Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G (Global) review
HyperOS 1.02
The Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G runs Xiaomi's HyperOS 1.02 on top of Android 14. In contrast, the Poco X7 Pro comes with android 15-based Hyper OS 2. We expect the Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G will also be getting that version soon. Still, this does rub us the wrong way since it is effectively a not particularly subtle trick to offer users fewer major OS updates, which we do not appreciate in any way.
You will feel right at home if you come from a MIUI-powered Xiaomi. The software isn't very different from the last few iterations of MIUI, but it does appear to be more polished, and Xiaomi claims to have some under-the-hood optimizations as well.
Regarding software support, Xiaomi offers at least three years of major updates and one extra year of security patches.
We've already covered HyperOS extensively in our detailed review and not a lot has changed. Most of the features tend to stay the same across Redmi and Poco devices, but there are still some slight differences here and there.
HyperOS
For instance, Poco smartphones come with the app drawer enabled by default, and you can double-tap an empty space on the home screen to lock the device.
Google Gemini is onboard and works very well, so if you fancy some AI help, it is there for you.
Google Gemini
Benchmarks and performance
The Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G uses the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Ultra chipset - a modern 4nm part. The CPU has 4x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 cores and 4x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 cores, while the GPU is the Mali-G615 MC2.
You can get the phone in a plethora of memory and storage combos. These include 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM and 512GB 12GB RAM. The storage chips are fast UFS 2.2 ones. Our review unit is an 8GB 256GB one.
The Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G offers pretty decent performance for its price range. It is not chart-topping in any way, but the Dimensity 7300 Ultra still holds its own well. You can expect similar performance to the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2. Of course, the Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G manages practically identical results to the Poco X7, which is expected, seeing how the two phones are practically identical hardware-wise.
With its more compound set of tests, AnTuTu is surprisingly even kinder to the Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G, recording excellent performance for the price range. The Mali-G615 MC2 GPU is doing well for itself, too.
GeekBench 6
- Multi-core
- Single-core
Galaxy A55
Motorola Edge 50
Motorola Edge 50 Fusion
Galaxy A35
Nothing CMF Phone 1
Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G
Poco X7
AnTuTu 10
Galaxy A55
Motorola Edge 50
Motorola Edge 50 Neo
Nothing Phone (2a)
Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G
Poco X7
Nothing CMF Phone 1
3DMark - Wild Life Extreme (2160p)
Nothing Phone (2a)
Galaxy A55
Motorola Edge 50 Neo
Nothing CMF Phone 1
Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G
Poco X7
Motorola Edge 50
Thermal-throttling
The Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G has excellent thermal behavior. The Dimensity 7300 Ultra chip doesn't seem to throw out too much heat and the heat that is there is well managed. The phone retains a large chunk of its maximum performance even with prolonged stress testing and without any jarring stutters or performance drops.
Thermal throttling
The phone's surface also remained reasonably lukewarm and perfectly fine to the touch during our stress testing.
Reader comments
- Spencer
- 1 hour ago
- rXM
mediocre battery life
- Anonymous
- 1 hour ago
- IbL
Completely agree. This honestly seems more like a step backwards.
- Pickups
- 2 hours ago
- asj
No word on the always on display (or the lack of it) in the whole review ?! Specs say AoD, but I guess it's just the sometimes on variant again?