data manipulation 14272 -
Writing score 17828 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi K70
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-26 (Thα»‹nh Δ‘αΊΉp trai)AnTuTu 121922633
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-20 (TungNX)AnTuTu 121908505
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-22 (@stay_driven)AnTuTu 111808163
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-18 (MaNameBin)AnTuTu 111778097
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (MaNameBin)AnTuTu 111757044
Xiaomi Redmi K100 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-18 (BATBOLD)AnTuTu 123645532
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-17 (BATBOLD)Geekbench 6 GPU21184
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-17 (BATBOLD)Geekbench 6 CPU3501 / 10663
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-08 (BATBOLD)AnTuTu 123520171
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (El Bicho)Geekbench 6 CPU3349 / 10094

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 16
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 3
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 8580 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (64% in 15 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:27 hr -

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Zoom Digital Optical, 2.5x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.7
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX8000 Samsung ISOCELL HP5
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.5 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.0
Focal length - 60 mm
Sensor size - 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 24 mm 21 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q OmniVision OV32D
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.44" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.3 6.0
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 Yes
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 2.1
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2023 August 2026
Release date December 2023 August 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $475 $550
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi K100 Pro -
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, 100 W
Further details
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 K100 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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