Xiaomi is set to unveil the Redmi Note 9 series on March 12 at an online-only event in India. Interestingly, although we are just a week away from the announcement, this new duo has not leaked much yet. Only now, the first Geekbench listing of Redmi Note 9 Pro has surfaced online today. It will take on the mantle from the Redmi Note 8 Pro and compete with the Realme 6 Pro which has presumably also appeared on Geekbench with the model number RMX2061.
As per the Geekbench listing (via Nashville Chatterclass), the Redmi Note 9 Pro codenamed ‘curtana’ will be powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.8 GHz. The variant that has been benchmarked sports 6GB RAM, however, there could be a couple more variants. As for software, the device will run Android 10 out of the box, which is obvious for an Android phone releasing in 2020.
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Talking about scores, the forthcoming Redmi Note 9 Pro bags 569 points and 1755 points in single-core and multi-core tests respectively. Comparatively, the scores are somewhat equal to a recently spotted Realme device with model number RMX2061, which more or less could be the Relame 6 Pro scheduled to launch on March 5. Anyways, it should be noted the Realme device that got benchmarked features 8GB RAM and only scores 1676 points in multi-core test but obtains 571 points in the single-core test.
Going by the identifier and base frequency of the chipset mentioned in the listings, both the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Realme 6 Pro could be powered by the same processor (Snapdragon 720G?). Additionally, these two devices will be accompanied by a non-pro version. Both Realme and Redmi have cancelled the offline event gathering due to the COVID-19 threat and will broadcast the launch online.