Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro review: Trimmed up

Trimmed up

GSMArena team, 8 August 2016.

Performance

Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro, just like the original Redmi 3, is powered by the Snapdragon 616 chipset. The SoC offers eight Cortex-A53 cores, four of them ticking at 1.5GHz and another four running at 1.2GHz. The GPU in charge of graphics is Adreno 405 while the available RAM is now 3GB.

Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro review

The single-core performance of an A53 core is nothing to talk about, really. It gets destroyed by the A72 processor inside the Redmi Note 3 (the Snapdragon model).

GeekBench 3 (single-core)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    1543
  • Huawei P9 Lite
    899
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime
    668
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
    655
  • Sony Xperia E5
    540
  • Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
    471

Eight A53 is not an impressive picture either, especially when those are clocked at 1.2 and 1.5 GHz. Those are pretty much on par with the raw processing power of the Oppo F1 (same chip), Xiaomi Redmi 3 (same chip), but are easily overshadowed by the Redmi Note 3 models (both Helio X10 and Snapdragon). The Huawei P9 Lite powered by the Kirin 650 is quite a threat, too.

GeekBench 3 (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    4537
  • Huawei P9 Lite
    3799
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    3695
  • Sony Xperia M5 Dual
    3554
  • Oppo F1
    3014
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
    2874
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3
    2842
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime
    2803
  • Sony Xperia E5
    1490
  • Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
    1437

The compound AnTuTu 5 shows the Redmi 3 Pro is as powerful as its Redmi 3 predecessor, which is expected. The new AnTuTu 6, which gauges CPU, GPU and memory, places the Redmi 3 Pro on par with the Redmi 3 and Oppo F1 - both powered by the Snapdragon 616. The Xperia E5 is a notch behind those, while the Huawei P9 Lite and Redmi Note 3 (Snapdragon) are way more powerful.

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    47816
  • Sony Xperia M5 Dual
    38786
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3
    34077
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
    33542

AnTuTu 6

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    76186
  • Huawei P9 Lite
    52768
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    45474
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime
    41693
  • Oppo F1
    35353
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
    34937
  • Sony Xperia E5
    32248
  • Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
    27487

BaseMark OS II is another compound benchmark, which additionally tests web performance and system behavior. The Redmi 3 Pro's 3GB RAM gave it an edge over its predecessor, but the Oppo F1 came on top of both.

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    1914
  • Oppo F1
    1055
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    956
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
    826
  • Sony Xperia M5 Dual
    804
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3
    727
  • Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
    576

Finally, the Adreno 405 can perfectly handle any 720p content you throw at it, and that's noticeable in the GFX 3.0 on-screen benchmark.

The 1080p Offscreen test results, on the other hand, can show you how the chipset stacks against the competition as far as the raw GPU performance is concerned.

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    14
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    8.5
  • Sony Xperia M5 Dual
    8.4
  • Huawei P9 Lite
    7.8
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime
    6.5
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3
    5.8
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
    5.8
  • Oppo F1
    5.8
  • Sony Xperia E5
    3
  • Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
    1.8

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    14
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime
    13
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3
    12
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
    11
  • Oppo F1
    11
  • Sony Xperia M5 Dual
    8.7
  • Huawei P9 Lite
    8.3
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    7.9
  • Sony Xperia E5
    6
  • Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
    3.8

The BaseMark X GPU test places the Redmi 3 close to other similarly priced devices.

Basemark X

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    14717
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    8540
  • Sony Xperia M5 Dual
    7780
  • Huawei P9 Lite
    7681
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime
    7263
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
    5427
  • Oppo F1
    5314
  • Xiaomi Redmi 3
    5108
  • Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
    2180

The Snapdragon 616 chipset undoubtedly provides more than enough power for the Redmi 3 Pro - especially since it runs everything on the undemanding 720p screen resolution. The chipset seems like a great match for the Redmi 3 Pro ambitions for providing great day-to-day performance and an excellent feature package on budget pricing. Only OpenGL 3.1 compatibility is missing for rendering high-end mobile graphics, but most games will run just fine with only perhaps lowered graphics quality here and there.

Reader comments

  • Ul2242
  • 02 Sep 2020
  • tx3

Overheating problem when playing online game

  • zul
  • 17 Aug 2020
  • KZ8

Im still using this in 2020 and have a battery problem, device overheat, not suitable for multiple apps :(

  • Rifrif
  • 29 Sep 2019
  • Kx1

Me too