As the flagship with perfect performance, the Redmi K70 Pro has a clear goal for this generation, which is to evolve towards a high-end flagship and bring three major upgrades in performance, screen, and imaging to Redmi fans. It can be said that it is the “most ruthless one” in history. “generation.
1. Use the new generation third-generation Snapdragon 8+LPDDR5X+UFS 4.0 powerful performance three-piece set
The most commendable thing about Redmi K70 Pro is that every generation of Redmi K series Pro models will be equipped with the latest flagship platform, and this time is no exception.
In terms of core specifications, Redmi K70 Pro uses the third-generation Snapdragon 8 chip, equipped with LPDDR5X memory and UFS 4.0 flash memory, forming the most flagship performance trio nowadays.
Starting from this generation, Redmi K70 Pro cancels the 8GB+128GB version and starts directly from 12GB+256GB.
2. Promote screen evolution using 4000nits high brightness and 3840Hz PWM dimming
Since Redmi promoted the popularization of 2K Chinese screens, it is obviously not satisfied with this. In terms of screens, it also exerts its own tradition of “stacking materials”.
Redmi and TCL CSOT jointly developed the second-generation Chinese screen, which uses new C8 luminescent material and has a maximum peak brightness of 4,000 nits, which is more than double the previous generation.
At the same time, it also brings 3840Hz PWM dimming and has passed S++ certification for visual health friendliness, allowing users to see clearly during the day without hurting their eyes at night.
3. Light Hunter 800 series sensor
In terms of imaging, it is equipped with a Light Hunter 800 sensor, which has a 1/1.55-inch outsole, 2.0μm fused large pixels, and a 13.2EV dynamic range.
In addition to the regular ultra-wide angle, it is also equipped with a 2x portrait lens for the first time, giving Redmi K70 Pro the ability to shoot all scenes.
Next, let’s take a look at the performance of Redmi K70 Pro and whether it can maintain the title of “flagship goalkeeper”.
Design and Screen
The size of the K70 Pro is 160.86×74.95×8.21mm. Because the screen bracket is eliminated and an ultra-narrow four-narrow bezel design is used, the frame is narrowed to 1.6mm. It is lighter and smaller than the previous generation, but the weight is slightly increased. Came to 209g.
The 2K Chinese screen equipped has also evolved to the second generation, customized for Huaxing C8 luminous materials, with a screen size of 6.67 inches, a resolution of 3200×1400, 526 PPI, a 120Hz refresh rate, a 480Hz touch sampling rate, and an instantaneous sampling rate of up to 2160Hz.
In terms of display effect, it supports 12-bit color depth and has undergone factory color calibration. The performance of JNCD≈0.35 ensures accurate color display and the viewing effect is closer to the human eye. It also supports multiple screens with the same color, which can ensure multiple devices. Colors can be kept consistent to the greatest extent possible.
The use of the second-generation 2K Chinese screen not only improves the display effect, but also breaks through the peak brightness to 4000nits, which is currently the brightest screen among mobile phones. The manual brightness is increased to 700nits, and the full-screen excitation brightness is increased to 1200nits, even in sunlight. Watch the screen and read text easily.
The eye protection has also been upgraded. On the basis of the previous generation dimming, it has been further upgraded to 3840Hz to further reduce the damage of stroboscopic effects on the eyes. Combined with the new rhythm eye protection mode, it can be based on natural laws, according to time, environmental color temperature, The app uses scenes to comprehensively adjust the screen color temperature to reduce blue light damage and make the screen display more comfortable. It can be said that this is the most eye-friendly screen ever in the Redmi K series.
What we received is the black feather color. The back of the Redmi K70 Pro adopts a new design, inspired by basalt, which is a dense rock formed by the magma erupted by volcanoes and solidified on the surface after cooling. It is the most abundant rock on the earth. One of the oldest rocks with high durability and smooth texture.
Redmi K70 Pro and its basalt texture design can show different layers in the light. The new velvet texture glass is very smooth in the hand and of good quality. It has a strong contrast with the “plastic feel” of the previous generation. Compared.
The rear camera adopts the K70 Pro’s Deco design, which has very obvious changes. It uses the industry’s first frameless ultra-large glass Deco, which is one-piece The suspended design brings a more transparent and simple visual effect.
The edge of the glass Deco also has a hyperbolic arc, which looks even more elegant, and achieves a clever and complete unity of curvature on the edge of the back cover.
The rear camera module is a 50-megapixel Light Hunter 800 main camera, a 50-megapixel 2X portrait lens, and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens to form a three-camera camera system.
The power button and volume adjustment buttons of the Redmi K70 Pro are on the right side of the fuselage. The aluminum alloy middle frame is equipped with high-performance graphite, which can effectively increase the heat conduction speed. The back is also curved, so you don’t have to worry about irritation when holding it in your hand.
The top and bottom details are at a glance, equipped with regular USB-C ports, speakers, SIM card slots, etc., and the opening on the top is equipped with infrared. The package comes with a 120W charger, data cable, silicone case, SIM card pin, manual and other accessories.
Performance and Gaming
Redmi K70 Pro uses a flagship three-piece set consisting of the third-generation Snapdragon 8 chip + LPDDR5X memory + UFS 4.0 flash memory.
The third-generation Snapdragon 8 uses a 4nm process. The CPU has a three-cluster architecture composed of 1+5+2 cores, with a maximum frequency of up to 3.3GHz.
The GPU is the biggest highlight of this chip. The performance of Adreno 750 has been improved by 25% and the energy efficiency has been improved by 25%. It has been well received since its launch.
At the same time, because AI is more popular nowadays, the AI performance of the third-generation Snapdragon 8 platform has also been greatly improved, up to 98%, and the energy efficiency has been improved by 40%, which can provide powerful performance for large AI models and AIGC applications.
Equipped with a 5000mm2 super large annular cold pump and violent engine 3.0, the performance of Redmi K70 Pro can be exerted stably and at full strength.
Performance Testing
The Redmi K70 Pro we received is the 24GB+1TB version. Using AnTuTu to run the test, it gave a high score of nearly 2.04 million, which is at least 25% better than the second-generation Snapdragon 8 model.
GeekBench 6, a one-way CPU test, achieved a single-core score of 2179 and a multi-core score of 7045.
There is also GFXBench for GPU testing. The third-generation Snapdragon 8 has brought up to 20% performance improvement.
Next, we will conduct actual game testing to see the actual performance of Redmi K70 Pro.
Game testing
Our game test still uses “Genshin Impact”, and we also test the performance of Redmi K70 Pro in the default image quality and unlocked 2K60 frames (change the mode in the “Game Acceleration” function). The image quality settings in “Genshin Impact” are all the same. Unified to extremely high, with 60 frames enabled on this benchmark.
1. “Genshin Impact” default image quality
Captured by Performance Dog, the resolution of Genshin Impact is 1920×864 in default mode.
Except for the obvious fluctuations when first entering the game, the frame rate curve of subsequent games is very stable. After 10 minutes of actual measurement, the average frame rate of “Genshin Impact” was 59.4 FPS.The average GPU usage is 65.5%, which is not high and belongs to the normal usage level.
During this period, the average power consumption of the game was 4.7W, and the frame energy consumption was 87.7mW.
During 10 minutes of gaming, the maximum temperature of the chip area on the back of the Redmi K70 Pro reached 43.5°C, and the holding area at the bottom was 37.7°C. These results are very good.
2. “Genshin Impact” 2K+60FPS
Redmi K70 Pro advertises that “Genshin Impact” can be played at 2K resolution + 60 frames, and we will also test it.
However, this is not enabled by default. First, use the “Game Acceleration” function to increase the resolution to the extreme and the frame rate to 120 in the graphics settings of “Genshin Impact”.
PS: Since the 2K resolution 60 frames generates a lot of heat, it needs to be paired with a Xiaomi cooling back clip to ensure the stable release of the Redmi K70 Pro.
At the ultimate resolution, compared with the default settings, you can feel that the characters have more details, and the hair is more natural, making the overall look much clearer.With the cooling back clip, the resolution of “Genshin Impact” is unlocked to 1400×3200.
The 10-minute gameplay curve was very smooth, with an average frame rate of 59.2 FPS. “Genshin Impact” 2K resolution 60 frames still puts a little more pressure on the GPU, with the average usage reaching 78.2%.
At the same time, the power consumption of “Genshin Impact” has also reached around 10W, and the frame energy consumption has also reached 168.6mW.
The temperature increase is also very obvious. The highest temperature in the chip area reaches 48.7℃, and the heat dissipation back clip position in the middle is only 42.9℃. The holding area at the bottom is 37.8°C, which is not much different from the default.
Obviously, after “Genshin Impact” turns on 2K+60 frames, it places extremely high demands on chip performance and heat dissipation capabilities. If you want to play smoothly, it is recommended that gamers still need a heat dissipation backpack.
Cameras
The rear camera module is a 50-megapixel Light Hunter 800 main camera, a 50-megapixel 2X portrait lens, and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens, forming a three-camera imaging system.
The Light Hunter 800 has a CMOS area of 1/1.55 inches, a large aperture of f/1.68, and a 25% increase in light input compared to the previous generation. It supports four-in-one 2μm integrated large pixels, OIS optical anti-shake and other features, and also has a 13.2EV dynamic range.
In addition to the improvement in specifications, it also adds a portrait engine and Night Owl algorithm combined with Xiaomi’s imaging brain, allowing the Redmi K70 Pro to improve its camera speed in all scenes.
Main Photographer
In daytime scenes, the sample photos taken by the Light Hunter 800 sensor are relatively realistic and can restore what you actually see, with good resolution and color performance.
In addition, the Night Owl algorithm is transferred to Redmi K70 Pro for the first time. This algorithm was previously an exclusive function of the imaging flagship. Simply put, it uses violent continuous 8-frame image fusion, combined with self-developed image metering algorithm, image registration fusion algorithm, Image reconstruction algorithm and image color correction algorithm can obtain night scene photos with no noise, accurate color and pure picture even in extremely dark light environments.
Judging from the sample photos taken at night above, the improvement is very obvious in terms of color accuracy and resolution. However, the highlight suppression is not good enough. Considering its positioning, naturally we cannot be too demanding on it.
2x telephoto
The 2x portrait lens is actually a telephoto lens in nature. To my surprise, this lens also has a certain ability to shoot at night. Although the resolution performance cannot be compared with that of the imaging flagship, the color improvement is still very good. Obviously, if you want to take a portrait at night, you can easily do so.
Super wide angle
If you want to take pictures of wide and majestic buildings, ultra-wide angle can also satisfy you. Judging from the texture of the proofs, the improvement is very obvious. There is no gray feeling in the past. If you don’t look closely at the color grading, it is very close to the main camera style, which also makes the ultra-wide-angle lens more practical.
Battery
Redmi K70 Pro uses a combination of 120W fast charging + 5000mAh large battery, and is equipped with ThePaper P2 self-developed fast charging chip and ThePaper G1 self-developed power management chip, which can maintain the health of the battery by optimizing discharge and charging strategies.
This dual-chip power supply configuration was previously only used in the Xiaomi digital flagship version, but now it is devolved to the Redmi K70, which can bring better performance in temperature control and battery life.
Charging test
Testing the charging speed of Redmi K70 Pro, it was actually charged to 39% in 5 minutes and 63% in 10 minutes. It took a total of 22 minutes to fully charge.
Endurance test
For the battery life, we use the professional battery life testing tool-Battery Dog produced by Kuai Technology for testing.
For the test items, we chose the extreme battery life test and checked all test items including CPU high voltage, CPU multi-threading, AI recognition, picture browsing, video playback, and web browsing to simulate user usage scenarios and restore the real load to the greatest extent. Infinitely close to the real power consumption situation.
We set the manual brightness to 50%, the resolution to the default FHD+ ultra-clear display, and the refresh rate to the default smart refresh.
Starting from 100% battery to 20%, Hardware Dog gave a battery life result of 8 hours and 50 minutes. After conversion, a full battery can provide a total battery life of about 11 hours.
According to the intermittent usage habits of ordinary users, it is completely possible to fully charge before going out in the morning and still have a certain amount of power when you get home in the afternoon to avoid battery life anxiety.
Verdict
The surprises brought by Redmi K70 Pro are still very obvious. It can be said that it makes up for many regrets in the past.
After focusing on performance and screen, Redmi K70 Pro also began to focus on texture. The plastic bracket was removed and aluminum alloy metal, one-piece extra large glass Deco, and velvet texture glass were used to get rid of the “plastic feel” that has been complained about for many generations in the past. , the texture has been significantly improved.
It can be said that it is not inferior to higher-end models in terms of texture. I believe you will be full of praise for its texture after holding it in your hands.
The performance is as good as ever. It can even unlock “Genshin Impact” to 2K resolution and 60 frames. However, in this mode, the body heat will increase significantly and the power consumption will reach 10W. This performance is already extremely good. It’s “abnormal”, so it is recommended that players still use it with a cooling back clip.
If you don’t want to use a cooling back clip, its power consumption and heat dissipation are also very impressive in default mode. 59.4 FPS is infinitely close to the full frame, and the power consumption is only 5.2W. Compared with the previous generation, the energy efficiency ratio has been greatly improved.
In terms of performance tuning, the Redmi K70 Pro does not compromise on improving the quality. The ultimate performance release also gives players more playability.
There are also “stacks” such as the second-generation Chinese screen with higher brightness and eye protection, the Light Hunter 800 with full scene shooting capabilities, and 120W fast charging. These undoubtedly make the Redmi K70 Pro fully competitive.
With the blessing of these piles of materials and violent performance release, I think the new generation of “flagship goalkeeper” must be the Redmi K70 Pro.
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