Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T vs Note 8 Pro

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.3-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 665) that was released on November 6, 2019, against the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G90T and came out 2 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 Note 8 Pro
  • Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
  • 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (495K versus 350K)
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (21:15 vs 19:50 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 33% more RAM: 4GB versus 3GB
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.1 versus eMMC 5.1
  • 2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 635 and 321 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T and Note 8 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)

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3 / 32 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
127.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
105.4
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.3 inches 6.53 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 409 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 640 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 80.3% 84.9%
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% -
PWM Not detected -
Response time 46.4 ms -
Contrast 1163:1 -
Screen space comparison
Redmi Note 8 Pro
6.53″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.2 in2
Redmi Note 8T
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
599 nits
638 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) 161.4 mm (6.35 inches)
Width 75.4 mm (2.97 inches) 76.4 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
Waterproof No IP52
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Gray, Blue White, Gray, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, rear
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T and Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 MediaTek Helio G90T
Max clock 2000 MHz 2050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.05 GHz: Cortex-A76
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 11 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 MediaTek APU 2.0
GPU
Graphics Adreno 610 Mali-G76MC4
GPU shading units 128 96
GPU clock 950 MHz 800 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~153.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T and Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 305 1951
Single-core score 321 635
Multi-core score 1128 1762
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
350459
495638
CPU 145861 199526
GPU 23955 52690
Memory 77887 102043
UX 102756 141379
Total score 350459 495638
Samples [2 tests] [20 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 96% 79%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 381
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 5852 7027
Video editing 4881 5648
Photo editing 11723 18399
Data manipulation 5081 6971
Writing score 6462 8199

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-10 (bang)AnTuTu 11350459
📘 2025-10-29 (Baster)AnTuTu 11323556
📘 2024-08-10 (kyklisheee)Geekbench 6 GPU305
📘 2024-08-10 (kyklisheee)Geekbench 6 CPU321 / 1128
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-19 (Ammar)AnTuTu 11466935
📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro)CPU Throttle90%
📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro)AnTuTu 11498114
📘 2026-07-01 (Suraj)AnTuTu 11448487
📘 2026-05-26 (Drakarys)AnTuTu 11502374

Memory

RAM
RAM size 3 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 32 GB 64 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11)
ROM MIUI 12.5 MIUI 12.5
OS size 8 GB 10.3 GB

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 35 min) Yes (30% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:05 hr 2:00 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:01 hr 07:29 hr
Watching video 11:48 hr 12:01 hr
Gaming 05:03 hr 05:02 hr
Standby 95 hr 115 hr
General battery life
19:50 hr
21:15 hr

Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 9000 x 7000
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 240 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM1 Samsung S5KGW1
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV8856 -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 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
Sensor Omnivision OV02A10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization No Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4224 x 3136 5184 x 3880
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 28.21 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV13855 Samsung S5K3T1
Sensor size 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.9 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 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
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP LE, HID, 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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
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 Yes
LTE Cat* 12 12
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
87.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced November 2019 August 2019
Release date December 2019 October 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $216 $220
Successor - - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G
SAR (head) 0.74 W/kg 0.38 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg 0.8 W/kg
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

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro. It has a better performance, gaming, battery life, and design.

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