Realme X50 vs Realme 6 & 6 Pro Performance & Benchmark comparison of Snapdragon 765G vs SD 720G & Helio G90t

With the launch of the Realme X50, you have three phones all priced withing £80 of each other all offer superb value for money but with each option offering a different specification dependant on your needs

Realme X50 5G vs Realme 6 Pro

This is perhaps the most interesting comparison, you have two phones from the same brand price the same but a very different specification.

In short, the Realme 6 Pro is sort of a premium mid-range phone, while the X50 is a budget 5G phone.

Critically the difference comes down to if you want the increased performance and connectivity speeds of the Snapdragon 765G or do you want the superior build quality and camera performance that the Realme 6 Pro has to offer but with lower performance from the Snapdragon 720G.

The main advantages of the Realme X50 5G are:

• Realme X50 has a significantly better chipset
• Realme X50 has 5G connectivity
• Realme X50 has a faster refresh rate display

The main advantages of the Realeme 6 Pro

• Super main camera running at 64MP with a larger sensor
• A 12MP telephoto lens
• A second 8MP ultrawide front-facing camera (X50 is just a depth sensor)
• Superior build quality
• Slightly larger battery

Realme 6

As for the Realme 6 the main advantage of that is that it is £80 cheaper. But it is worth noting that it has the same 64MP 1/1.72″ sensor that the Pro has, it just drops the telephoto lens, and then also that 8MP ultrawide selfie lens.

The Mediatek Helio 90T actually performs better than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G in many benchmarks, and in my review of the phone, I felt like it was the more sensible buy.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G vs Snapdragon 720G vs Mediatek Helio G90T

So how much better is the new 5G Snapdragon 765G? Because I am lazy, I have just updated the tables from previous benchmark comparisons, but this gives you a nice overview of the full range of affordable options from Realme.

Antutu Benchmark

	Total	CPU	GPU	MEM	UX
Realme X50 - SD765G	323286	103663	94151	68007	57462
Realme 6 - Helio G90T	290644	97549	81058	55547	56490
Realme 6 Pro - SD720G	282336	104143	70801	52273	55119
Realme X2 - SD730G	258311	98328	67574	47945	44464
Realme 5 Pro - SD712	216501	73459	61872	42013	39157
Realme 6i	201299	73376	41633	45192	41098
Realme 5 SD665	167866	71157	33489	36568	26652

With an impressive score of 323286 that places the Realme X50 14.5% ahead of the Realme 6 Pro at the same price. However, it is only 11% ahead of the cheaper Realme 6.

Geekbench Benchmark

	Single Core	Multi Core
Realme 6 Pro - SD720G	568	1643
Infinix Zero 20	546	1790
Realme X2 - SD730G	546	1729
Realme 6 - Helio G90T	516	1650
Realme 6i Helio G80	350	1304
Realme 5 Pro - SD712	321	1481
Realme 5 SD665	316	1363

In the CPU focussed Geekbench benchmark on the single core test the SD765G is 7.8% ahead of the SD720G and 18.6% ahead of the Helio G90T.

In multi core it is 15.6% and 15%

3D Mark Gaming Benchmark

	Slingshot Extreme OpenGL	Vulkan
Realme X50 - SD765G	4131	3873
Realme 6 Pro - SD720G	2518	2332
Realme 6 - Helio G90t	2537	2593

When it comes down to the gaming benchmark, the Snapdragon 765G flexes its muscles pulling ahead by 64% and 62% against the SD720G and Helio G90t in the Slingshot Extreme OpenGL test.

In the Vulkan test, the results are similarly impressive with a 66% and 49% gain.

Overall

If your preference is performance over camera quality, then the Realme X50 is shaping up to be phenomenal value for money. In particular, this phone looks like it will be particularly appealing for gamers offering close to flagship performance and a 120hz display for less than half the price of most flagships.

I had a few issues with the software when I first received the phone, the but one of the issues was an old firmware stopping benchmarking apps being installed. This is now obviously fixed.

Realme also has a security check application running on the phone, this seems to be a carryover from the Asian phones, and I hope it will be removed for the global variants. It is reasonably easy to remove, but you have to be will to use ADB and command line.

Last update on 2024-12-09 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API