Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB vs realme X2 Pro 256GB

Comparing the Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB vs realme X2 Pro 256GB across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 2,542, while realme X2 Pro 256GB scores 2,089, making Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB the better performer.

Display: Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB offers a screen size of 6.65 inches, while realme X2 Pro 256GB offers 6.5 inches, making Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB the larger display of the two. realme X2 Pro 256GB features a Super AMOLED display compared to Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB's AMOLED, making realme X2 Pro 256GB the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: realme X2 Pro 256GB offers a higher rear camera resolution with 64 MP, while Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB offers 48 MP, making realme X2 Pro 256GB better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB and realme X2 Pro 256GB feature a 16 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB delivers longer battery life with 10h 50m, while realme X2 Pro 256GB delivers 8h 46m, making Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Both Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB and realme X2 Pro 256GB offer the same internal storage of 256 GB.

User Rating: realme X2 Pro 256GB receives a higher user rating of 4.6, while Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB has a rating of 4.4.

Nubia Red Magic 3S 256GB

₹49,999

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realme X2 Pro 256GB

₹35,999

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

17 Oct, 2019

26 Nov, 2019

14 May, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 855 Plus	Snapdragon 855 Plus	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2.96 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.96 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
12 GB RAM	12 GB RAM	16 GB RAM

Display


6.65 inches (16.89 cm)	6.5 inches (16.51 cm)	6.82 inches (17.32 cm)
AMOLED	Super AMOLED	AMOLED
1080x2340 px (FHD+)	1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1440x3168 px (QHD+)
90 Hz Refresh Rate	90 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


48 MP Primary Camera	64 MP Primary Camera	200 MP Primary Camera (upto 3.7x Optical Zoom)
N/A	13 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 5x Optical Zoom)	200 MP Telephoto Camera
N/A	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
N/A	2 MP Depth Camera	N/A

Front Camera


16 MP	16 MP Wide Angle Lens	50 MP

Battery


5000 mAh	4000 mAh	6600 mAh
27W Quick Charging	50W VOOC Charging	100W Flash Charging
N/A	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

256 GB	256 GB	512 GB
N/A	UFS 3.0	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A

8.0/10

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8.7/10

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Pros

Device yet to be reviewed

Attractive pricing
90Hz display
Excellent performance
Rapid charging speed

Stellar and versatile three-lens camera system
Excellent performance
Bright and crisp 2K AMOLED display

Cons

Device yet to be reviewed

Cameras could've been better
Software needs a little work
Display isn't the brightest

Battery life could have been better
Very expensive with camera kit
No shortcut key

User Ratings

4.4/5

(101 ratings)

4.6/5

(8,080 ratings)

4.6/5

(29 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

484,670 AnTuTu Score	467,275 AnTuTu Score	3,977,648 AnTuTu Score
10h 50m Battery Life (PC Mark)	8h 46m Battery Life (PC Mark)	15h 10m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

Oct 17, 2019

(Official)

Nov 26, 2019

(Official)

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v9.0 (Pie)

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

N/A

ColorOS

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC

Processor

Octa core

2.96 GHz, Single core, Kryo 485 2.42 GHz, Tri core, Kryo 485 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 485

Octa core

4.61 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.62 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

7 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 640

Adreno 840

RAM

8 GB / 12 GB

6 GB / 8 GB / 12 GB

16 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

484,670

467,275

3,977,648

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

13.0 s

15.0 s

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

6,450

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A

7.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A

25.4 %

21.7 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

AMOLED

Super AMOLED

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.65 inches (16.89 cm)

6.5 inches (16.51 cm)

6.82 inches (17.32 cm)

Resolution

1080x2340 px (FHD+)

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

1440x3168 px (QHD+)

Brightness

N/A

1000 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

4500 nits

Refresh Rate

90 Hz

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

19.5:9

20:9

19.8:9

Pixel Density

388 ppi

405 ppi

510 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

80.37 %

83.7 %

89.7 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass v5

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes

Yes with waterdrop notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

91.7 %

94.49 %

Design

Height

171.7 mm

161 mm

162.98 mm

Width

78.5 mm

75.7 mm

76.81 mm

Thickness

9.6 mm

8.7 mm

8.19 mm

Weight

215 grams

199 grams

232 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Gorilla Glass

Back: Glass

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

48 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.751/2" sensor size IMX586 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 0.8µm pixel size

64 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.826 mm focal length 1/1.7" sensor size S5KGW1 ISOCELL Plus 0.8µm pixel size

200 MP
Primary Camera105x Digital Zoom 3.7x Optical Zoomf/1.8535 mm focal length LYT 901 0.7µm pixel size

N/A

13 MP
f/2.5 Telephoto Camera51.6 mm focal length 1/3.4" sensor size 1µm pixel size

200 MP
f/2.67 Telephoto Camera85 mm focal length 1/1.28" sensor size

N/A

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera16 mm focal length 1/3.1" sensor size 1.4µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera14 mm focal length

N/A

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera1/5.0" sensor size 1.75µm pixel size

N/A

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

8000 x 6000 Pixels

9000 x 7000 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

105 x Digital Zoom
3.7 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

N/A

4k @30 fps
Full HD @60 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60/120 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A

Bokeh portrait video

N/A

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

16 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera3.419 mm focal length 1/3" sensor size Exmor RS 1µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

N/A

Video Recording

N/A

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

5000 mAh

4000 mAh

6600 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Quick Charging

Yes 27W Quick Charging v4.0

Yes 50W VOOC Charging 100% in 35 minutes

Yes 100W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

10h 50m

8h 46m

15h 10m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

1h 33m 34s

0h 26m 15s

0h 36m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB / 256 GB

64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB

512 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 3.0

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

4G Bands:

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) MIMO

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) MIMO

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Audio Features

N/A

Dolby Atmos

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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