Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2: Geekbench confirms Snapdragon 680 usage and worse performance than predecessor

It appears that someone has benchmarked the Redmi Pad 2 on Geekbench, a tablet that was last seen at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US under the model number 23073RPBFL. Prior to that, the tablet Xiaomi turned up at the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) as 23073RPBFG, its global variant. Now, Geekbench returns results for 23073RPBFC, a version that Xiaomi will only sell in China.

As earlier rumours suggested, it seems that Xiaomi has based the Redmi Pad 2 around the Snapdragon 680. For reference, the Snapdragon 680 is a 6 nm chipset with a mixture of Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A73 CPU cores, along with an Adreno 610 GPU and a built-in 4G modem. Geekbench does not reveal the chipset's usage outright, but its identifier 'ARM implementer 65 architecture 8 variant 1 part 3337 revision 0' confirms it as the Snapdragon 680. By contrast, the original Redmi Pad features the Helio G99, which outperforms the Snapdragon 680 by approximately 25% in our benchmarks.

The gap between the Redmi Pad 2 and its predecessor is even worse in Geekbench though, with a 42% decrease in single-core performance and a 27% reduction in multi-core capabilities. While Geekbench reports that the Redmi Pad 2 also has 4 GB of RAM, Xiaomi is expected to offer the tablet with a 6 GB of RAM option as well. Overall, it appears that the Redmi Pad 2 will be a performance downgrade from the current Redmi Pad, so it will be interesting to see whether Xiaomi has other changes planned, like an improved display or a larger battery.