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This Real Me 9 Pro+ Launched earlier this week, it is the first phone to feature the MediaTek Dimensity 920.
Thanks to the new Dimensity chipset, the phone realme 8 proIt also switches the camera from the already excellent 108MP Samsung HM2 to the better 50MP Sony IMX766.
Overall specs are suspiciously similar to excellent one plus north 2 Launched last year. The OnePlus Nord 2 has an MSRP of £399, but the 8GB/128GB model is currently on sale for just £350. Realme 9 Pro+ launched for £350 with 8GB + 256GB storage variant, £50 from launch date, 4th March 2022.
With most of the same specifications, what is the difference between the Dimensity 920 and the Dimensity 1200?
For an added bonus, I also recently reviewed Infineon Zero 5G, so we can see how big the difference is between the standard Dimensity 900. In this case, the results are quite astonishing. Instead of seeing the expected performance difference, we’re seeing a difference between how brands cool and tune their phones.
I’ve also added some other benchmarks to see how the MediaTek Dimensity 920 compares to the Qualcomm chipset.
A notable chipset is Snapdragon 778G This is used in Realme GT Master EditionThe phone costs about the same as the Realme 9 Pro+, and the benchmarks below show it performs a little better, but the overall camera specs aren’t great.
As we can see from the specs, the Dimensity 1200 has a huge advantage, it’s a flagship chipset going up against the likes of last year’s Snapdragon 888.
There’s not much difference between the Dimensity 900s, but every little bit helps.
AnTuTu V9
- Snapdragon 870: 680663
- MediaTek Dimensity 1200-AI: 535652
- Snapdragon 778G: 519947
- Size 900: 477773
- Size 920: 461982
These results seem to show differences. Dimensity 900 cannot be better than Dimensity 920. But that’s perhaps a good indication of how different phones behave differently. The phone will change performance depending on the app; this is completely normal. One argument here is that the Infinix ZERO 5G is typically tuned more aggressively, which may sacrifice battery for performance. A more skeptical point might be that it’s tuned specifically for some benchmarks, exaggerating the results compared to what you’d experience in the real world. In this case, the temperature of the Infinix ZERO 5G rose by 6.6 degrees, from 20.2 degrees Celsius to 26.8 degrees Celsius. The Realme only went up 4 degrees Celsius, which means the Infinix isn’t throttling like the Realme, but it’s unknown if it’s just for benchmarks or any app behavior that needs extra power.
Overall, this is a good example of how a benchmarking application can be misleading in terms of overall performance.
3DMark Wildlife
- Snapdragon 870: 4256 high, 4220 low, 99.2% stability
- MediaTek Dimensity 1200-AI: 4161 high, 2932 low, 70.5% stability
- Snapdragon 860: 3428 high, 3405 low, 99.2% stability
- Snapdragon 778G: 2497 high, 2477 low, 99.2% stability
- Size 920: 2307 high, 2288 low, 99.2% stability
- Size 900: High in 2005, low in 1973, 98.4% stability
The Dimensity 920 is far behind the Dimensity 1200 and slightly lower than the SD778G.
Again, the results are interesting compared to the Dimensity 900. This time Realme has a significant performance advantage. In this case, Infinix went from 19 °C to 30 °C, while Realme went from 21 °C to just 26 °C. This could again hint at Infinix’s willingness to sacrifice battery for performance, but in this case, the chipset’s cooling solution doesn’t seem to match the Realme’s quality.
Geek Platform
- Snapdragon 870: 985/3143
- MediaTek Dimensity 1200-AI: 826/2599
- Snapdragon 860: 731/2711
- Snapdragon 778G: 789/2930
- Size 920: 815/2265
- Size 900: 706/2201
Geekbench is the only benchmark where we see the results you’d expect. In terms of single-core performance, the Dimensity 920 performs well, and multi-core is not too shabby.
PCMark 2.0
- Snapdragon 870: 11762
- Size 900: 11603
- Size 920: 10590
- Snapdragon 778G: 9195
- Snapdragon 860: 8979
- MediaTek Dimensity 1200-AI: 8415
- Snapdragon 765G: 7757
Here’s a look at how messed up PCMark is when trying to compare chipset performance.
The only thing we see here is how a particular vendor optimizes the phone for certain scenarios. Again, it is not known if it is a specific tuning for the benchmark itself or an aggressive tuning for all scenarios.
For Realme and Infinix, we see that the CPU is locked at the maximum clock frequency. In the past, I thought this was standard practice for all MediaTek chipsets, but it seems to be vendor-specific, if not phone-specific.
The Snapdragon 870 on the ZTE Axon 30 also locks the frequency at 100%. However, the OnePlus Nord 2 has significantly lower clock rates, so it’s no surprise that the OnePlus Nord 2 also scored one of the top scores in PCMark Work 3.0 battery life.
The Realme GT Master also kept the clock low and went on to crush the Nord 2 with an incredible 14 hours 2 minutes PCMark Work 3.0 battery life.
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The biggest takeaway from this article is how different there can be between two similar chipsets used on two different phones.
This could be an indication of how inaccurate the benchmarks are, or that Realme is doing a better job of making an Infinix phone. It’s worth noting that the Infinix is probably a lot cheaper than the Realme 9 Pro+, so I think we forgive it for not being so good.
The Dimensity 920 lags significantly behind the Dimensity 1200 in performance. We really don’t need benchmarks to prove this. However, the Dimensity 920 is no slouch, and I’m very pleased with its performance in everyday tasks. This is a huge improvement over the Snapdragon 720G Realme used by the previous three generations.
