AnTuTu Reveals Top 10 Most Powerful Android Phones in February 2023: Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro+ Takes the Crown!

On March 10th, AnTuTu, the popular benchmarking platform, unveiled its global ranking of the most powerful Android smartphones in February 2023. The ranking is based on the scores obtained by these models in the AnTuTu V9 benchmarking app. While many of the models in the top list feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 CPU, models with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 or the Dimensity 9000+ from MediaTek also made it to the top.

Taking the lead is the Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro+ with over 1.3 million points. It is a gaming phone with a 6.8-inch AMOLED display and ultra-narrow edges around the screen. It has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, an advanced cooling system, and even comes with an under-display selfie camera. The variant tested on AnTuTu has 16GB of RAM and 512GB of fast storage.

Coming in second is the vivo X90 Pro+, a top camera-phone with ZEISS optics and a Sony IMX989 1-inch sensor. While we recently tested the vivo X90 Pro with a Dimensity 9200 processor from MediaTek, the Plus version features the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 CPU and manages to score over 1.28 million points in the benchmarking app.

The iQOO 11 takes the third spot with the latest Qualcomm CPU under the hood, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S23 Ultra falls to fourth place.

Below is the full ranking for the high-end phones:

1. Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro+ – 1,304,235
2. vivo X90 Pro+ – 1,280,652
3. iQOO 11 – 1,271,052
4. Galaxy S23 Ultra – 1,255,441
5. Galaxy S23+ – 1,223,018
6. Galaxy S23 – 1,198,962
7. OnePlus 11 – 1,150,541
8. ROG Phone 6D – 1,086,117
9. Xiaomi 12T Pro – 1,074,067
10. Redmi K50 Ultra – 1,060,498

AnTuTu also revealed the top-performing high midrange phones globally:

1. iQOO Neo7 – 854,527
2. Xiaomi 12T – 819,293
3. Realme GT Neo3 – 810,845
4. POCO X4 GT – 803,250
5. Redmi K50i – 783,552
6. OnePlus 10R – 777,614
7. Redmi Note 11T Pro – 757,623
8. Realme GT Neo2 – 729,746
9. iQOO Neo6 – 722,201
10. Realme GT Neo 3T – 710,040

In addition, AnTuTu listed the top midrange models for February 2023:

1. Nothing Phone 1 – 567,387
2. Realme GT Master – 544,652
3. POCO X5 Pro – 543,048
4. Realme Q3S – 539,061
5. Xiaomi 11 Lite – 533,034
6. Xiaomi 12 Lite – 530,431
7. Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE – 526,358
8. Galaxy A73 5G – 521,277
9. Galaxy A52s 5G – 519,967
10. Realme 10 Pro