Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro hands-on review

Performance

The Redmi Note 7 Pro comes with a fairly respectable Snapdragon 675 chipset with a choice of either 4GB or 6GB RAM with 64GB or 128GB storage, respectively. The regular Redmi Note 7 (or Redmi Note 7s as it's known in India) has a Snapdragon 660 chipset instead.

For the price, the performance of both Pro and non-Pro models is really good. Xiaomi generally has very good performance optimization so the phone never feels sluggish or out of breath. Even doing things like switching apps or taking pictures in the camera app feel very quick. You only really notice the difference in performance if you use a much more powerful smartphone side by side but for most users, the performance on offer here is perfectly satisfactory.

Gaming is another area where the Redmi Note 7 Pro does reasonably well. We played a few rounds of PUBG Mobile and even at 'HD' setting and 'High' frame rate option, the game was perfectly playable and we didn't have any issues with it.

The single loudspeaker on the bottom of the sounds good but it doesn't get particularly loud and just having it on one side makes it sound unbalanced when you're watching a video or playing a game. Fortunately, the phone does come with a headphone jack although there aren't headphones provided with the phone and you will have to buy those separately.

Lastly, the fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone also works quite well and was generally quite reliable.

GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro
  6620
• Realme 3 Pro
  5881
• Oppo F9 (F9 Pro)
  5673
• Honor 8X
  5651
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
  5411
• Nokia 7.1
  4975
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro
  4933
• Nokia 6.1 Plus
  4929
• Xiaomi Mi A2
  4625
• Xiaomi Redmi Y3
  4292
• Samsung Galaxy M20
  4160

GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro
  2404
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
  1650
• Honor 8X
  1618
• Xiaomi Mi A2
  1617
• Oppo F9 (F9 Pro)
  1497
• Realme 3 Pro
  1471
• Nokia 7.1
  1344
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro
  1342
• Nokia 6.1 Plus
  1331
• Samsung Galaxy M20
  1313
• Xiaomi Redmi Y3
  1242

AnTuTu 7

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro
  180754
• Realme 3 Pro
  155647
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
  139075
• Honor 8X
  137276
• Xiaomi Mi A2
  130927
• Nokia 7.1
  117175
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro
  115605
• Nokia 6.1 Plus
  115571
• Samsung Galaxy M20
  108658
• Xiaomi Redmi Y3
  103259

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• Realme 3 Pro
  23
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro
  17
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
  15
• Xiaomi Mi A2
  15
• Honor 8X
  14
• Oppo F9 (F9 Pro)
  12
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro
  10
• Nokia 7.1
  10
• Nokia 6.1 Plus
  10
• Samsung Galaxy M20
  8
• Xiaomi Redmi Y3
  6.9

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

• Realme 3 Pro
  20
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro
  15
• Xiaomi Mi A2
  14
• Xiaomi Redmi Y3
  14
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
  13
• Honor 8X
  13
• Oppo F9 (F9 Pro)
  11
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro
  9.7
• Nokia 7.1
  9.7
• Nokia 6.1 Plus
  9.6
• Samsung Galaxy M20
  7.1

3DMark SSE 3.1 Unlimited

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
  1409
• Xiaomi Mi A2
  1380
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro
  1220
• Honor 10 Lite
  954
• Samsung Galaxy M20
  587
• Xiaomi Redmi Y3
  565