Just entering December, the mobile phone circle is very lively.
The reason is that Qualcomm officially released a new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform. As the most widely used high-end chip in the Android camp, it attracted a lot of attention as soon as it was released, and major mobile phone manufacturers also responded.
The new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform has been renamed as Snapdragon 8 Gen1. The parameters can be said to be a comprehensive upgrade. At the same time, the GPU performance has been greatly improved. The specific parameters are not listed. The machine will be listed, and the detailed running points will be released together.
In addition to Qualcomm, MediaTek also released a 4nm flagship chip earlier, named Dimensity 9000, which is obviously a high-end, competitive relationship with Snapdragon 8 Gen1. It also has a lot of Android flagships, but the time to market is a little later. Wait until the first quarter of next year.
Before that, let’s take a look at the November Android phone performance list and review the performance of the Snapdragon 888/888 Plus to better compare the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen1 and the Dimensity 9000.
The statistical time is from November 1st to November 30th, 2021. The results of the list are the average results, not the highest results, and the statistics of a single model are > 1000. If a single model has multiple storage capacities Versions on the list are based on the version with the highest score.
In terms of flagships, Black Shark 4S Pro ranks first, equipped with Snapdragon 888 Plus, with an average score of 875382. The CPU and GPU of this machine are at normal levels, that is, MEM (storage) does not talk about martial arts, which is currently the highest statistically valid score. Yes, none of them.
In terms of storage, the Black Shark 4S Pro continues the combination of SSD+UFS 3.1 flash memory, coupled with 512GB of storage, which greatly improves the MEM performance. At present, this approach is more harmful than beneficial. Due to the addition of SSD, the fuselage is bulky. In addition to better storage performance and faster game loading, the result is not much performance improvement. In other words, there is no obvious perception, but the thickness and weight of the fuselage are sacrificed.
If the volume can be controlled in the future, it is not a bad idea to add an SSD to the conventional flagship, but now, it is still suitable for a gaming phone like the Black Shark that does not consider the weight of the body.
Black Shark has been introducing this technology since this year, and it is expected that future models will continue.
The second-place Red Devils gaming phone 6S Pro also has the same purpose. It is also equipped with the Snapdragon 888 Plus, with an average score of 852,719. The main improvement lies in the CPU and GPU, which is higher than other Snapdragon 888 Plus models. Performance.
This is because the Red Magic 6S Pro has a built-in small fan, and a heat dissipation hole is added to the side of the fuselage, which enables the SoC to maintain high-frequency operation for a long time. Coupled with the rare 144Hz high screen refresh rate at the same level, the mobile phone is further improved. performance.
However, the design of the Red Devil sacrifices the integrity of the body and reduces the aesthetics to a certain extent. Therefore, it is similar to the Black Shark 4S Pro. It is mainly based on performance, with the highest priority, and the appearance is put back.
The third model is iQOO 8 Pro, with an average score of 846663. Compared with the top two, it is a more conventional flagship model. By comparing the scores, it is found that the CPU and GPU of this machine have better performance.
The positioning of iQOO 8 Pro is performance-oriented. In previous Reviews, it was found that the GPU frequency is relatively high, even reaching the same level as a gaming phone. Therefore, it can be concluded that the performance of the machine is unrestrained and worthy of the slogan of being born powerful.
Other models are equipped with Snapdragon 888 or Snapdragon 888 Plus, and the performance is basically the same, so I won’t say much.
The rankings in this issue have not changed much. At this point in time, the Snapdragon 888 flagship of each company has basically been polished, and they are busy optimizing the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform.
Next, let’s look at the mid-range. In the second half of the year, a large number of new phones equipped with the Snapdragon 778G were released, so the list has undergone major changes.
The number one is the iQOO Z5 equipped with Snapdragon 778G, with an average score of 566438. As mentioned in the previous issue, the reason why the phone has high performance is inseparable from the configuration of the phone. In addition to the Snapdragon 778G, iQOO Z5 is also equipped with full The blood version LPDDR5 (6400Mbps) + the full blood version UFS3.1 (new V6 process) is common in flagship mobile phones, and is still the only one in the current mid-range model.
And the machine provides a 12GB memory version, which is even rarer for a mid-range model, and it is a matter of course to win the list.
The second model is OPPO K9s, which is also equipped with Snapdragon 778G. Other configurations are common LPDRR4x and UFS 2.2 flash memory. The special feature is that the machine uses 0.15mm graphite sheet for the first time for heat dissipation. 50%, maintaining a high CPU frequency.
One thing to say, OPPO K9s should be the strongest mid-range model released by the green factory in the past two years.
The third model is Xiaomi Mi 11 Youth Edition, equipped with Snapdragon 780G, built with 5nm process, the architecture is upgraded to 1+3+4, and the CPU has the A78 core blessing, so it has better performance, but the Snapdragon 780G has better performance because of The production capacity problem is said to be out of print and replaced by the Snapdragon 778G with a 6nm process.
The rest are basically models equipped with Snapdragon 778G, and there is not much difference in overall performance. It is worth noting that Redmi Note 11 Pro+, equipped with Dimensity 920, ranks tenth. It can be seen that Dimensity 920 is slightly behind Snapdragon 778G. But as a mid-range, this performance is enough.
The above is all the content of Mobile Update’s Android mobile phone performance list in November. Overall, the ranking of flagship mobile phones has not changed much. If you want to greatly improve the performance, you can find another way, such as the storage of the Black Shark and the heat dissipation of the Red Devil. These two are familiar with each other. If the routine is adopted, the follow-up may evolve into a situation in which game mobile phones dominate the list for a long time.
There are many new phones in the mid-end, but the performance is not particularly outstanding. It is not comparable to the performance of the sub-flagships like the Dimensity 820 and Kirin 820. The models equipped with these two chips are still smooth.
Looking back on the past two years, at the end of the annual list, Qualcomm is almost the only one, but now MediaTek has stood up and released the flagship chip Dimensity 9000, which has enough performance to compete with Qualcomm’s new generation Snapdragon 8 platform. , Can the two be evenly divided? To be revealed later.
