The premium budget segment in India earlier only had a single contender. I am talking about OnePlus which was dominating this space but then came the Poco F1. Xiaomi’s Poco F1 came through with an even affordable flagship experience and took the market by storm. Now, the Redmi K20 Pro, which was launched in China recently, can be seen as the successor to Xiaomi’s Poco F1 and it’s now all set to take on the latest OnePlus budget flagship: the OnePlus 7!
Of course, we have to start with PUBG Mobile. It’s a battle royale phenomenon that has redefined the mobile gaming scene and managed to keep users glued to their screens. I installed PUBG Mobile on the Redmi K20 Pro and OnePlus 7, with both offering HD graphics and high frame settings by default. Nothing less is expected from the high-end Snapdragon 855-backed smartphones.
The gameplay experience is in line with the firepower packed inside both the devices. It means you won’t notice any form of stutter or frame drops while playing PUBG Mobile on Redmi K20 Pro and OnePlus 7. Well, I didn’t notice anything over the course of the day where I only played the game to pit the 2 devices against one another. The touch response on both the screens is also pretty good and you won’t miss out on shooting an enemy that jumps in front of you out of the blue.
Moving on to Fortnite, well, let me preface the explanation with this – both the OnePlus 7 and Redmi K20 Pro perform equally well when playing Fortnite. The devices assume the highest ‘Epic’ graphics setting by default, with the frame rate capped at 30fps. You don’t get access to the 60fps option, which can make the gameplay feel a lot smoother, however, it’s still good enough.
Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: Heating?
Finally, we also put the Redmi K20 Pro and OnePlus 7 through its paces to see whether these devices get heated up while playing games for a longer duration. While we know Redmi K20 Pro comes outfitted with an 8-layer graphite stereo cooling system, its rival doesn’t feature anything similar for heat dissipation. The ‘Pro’ model of OnePlus 7, however, packs a 10-layer liquid cooling system to keep the smartphone cool while you game on it.
