Redmi K50 review :Optical image stabilization, stunning night scene, Dimensity 8100 can play but not hot

The most successful phone on the market last year, Redmi K4 0 is definitely a strong contender,With sophisticated exterior design、Powerful Specifications Without Short Boards,Once launched, it has attracted market attention,Been fooled for a year at 2000CNY”goalkeeper”,call it”A generation of magic machine”no exaggeration。under such circumstances,The new generation of Redmi K50 is naturally”greatly awaited”,Officials are also warming up,Lu Weibing, general manager of the Redmi brand, even shouted”beyond imagination”、”Fully welded door”s slogan。

Now,The Redmi K50 series is finally officially born,There are two versions of Redmi K50 and Redmi K50 Pro respectively, Redmi K50 with MediaTek Dimensity 8100, Tien 9000 with Redmi K50 Pro。Redmi K50 Pro has been evaluated before,Here's a look at the performance of the standard version of the Redmi K50。

Redmi K50

The core configuration of the Redmi K50 is a three-piece performance set consisting of Dimensity 8100 + full blood version LPDDR5 memory + upgraded UFS 3.1 high-speed flash memory,This is also the world's first”Fat brother”MediaTek Dimensity 8100 model,Facing the standard Snapdragon 888/888+。

Dimensity 8100 is positioned as the flagship,Using TSMC's 5nm manufacturing process,Integrated eight-core A78+A55 CPU,The highest frequency reaches 2.85GHz,Integrated six-core Mali-G610 GPU,The integrated new APU AI unit is 275% higher than that of the Dimensity 1200,Integrated 5G baseband,Maximum download speed 4.7Gbps。

Dimensity 9000 and Snapdragon 8 on the flagship platform,Performance is basically the same,In terms of multi-core CPUs, etc., there are even more than,Energy efficiency is even more advanced。

It can be said,MediaTek has been "suffering" for so many years,Finally launched the chip that can surpass Qualcomm Snapdragon,Give the market more choices,This is what users expect”healthy competition”situation。

Dimensity 8100 Mission,It is to pull down the Snapdragon 888/888+,Both performance and energy efficiency,and terminal price。 As for whether it can be done,Let's look down。

apart from performance,Redmi is also working on popularizing 2K screens。The Redmi K50 uses the same Samsung AMOLED flexible straight-edge screen as the K50 Pro。It has a resolution of 3200×1400、120refresh rate in Hz,PPI even reached 526,Also has ambient color temperature、DC anti-flicker dimming、1.610,000-level automatic brightness adjustment,And supports HDR10+、Dolby Vision、Factory original color screen, etc.,It is a flagship level on the market。

also,The Redmi K50 also has a large 5500mAh battery、67W fast charge,Charging and battery life are completely free of 2K high brushing”burden”。next,Let's take a look at the specific performance of this Redmi K50 equipped with Dimensity 8100,The picture below shows the specification information:

Redmi K50 Specifications

Exterior:The silver trace color scheme is textured, and the rear three-camera shape is very unique

The overall color of the outer box is white,very minimalist,Gold K50 only on the front,67W and 2K printed on the side,Indicates support for 67W fast charging,The screen adopts 2K resolution。The K50 we received is silver trace,Double-sided glass body,frosted surface,With metallic reflection,With the distinctive square and round collision design,It looks so classy。

Redmi K50 review

The front of the Redmi K50 uses a 6.67-inch Samsung AMOLED flexible straight screen,Resolution is 3200×1400,The refresh rate is 120Hz,Support HDR10+、Dolby Vision。

Redmi K50 review

This is also the first time that the Redmi series uses a 2K flagship straight screen,While improving the display effect,Optimized for edge false touches。There are also up to 16,000 levels of automatic brightness adjustment,Plus ambient color temperature sensing,Make users comfortable to watch the screen both outdoors and indoors。This screen also supports DC anti-flicker dimming,The user uses it in a low-light environment,Don't be afraid of hurting your eyes。

Redmi K50

The Sony IMX596 sensor is used in the front digging area,200010,000 pixels for sharper portraits。

Redmi K50 review

at first glance,The author thinks that the Redmi K50 uses a narrow border with the same four sides,If you look closely, you can see that the top and bottom are slightly wider.,But the overall visual effect is very good,Strong sense of unity and immersion。

Redmi K50 review

Camera local details,The main camera lens used by the Redmi K50 is a 48-megapixel Sony IMX582 sensor,With a 119° wide-angle lens of 8 million pixels、200Megapixel macro lens,Formed a three-camera scheme。

Simultaneously,Redmi also used OIS optical image stabilization for the K50 for the first time,This is something that many flagships don't have.。

Redmi K50 review
Redmi K50 review

Top and bottom local details,In addition to the regular USB-C interface and SIM card slot,Redmi K50 also supports Dolby Atmos stereo dual speakers and infrared。

Redmi K50 review

The physical buttons of the Redmi K50 are on the right side of the fuselage,Up is the volume plus and minus keys,Below is the power button that supports fingerprint recognition。

The whole family bucket in the package,Comes with SIM card pin、charger、data line、Instructions and water sets。

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Redmi K50 performance test:Dimensity 8100 is powerful and its performance reaches the flagship level

MediaTek Dimensity 8100 on Redmi K50,Using TSMC's 5nm manufacturing process,The processor is 8 cores composed of 4 A78 large cores + 4 energy efficient cores A55,Maximum frequency up to 2.85GHz,Integrated 6-core Mali-G610 GPU、New APU AI unit,There is also an integrated 5G baseband,Maximum download speed 4.7Gbps。

And the full-blooded version of LPDDR5 memory + upgraded version of UFS 3.1 high-speed flash memory constitutes a three-piece performance set,It also belongs to the standard of the quasi-flagship machine in the market.。

Now,Let's take a look at the performance of this Redmi K50 first。

——AnTuTu

Redmi K50 review

AnTuTu scored 793078 points,The CPU score is 170178 points、The GPU score is 310393 points、The memory score is 154526 points、UX score is 157981 points。

--Master Lu

Redmi K50 review

Master Lu ran out of 1033422 points,Exceeds 99% of mobile phones,ranked 4th。

The CPU score is 294474 points,The GPU score is 430641 points,Memory score is 99458 points,Storage score is 208849 points。

——GeekBench

Redmi K50 review

We chose GeekBench 5, the mainstream processor benchmark software on the market, for testing.,The grade given is a single-core 977,Multicore 3634,Compared with the Snapdragon 888, the former is still about 14% behind,The latter is only 4% worse。

——GFXBench

Redmi K50 review

The performance of Dimensity 8100 used in Redmi K50 in GFXBench,Almost equivalent to the GPU performance of the Snapdragon 888。

——AndroBench

Dimensity 8100

in Androbench,The measured sustained read and write speeds were 1879.9MB/s、1684.91MB/s。

From the above evaluation results,The single-core performance of the Dimensity 8100 is slightly weaker,Multi-core is basically equivalent to Snapdragon 888,Unexpectedly, the most proud GPU performance advantage of the Qualcomm Snapdragon series,Destroyed by Dimensity 8100。

MediaTek Dimensity 8100 used in Redmi K50,Overall, the performance is released very well,Then in theory, it should have a good performance in the game.,Next, let's test the game。

Redmi K50 gaming experience:Multiple games support 120Hz temperature control is better

- Glory of the King

Redmi K50 review

In "Honor of Kings",We changed the frame rate to very high、Resolution changed to ultra high,The total picture quality defaults to HD。during the game,The overall picture is maintained at about 120 frames,The average frame rate is 118 frames。

- Ace Warrior

Redmi K50 review

In "Ace Warrior",We changed the picture quality and frame rate of the game to the highest,Allow automatic lowering of quality and frame rate off。during quick battles,Remove frame rate fluctuations caused by death,The average frame rate is 112 frames。

——QQ Speed

Redmi K50 review

In "QQ Speed",We changed the game's graphics settings to ultra high,Intra-office frame rate、Outside frame rate changed to very high,Resolution changed to ultra clear。in a multiplayer match,remove the opening,The overall performance is still very stable,The average frame rate is 115 frames。

——Genshin

Redmi K50 review

Now let's test the "Genshin", which is known as the grill tool by the public,We changed the game image quality to very high quality,Frame rate changed to 60fps。

During the game of Genshin Impact,We randomly fight monsters in multiple scenes、Run for 15 minutes,You can basically keep it around 60fps,As the phone starts to get noticeably hot,The framerate also started to gradually drop to 45fps,But this performance is still much better than most flagship phones using Qualcomm 888。

Simultaneously,We also tested the temperature after turning on Genshin Impact for 15 minutes,Detected by infrared thermal imager,The temperature next to the camera is the highest,This is also generally where the SoC is located,The highest is 44.7 degrees Celsius,The fuselage is 41.2 degrees Celsius。 This temperature is far from hot,It feels warmer in the hand。

Redmi K50 review

This is also thanks to the 3950 square mm VC liquid-cooled three-dimensional cooling system of the Redmi K50、7Layered graphite and copper foil and other thermally conductive materials,Let users not worry about sacrificing performance when playing games。certainly,Other games don't cause as much stress,Fever is not so serious。

Redmi K50 Photo Review:Equipped with OIS for the first time, and in-depth polishing of IMX582

The Redmi K50 uses a rear three-camera solution with a main camera lens of 48 million (Sony IMX582 sensor) + 8 million 119 ° ultra-wide-angle lens + 2 million macro lens。IMX582 is also an old friend,Redmi continues to polish,Redmi used OIS optical image stabilization for the first time in the K50 series。

simply put,OIS optical image stabilization can be done without the help of third-party brackets,Offset the effect of shaking when people hold the phone,This reduces image blur when shooting,Improve film yield。Simultaneously,OIS optical image stabilization can also improve image quality,Achieve better nighttime photos,It is easier to take relatively pure proofs。

such as in low-light environments,Easily blurred photos due to camera shake,After adding OIS optical image stabilization,in low-light environments,Can increase the shutter time of the mobile phone,Increase the amount of light entering the lens,The night scene shot is brighter、more pure。

Let's take a look at the performance of Redmi K50 in various scenarios。

Redmi K50 review
Main camera 1X
Redmi K50 review
Ultra wide angle 0.6X
Redmi K50 review
Main camera 1X
Redmi K50
Ultra wide angle 0.6X

The weather has been cloudy lately,Redmi K50 better restores the overall atmosphere,Local details are also well preserved,especially the color of the sky、layers of clouds,have been shown truly,In addition, there is some edge distortion at the ultra-wide angle,but does not affect the overall perception。

Redmi K50
Main camera 1X

When using the main lens to shoot the model car,Overall color reproduction is more accurate,Even with more books of different colors in the background,Did not interfere with the model,Objects are layered,At the same time, it is also very good to show the details of the car model accurately.。

Night scene proof effect:

Redmi K50 review
Redmi K50
Redmi K50 review

Thanks to the addition of OIS optical image stabilization,The dark light performance of the Redmi K50 has been significantly improved compared to previous generations,It can also suppress the more complex light and shadow,Whether color reproduction or glare、Noise Control,all high-end,Chinese characters can be clearly distinguished。 Although there are still some gaps with flagship video phones,But if you want to shoot night scenes,Can be taken anywhere。

Macro proof effect:

Redmi K50 review
Redmi K50
Redmi K50 review

Macro lens has a certain playability,But unfortunately,The white balance adjustment of macro lenses is different from other lenses,The most obvious is shooting green plants, etc.,You will find that the color of the main camera is not consistent。

The author recommends that there are no special needs,The main camera can be used instead of the macro lens to shoot,In the same scene, the picture elements captured by the main camera are higher and clearer、Color is more comfortable。

Redmi K50 charging and battery life:5500Large mAh battery provides 8 hours of battery life

Redmi K50 supports 67W fast charge,Built-in 5500mAh single-cell battery。 The benefits of a single cell are obvious,safer、thinner battery、Less heat when charging,Also avoid cell loss。

--Charge

Redmi K50 review

We start charging from 5%,20Charge to 53% in minutes,90%Then enter the protection charging mode,Significantly slowed down,It takes 58 minutes to fully charge。

- battery life test

For battery life,We use a professional battery life test tool - the battery dog ​​produced by Kuai Technology for testing。

on the test project,We choose the extreme battery life test,Checked include CPU high voltage、CPU multithreading、AI recognition、Picture Viewer、video playback、All test projects for web browsing,Analogy to real-life usage scenarios,Restore the real load to the greatest extent,Infinitely close to the real power consumption。

We set manual 50% brightness,The test is divided into two phases,From 100% to 20%,6 hours and 34 minutes,From 20% to shutdown,1 hour 26 minutes。The two battery life test scores are superimposed for a total of 8 hours,The battery life is basically the same as that of most flagship models on the market.,One day of intermittent use is a no-brainer。

As the first machine of MediaTek Dimensity 8100,Redmi K50 brings a series of surprises,Still retains Redmi's tradition of not stingy with comprehensive stockpiling,It can be called the annual light flagship without short board。

Dimensity 8100 performs well in addition to good performance,Face the Snapdragon 888 without mercy,Although the single-core performance is slightly weaker,But multi-core performance is comparable,GPU performance is unexpectedly overtaken,At the same time benefiting from the architectural design、Energy efficiency optimization、TSMC 5nm advanced process,It also controls power consumption and heat very well,experience in hand,The most obvious is that the fever is much lower than that of the Snapdragon 888/888 Plus。

This is also thanks to the 3950 square millimeter VC liquid-cooled three-dimensional cooling system equipped with the Redmi K50、7Thermally conductive materials such as layered graphite and copper foil,Even the "Genshin Impact" with a high load,Can also run at 60fps for long periods of time,The maximum surface temperature of the fuselage does not exceed 45 degrees,such performance,Impress the author。

Redmi K50

Qualcomm, which dominates mobile wafers,Now finally meet the opponent,I must be stressed.。Competition between the two brands,I believe that in the future, it will bring more excellent products to the market。

Redmi K50 is still on the screen、Fast charging and other aspects have been upgraded。In this era when curved screens are rampant,It is even more rare for Redmi K50 to stick to the straight screen solution,Samsung's flagship flexible 2K straight screen brings gorgeous display to users,HDR10+、Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos plus Dolby Atmos,Whether looking at photos or watching videos,The effect is higher。

Although the rear main camera uses several generations of Sony IMX582 sensors,But the Redmi K50 polishes it deeply,OIS optical image stabilization is used for the first time,Let this lens have a good performance in all kinds of scenes,whether it's a gloomy day,still colorful night scene,All grasped very well。It's a pity that the macro lens is relatively common,There is a white balance difference。

Redmi K50 with 67W fast charge,Charges a 5500mAh battery to 53% in 20 minutes,Full blood in less than an hour,8 hours of battery life even under heavy load。

In general,Performance of the Redmi K50 series、screen、image、Charge、The battery life and so on are very predictable,And Wi-Fi 6 80MHz、Bluetooth 5.3、Dual frequency GPS、Full-featured NFC、Infrared remote control、X-axis linear motor, etc.,more readily available,No wonder Lu Weibing can shout all kinds of things”Arrogant”s slogan。I believe this high-level Redmi K50,In 2022, it will be the first choice for many mainstream users to change their phones。

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