Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus vs Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus: The Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 is hardly an upgrade

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus in China last week. The mid-range phone is powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, but how does the new chipset compare to the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 on last year's Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus?

While it's still early days yet, hands-on benchmark results of the Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus have surfaced, showcasing the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4's lackluster performance. On Geekbench, the phone records a single-core score of 1,289 and a multi-core score of 3,294. Both of those numbers are identical to Gizmochina's review numbers. Comparatively, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 records scores of 1,156 and 3,212 on those two tests.

Evidently, the "new" Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 really only manages to outperform the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 in the single-core test. That's mostly down to the fact that the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 is a rebadged Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, albeit with a slightly overclocked prime core (2.71 GHz vs 2.5 GHz). The jump in peak performance reflects better on AnTuTu, however. The Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus scores 277,639 on the CPU test, versus the Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus's 247,693—a nifty 12% jump in performance.

On the GPU side, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 uses the same Adreno 810 as the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. Qualcomm provides no information on clock speeds but promises a 7% upgrade in graphical performance. That claim isn't baseless. On Geekbench's Vulkan test, the Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus scores 4,730 vs the Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus's 4,495. On AnTuTu, the new phone and SoC pair score 237,833, a significant improvement on the 195,994 score of their predecessors. On 3DMark's WildLife extreme, it's 1,121 versus 1,054—in favor of the Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus and Snapdragon 7s Gen 4. 

All considered, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 looks to be about 10% more powerful than the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 in both the CPU and GPU departments. As such, it's hard to recommend this upgrade to those who already own devices featuring the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 is mostly the same chipset as the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, and the difference in performance is negligible. A device like the Poco X7 Pro (buy on Amazon) offers significantly better performance.