The Xiaomi Mi Note Pro and Mi Note Review
by Joshua Ho on September 11, 2015 9:00 AM ESTSystem Performance Cont'd
Now that we've gone over some of the more CPU-bound benchmarks for overall performance, we can look at some of the more GPU-bound benchmarks such as 3DMark, Basemark X, and GFXBench 3. Of course, it's important to note that we're actively in the process of migrating to newer GPU benchmarks so for now these benchmarks are really mostly representative of OpenGL ES 3 performance rather than 3.1.
Interestingly, the GPU benchmark results show a pretty noticeable change relative to what we saw out of the One M9 at the launch of the first Snapdragon 810 phones. It's clear that some sort of driver optimization has been implemented as in every benchmark we see performance improvements well north of 5% that would be seen from purely clock speed gains. This highlights just how volatile GPU performance can be as Adreno 430 is now roughly equivalent to the T760MP8 in GFXBench and 3DMark. However, we still see the Adreno 430 lagging behind in Basemark X, which suggests the architecture of the Adreno 430 is a limiting factor in some workloads.
NAND Performance
While it’s often easy to forget about internal storage outside of capacity, it turns out that good storage performance is critical for a number of general purpose computing tasks. Mobile OSes aren’t necessarily as affected by storage performance as a desktop or laptop that is caching parts of RAM on internal storage, but even so it’s definitely possible to see the problems that result from cutting too deep here. Probably the most well-known example of this sort of cutting was the original Nexus 7 in 2012, which suffered from severe issues due to a lack of TRIM and general poor performance. In order to test mobile devices for this sort of problem, we use our standard benchmarks for testing basic read and write performance of the internal storage solution. In the case of the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, we see a Samsung CGND3R eMMC package, while the Xiaomi Mi Note uses Toshiba’s 016GE2 eMMC solution.
In practice, neither has incredible performance, but performance is far from poor here. For the most part, the user experience effects on storage performance will be somewhat hard to notice as sufficient storage performance means that the bottleneck for any kind of lag or stutter would be elsewhere in most applications.
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maximumGPU - Friday, September 11, 2015 - link
This is getting blown out of proportion! all he asked for is an indication as to whether this is available in the US. It's 1 line from AnandTech, is useful to know, and could save some readers from reading a review they're not interested in.BMNify - Friday, September 11, 2015 - link
Such lines should be better placed in Verision only etc Droids which the International readers which make up the majority of this website have to endure, not to forget the totally illogical pricing like 199, 299 etc. Loads of 'Muricans hurt here to see something they can't get in the gimme gimme culture. Learn to Deal with it just like the International readers do for most USA only products and pricing.tim851 - Saturday, September 12, 2015 - link
Dude, you should really see a shrink about your issues!Yaru - Sunday, October 4, 2015 - link
Exactly, not everything is US based especially on the Internet which is border less by nature.Notmyusualid - Friday, September 11, 2015 - link
Like it!menting - Friday, September 11, 2015 - link
You're not the only one, but you're the only one that's anal about it. Most people read it for knowledge and info, then if they're interested, go find out if it works for them, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND EACH NETWORK.Geez, do you have to be spoon fed?
sonny73n - Friday, September 11, 2015 - link
@DigitalFreakEver heard of international models? Some might not support LTE in the U.S. but most support HSPA which is plenty fast to me. As for availability, check Newegg. I'm sure they have it. Also BH Photo where I usually got my electronic devices and camera stuff. BH has the best customer service in the country, competitive price and no tax :-)
I read all AT articles/reviews doesn't mean I might purchase the product written about. Reading about other products I will never buy give me better comparisons/perspectives on the ones I want to buy. Reading is entertaining and knowledgable, not waste of time like you said.
Thanks Anandtech for this review.
LeonMoreno - Friday, September 11, 2015 - link
Kinda sad that Americans always try to seize every English written webpage as their own. But also speaks volume of their ignorance. Well, You didn't invented the language, You're not the only country that speaks it. Get on with it, yankee. Those Chinese phones are actually starting to appear in Europe, outperform Western competition for half the price. New Nexus 5 may endup as a failure. A day will come when You will have only Apple to choose from in Rednecktown, TX, USA.Vorl - Friday, September 11, 2015 - link
It's not that we claim every page as our own, but this is an American based site. How many other phones have you seen reviewed that weren't based around the US? Have you seen many reviews quoting other currencies? Have you seen any other tech that has been reviewed that is only for other countries?Here's a hint, the answer's: 0, no, no.
A lot of the tech details from articles are correct no matter where you live, which is cool, but if the reviews and recommendations are based on USD, who do you think the reviews are for?
The real question is why is AT changing what they review, and who their audience is for.
Maybe now that they are owned by a different company their marketing department is branching out and trying for revenue from other countries now.
BMNify - Friday, September 11, 2015 - link
It is kind of logical for Anandtech to support and review International products when the USA audience for this website is at 40% which is less than half of the total readership, I know it is tough for the redneck 'Muricans to swallow this but facts are facts.