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Redmi K80 Pro review: SD 8 Elite under $500 — the cheapest top-tier silicon you can buy.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2024·$450
Overall
85/100
Class rank
#116 of 248
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Yes
The verdict, up front

The cheapest SD 8 Elite phone in 2025.

Redmi K80 Pro pairs the same Snapdragon 8 Elite as the $1,000+ Galaxy S25 with a 6,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery and 120 W charging at half the price. POCO F7 Ultra is the global rebadge of this device with slight differences; the K80 Pro itself is China-only with no GMS preinstalled.

01Display

90/100

90/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

TypeLTPO AMOLED, 120 Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision
Size6.67 inches
Resolution2,712 × 1,220 px (1.5K, 446 ppi)
Peak brightness3,200 nits
PWM3,840 Hz

02Camera

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

Main50 MP Light Fusion 800, 1/1.55", f/1.6, OIS
Ultrawide32 MP, f/2.2
Telephoto50 MP, 2.5× optical
Selfie20 MP, f/2.2

03Performance

95/100

95/100 puts it above the 90-point average for flagship phones of 2024.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm)
GPUAdreno 830
RAM12 / 16 / 24 GB LPDDR5X
Storage256 / 512 GB / 1 TB UFS 4.0

04Battery

90/100

90/100 puts it above the 85-point average for flagship phones of 2024.

Capacity6,000 mAh silicon-carbon
Wired120 W HyperCharge
Wireless50 W

05Build

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

06Value

92/100

At 92/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2024 — 12 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • SD 8 Elite at sub-$500 is unprecedented.
  • 6,000 mAh + 120 W fastest charge in tier.
  • Light Fusion 800 OIS main + 2.5× tele.
  • 3,840 Hz PWM for eye-comfort.
What doesn't
  • China-only — no Global ROM out of box.
  • HyperOS 2 still has CN-region ads.
  • 32 MP ultrawide is decorative-tier.
  • No microSD.
Cross-shop it against
iPhone 17 Pro Max
$1199 · score 93/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 248-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .