Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro vs Note 8 Pro
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G) that was released on April 30, 2020, against the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G90T and came out 8 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
- Shows 25% longer battery life (26:36 vs 21:15 hours)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 720G
- More recent OS version: Android 12 versus 11
- Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
- 18% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 751 and 635 points
- The phone is 8 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
- Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.53 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 395 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 640 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.4% | 84.9% |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | - |
| PWM | 2404 Hz | - |
| Response time | 35.2 ms | - |
| Contrast | 1649:1 | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) |
| Width | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 200 g (7.05 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP52 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Gray, Green | White, Gray, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, rear |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G | MediaTek Helio G90T |
| 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 2.0 |
| Graphics | Adreno 618 | Mali-G76MC4 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 96 |
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 800 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~384 GFLOPS | ~153.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 1213 | 1951 |
| Single-core score | 751 | 635 |
| Multi-core score | 1835 | 1762 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 228431 | 199526 |
| GPU | 50266 | 52690 |
| Memory | 99133 | 102043 |
| UX | 146457 | 141379 |
| Total score | 524287 | 495638 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | [20 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 315 | 381 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 6579 | 7027 |
| Video editing | 5468 | 5648 |
| Photo editing | 16915 | 18399 |
| Data manipulation | 6913 | 6971 |
| Writing score | 9699 | 8199 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Aether2005) | AnTuTu | 563764 |
| 📘 2026-07-18 (DarkELITECustom.PH) | GeekBench CPU | 751 / 1835 |
| 📘 2026-07-18 (DarkELITECustom.PH) | AnTuTu | 524287 |
| 📘 2026-07-16 (Tahmid) | AnTuTu | 525416 |
| 📘 2026-06-27 (Yashii Hoshimiya) | AnTuTu | 566082 |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-19 (Ammar) | AnTuTu | 466935 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro) | CPU Throttle | 90% |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro) | AnTuTu | 498114 |
| 📘 2026-07-01 (Suraj) | AnTuTu | 448487 |
| 📘 2026-05-26 (Drakarys) | AnTuTu | 502374 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 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 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) |
| ROM | MIUI 14 | MIUI 12.5 |
| OS size | 18.9 GB | 10.3 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5020 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (30% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:20 hr | 2:00 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:27 hr | 07:29 hr |
| Watching video | 13:57 hr | 12:01 hr |
| Gaming | 05:33 hr | 05:02 hr |
| Standby | 143 hr | 115 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#117th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9248 x 6920 | 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 | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 5 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 - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KGW1 | Samsung S5KGW1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC8034 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | 2 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K5E9 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.75 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | 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 | 16 megapixels | 20 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4920 x 3264 | 5184 x 3880 |
| Aperture | f/2.48 | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32A1Q | Samsung S5K3T1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 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, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2020 | August 2019 |
| Release date | May 2020 | October 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $185 | $220 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.66 W/kg | 0.38 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.02 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
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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