Black Shark 2 Pro Real-Life AnTuTu Score Revealed To Be Less Than Xiaomi Claimed

Black Shark 2 Pro gaming phone was unveiled in the Chinese market on July 31, which is the company’s first device to be powered by Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC. Black Shark showed off the phone’s AnTuTu score of 500,610 points at the launch event, which is the world’s highest score for a phone.

However, the real-life AnTuTu benchmark score of Black Shark 2 Pro is lower than 500,000. A user of the phone posted the screenshots of the benchmark on Weibo. Accordingly, the phone, in fact, only gained 456,571 points in AnTuTu benchmark score, which is greatly lower than what Black Shark showed off at its release event.

It is worth noting that the Black Shark 2 Pro’s actual AnTuTu score is still higher than the score of 405,598 points that appeared on the benchmark platform ahead of the phone’s launch date. Xiaomi could have optimized the phone’s CPU after the device’s first AnTuTu benchmark score was announced. On the other hand, the new real-life AnTuTu score of the handset shows that the device gained 140,041 points on the CPU test and 190,193 points in the GPU test.

Black Shark 2 Pro: Specifications

The device comes with a 6.39-inch 2,340 x 1,080-pixel AMOLED display. Under the hood is a Snapdragon 855 Plus clocked at 2.96 GHz. In terms of software, the phone runs Android 9.0 Pie-based MIUI 10. Additionally, the device has some gaming-focused features such as the next-generation Liquid Cooling system, a TrueView screen with the high refresh rate, and other optional accessories to improve the gaming experience. Other notable specifications include a dual rear camera setup including a 48MP sensor and a 13MP sensor, a big 4,000 mAh battery with fast charging support, and 12GB RAM + up to 256GB storage.

The smartphone is currently available in two memory variant in China. The standard model with 128GB internal storage has the starting price of CNY2,999 (roughly Rs. 30,000) while the 256GB storage variant is priced at CNY3,499 (about Rs. 35,000). So far, the brand has not announced the handset’s global availability yet.