AnTuTu has a long tradition of sieving the thousands of models that run through the app monthly to pick out the best-performing Android phones each month. Recall that in January 2020, the iQOO Neo was the best-performing phone. The benchmark outfit has released its ranking for February and this time around, the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro held sway.
The ranking is based on data collated between the period of February 1 and February 29, 2020. It also takes into account the fact that the models must have appeared on the app more than 1000 times. So, the ranking is based on the average AnTuTu score of each model and not just the single highest score. In addition, this month’s list is based on models that ran on AnTuTu V8 public beta version released on August 1, 2019.
With an average score of 594069 points and 564327 points respectively, the Mi 10 Pro and Mi 10 emerge as the first and second best-performing models in February. Both models pack a Snapdragon 865 chipset. We must add that this ranking basically concerns models that went on sale in February. The iQOO 3 was announced in February and the peak score floors the Mi 10 Pro’s but it fails to meet the AnTuTu criteria for this ranking as stated above.
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Another aspect worthy of note is the dominance of models running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855+ chipset. A total of seven models powered by a Snapdragon 855+ chipset made it into the list. This includes the iQOO Neo, iQOO Pro, OnePlus 7T, OnePlus 7T Pro and Vivo Nex 3 ranked as the third to seventh position. Huawei’s V30 Pro with a Kirin 990 chipset comes in at number 8. The Snapdragon 855+-powered ASUS ROG 2 and Realme X2 Pro complete the top 10.
On the whole, the February 2020 AnTuTu best-performing flagship phone ranking affords us yet another opportunity to see the massive performance increase brought about by the Snapdragon 865. The difference in the average score between the Mi 10 Pro and the iQOO Neo in third place is more than 90,000 points. We expect the list to experience a massive change in March as more and more Snapdragon 865 phones go on sale.
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