Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro, just like the original Redmi 3, is powered by the Snapdragon 616 chipset. The SoC offers eight Cortex-A53 cores, four of them ticking at 1.5GHz and another four running at 1.2GHz. The GPU in charge of graphics is Adreno 405 while the available RAM is now 3GB.
The single-core performance of an A53 core is nothing to talk about, really. It gets destroyed by the A72 processor inside the Redmi Note 3 (the Snapdragon model).
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Eight A53 is not an impressive picture either, especially when those are clocked at 1.2 and 1.5 GHz. Those are pretty much on par with the raw processing power of the Oppo F1 (same chip), Xiaomi Redmi 3 (same chip), but are easily overshadowed by the Redmi Note 3 models (both Helio X10 and Snapdragon). The Huawei P9 Lite powered by the Kirin 650 is quite a threat, too.
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The compound AnTuTu 5 shows the Redmi 3 Pro is as powerful as its Redmi 3 predecessor, which is expected. The new AnTuTu 6, which gauges CPU, GPU and memory, places the Redmi 3 Pro on par with the Redmi 3 and Oppo F1 - both powered by the Snapdragon 616. The Xperia E5 is a notch behind those, while the Huawei P9 Lite and Redmi Note 3 (Snapdragon) are way more powerful.
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BaseMark OS II is another compound benchmark, which additionally tests web performance and system behavior. The Redmi 3 Pro's 3GB RAM gave it an edge over its predecessor, but the Oppo F1 came on top of both.
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Finally, the Adreno 405 can perfectly handle any 720p content you throw at it, and that's noticeable in the GFX 3.0 on-screen benchmark.
The 1080p Offscreen test results, on the other hand, can show you how the chipset stacks against the competition as far as the raw GPU performance is concerned.
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The BaseMark X GPU test places the Redmi 3 close to other similarly priced devices.
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The Snapdragon 616 chipset undoubtedly provides more than enough power for the Redmi 3 Pro - especially since it runs everything on the undemanding 720p screen resolution. The chipset seems like a great match for the Redmi 3 Pro ambitions for providing great day-to-day performance and an excellent feature package on budget pricing. Only OpenGL 3.1 compatibility is missing for rendering high-end mobile graphics, but most games will run just fine with only perhaps lowered graphics quality here and there.
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