We come to the key change in the upgraded Redmi Note 3 - its Snapdragon 650 chipset. It houses a hexa-core CPU comprised of quad 1.4GHz Cortex-A53 cores and dual 1.8GHz Cortex-A72 ones. Handling the graphics load is an Adreno 510 GPU.
Depending on the model you choose - either 16GB or 32GB - the amount of RAM changes from 2GB to 3GB, respectively. For the review we are using the 32GB/3GB RAM model.
The first Redmi Note 3 came with the Helio X10 chipset, which only has Cortex-A53 cores, but at higher clock speed. The Snapdragon 650 will have obvious single-core advantage thanks to its two Cortex-A72 cores, which are noticeably faster, but it has two cores fewer overall.
With that out of the way, let's see the result from the actual benchmarks. Starting with GeekBench 3, where in its multi-core component, the Helio X10 Redmi Note 3 has an advantage over the Snapdragon 650 one. After all eight cores are more than six.
Things quickly change in the single-core part of the test where the Cortex-A72 make easy work of the Cortex-A53 ones.
GeekBench 3 (multi-core)
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 5437
LG G5 5362
Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1) 5242
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 4759
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 4589
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 4537
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 4140
Sony Xperia X 3796
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 3695
LG G4 3509
Oppo F1s 2967
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 2874
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 1437
GeekBench 3 (single-core)
Higher is better
LG G5 2328
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 2322
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 1543
Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1) 1502
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 1466
Sony Xperia X 1367
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 745
Oppo F1s 706
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 655
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 471
In AnTuTu 6, the Redmi Note 3 (S650) comes close to Sony Xperia X, which uses the same Snapdragon 650. Interestingly, the Redmi Note 3 proves better than the Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)which has the higher-standing Snapdragon 652 chip. Keep in mind that this is a compound benchmark, so all of the system's resources are at play here.
AnTuTu 6
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 140871
LG G5 134541
Sony Xperia X 77537
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 76186
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 64591
LG G4 60858
vivo X6 51184
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 49094
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 45474
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 34937
Oppo F1s 30657
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 27487
Basemark OS II
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 2603
LG G5 2425
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 1914
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 999
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 956
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 930
Oppo F1s 888
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 826
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 576
Basemark OS 2.0
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 2175
LG G5 2065
Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1) 1787
Sony Xperia X 1714
LG G4 1584
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 1529
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 1426
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 1063
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 1018
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 1007
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 532
Oppo F1s 269
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 262
Time to stress out the GPU starting with BaseMark X. The Adreno 510 offers decent, if unspectacular performance and will be able to run most modern, GPU intensive games.
Basemark X
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 32362
LG G5 29456
Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1) 26125
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 15290
LG G4 15090
Sony Xperia X 15087
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 14717
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 8540
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 8518
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 5427
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 5383
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 2180
Oppo F1s 419
Basemark X (medium)
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 34112
LG G5 29148
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 26081
LG G4 24990
Sony Xperia X 24687
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 23643
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 15359
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 11199
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 10929
Oppo F1s 9740
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 4157
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 47
LG G5 47
Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1) 25
LG G4 14.9
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 14
Sony Xperia X 14
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 13
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 8.5
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 8.5
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 5.8
Oppo F1s 5.1
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 4.9
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 1.8
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
LG G5 28
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 27
Sony Xperia X 15
Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1) 15
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 14
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 13
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 11
Oppo F1s 10
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 9.5
LG G4 9.4
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 7.9
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 7.9
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 3.8
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 31
LG G5 30
Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1) 15
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 9.3
Sony Xperia X 9.2
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 9
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 7.2
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 4
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 4
Oppo F1s 2.4
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 15
LG G5 15
Sony Xperia X 10
Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652) 9.1
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650) 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1) 6.8
Oppo F1s 6
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 3.9
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10) 3.9
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 3.2
Changing the engine of the Redmi Note 3 with a Snapdragon 650 chipset boosted the phone's performance significantly over the previous iteration. The Snapdragon-boasting Redmi Note 3 is not only snappier, but its day-to-day use is a lot smoother, too.
Note: Our review unit was running the 6.8.11 Beta build of MIUI 8. All observations made are based upon this build and some things could change with the stable build on the retail units.
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