AnTuTu Releases the "Best Android Phones of the Year" List

AnTuTu compiled the results of the performance test conducted during January and announced the phones with the highest performance average in the first month of the year. the iQOO 7 came out as the flagship segment, while the Redmi 10X 5G stood out as the most powerful phones in the middle segment.

According to the shared list, with 728,784 points, the iQOO 7 is currently the most powerful Android phone. It is followed by the Xiaomi Mi 11 with 705,593 points and the Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ with 702,553 points. Looking at the list, the Mate 40 Pro + stands out as the only smartphone to surpass the 700,000 point threshold without the Snapdragon 888 processor.

Powerful Android flagship phones for January 2021

iQOO 7 – 728.784
Xiaomi Mi 11 – 705.593
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ – 702.553
Huawei Mate 40 Pro – 688.043
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G – 671.249
iQOO 5 – 665.959
Redmi K30S – 664.993
iQOO 5 Pro – 664.252
Vivo X50 Pro+ – 663.766
Xiaomi Mi 10 Supreme Edition – 661.087

Qualcomm, which is the dominant processor manufacturer in the flagship segment, seems to be losing this title when we come to the middle segment. Because when we look at AnTuTu’s January 2021 list of the most powerful mid-level Android phones, we see that only 2 of the 10 smartphones listed have a Snapdragon processor.

According to AnTuTu, the peak in the middle segment belongs to Redmi 10X 5G, which scored 401.389. In second place is the Redmi 10X Pro 5G, which scored 398,264 points. Let’s note that both of these smartphones are powered by MediaTek’s dimension 820 processor. While third and fourth on the list are Huawei Nova 7 and Nova 7 Pro.