AnTuTu today released its top 10 charts for flagship models and at the same time, the ranking for mid-range models was also released. The ranking shows MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000L still continues to dominate this segment despite the release of a couple of new mid-range chipsets like the Kirin 820, Kirin 985 and others.

In terms of the mid-range list, with the release of multiple new machines equipped with mid-range SoCs, this month’s rankings have also changed, but they still haven’t challenged the number one OPPO Reno 3.

The OPPO Reno3 5G with a Dimensity 1000L chipset manages an average score of 405,159 points to occupy the top spot. The Kirin 820-powered Honor 30S burst into the scene to occupy the second spot, edging out the Exynos 980-powered Vivo X30 5G. The third position is occupied by another new entrant – Vivo S6 5G equipped with an Exynos 980 SoC.

The Redmi K30 5G with a Snapdragon 765G chipset is at the fourth spot while the Vivo X30 is now ranked at number 5. The sixth to tenth spots are occupied by Vivo Z6 (Snapdragon 765G), OPPO Reno 3 Pro (Snapdragon 765G), Honor 9X Pro (Kirin 810), Huawei Nova 6 SE (Kirin 810) and Honor Play 4T Pro (Kirin 810).

One important thing to note from the ranking is the gradual dominance of 5G smartphones. Apart from the bottom three Huawei models powered by the 4G Kirin 810 chipset, all other phones that make up the top 10 are 5G-enabled. This means in the next few months, we won’t only be having several flagship 5G phones but also 5G mid-rangers.

As an afterthought, I’m wondering why OEMs are still shunning the Dimensity 1000L despite its superb benchmark perform. Perhaps, benchmarks don’t sell phones, right?