The Mediatek Dimensity 820 in the Redmi 10X 5G outclasses the competitors

In our review, the 5G version of the Redmi 10X presents itself as an exciting mid-range smartphone in the lower price segment, which is also due to the MediaTek Dimensity 820. The new mid-range MediaTek SoC, consisting of four fast ARM Cortex A76 cores and four power-saving Cortex A55 cores, integrates a Mali G57 with 5 cores as the graphics card.

Its relatively high performance makes the affordable MediaTek processor very interesting. In combination with 8 GB of LPDDR4x dual-channel storage, the Dimensity 820 in our test unit ensures high performance capabilities.

In the comparison field of our test, the Redmi 10X 5G dominates even the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, and a Snapdragon 765G in the Oppo Find X2 Neo is also beaten by the Redmi 10X. The values we measured during our CPU benchmarks are almost at the level of a Xiaomi Mi 9 with last year's Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 flagship SoC.

However, you should also be aware that the heat development inside the Redmi 10X 5G leads to a slight reduction in the performance of the MediaTek SoC. The Manhattan 3.1 test of the GFXBench app shows that the frame rate drops by about 15% with increasing load, so that the benchmark results could have turned out even better. 

If you are interested in seeing the detailed benchmark results or get a more detailed impression of the Redmi 10X 5G, we recommend our review of the Xiaomi smartphone.