Black Shark 2 Pro Work + Gaming Performance
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Black Shark 2 Pro Work Performance
We tested its performance using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.
Why work performance? Because even though it’s designed to be a gaming smartphone – you can actually use it like, well, a regular smartphone for work too! 🙂
| Work 2.0 | Xiaomi Mi 9 | Samsung Galaxy Note10+ |
Black Shark 2 Pro | Samsung Galaxy S10+ |
| Mobile Platform | Snapdragon 855 | Exynos 9825 | Snapdragon 855+ | Exynos 9820 |
| Performance Score (Average) |
9471 | 8981 | 8384 | 7846 |
| Web Browsing | 7792 | 8293 | 6768 | 8583 |
| Video Editing | 6038 | 9166 | 5948 | 5524 |
| Writing | 10919 | 9579 | 9226 | 9076 |
| Photo Editing | 20161 | 19376 | 17595 | 10710 |
| Data Manipulation | 7356 | 6155 | 6339 | 6450 |
| Review Links | Xiaomi Mi 9 | Galaxy Note10+ | Galaxy S10+ | |
| Price Check | US | UK | MY | US | UK| MY | UK | MY | SG | AU | US | UK | MY |
Surprisingly, the Black Shark 2 Pro (MY | SG | AU | UK) has a lower work performance than the Xiaomi Mi 9 and the Samsung Galaxy Note10+.
Black Shark 2 Pro Gaming Performance
We tested the its gaming performance using 3DMark, with these results.
| Work 2.0 | Black Shark 2 Pro | Xiaomi Mi 9 | Samsung Galaxy Note10+ |
Samsung Galaxy S10+ |
| Mobile Platform | Snapdragon 855+ | Snapdragon 855 | Exynos 9825 | Exynos 9820 |
| Sling Shot Extreme (OpenGL) | 6258 | 5487 | 5037 | 4470 |
| Sling Shot Extreme (Vulkan) | 5386 | 4808 | 4794 | 4314 |
| Sling Shot | 8127 | 7241 | 4883 | 4343 |
| Review Links | Xiaomi Mi 9 | Galaxy Note10+ | Galaxy S10+ | |
| Price Check | UK | MY | SG | AU | US | UK | MY | US | UK| MY | US | UK | MY |
There is no doubt that the Black Shark 2 Pro (MY | SG | AU | UK) has a distinct performance advantage over its competitors, including the Xiaomi Mi 9, which uses the Snapdragon 855.
- 14% faster in Sling Shot Extreme (OpenGL)
- 12% faster in Sling Shot Extreme (Vulkan)
- 12% faster in Sling Shot
Black Shark 2 Pro Battery Life
We then tested the its battery performance using PCMark. It basically ran the PCMark work tests until its battery capacity dropped to 20%.
| Work 2.0 | Black Shark 2 Pro | Xiaomi Mi 9 | Samsung Galaxy Note10+ |
Samsung Galaxy S10+ |
| Battery Capacity | 4,000 mAh | 3,300 mAh | 4,300 mAh | 4,100 mAh |
| Battery Life | 12 hours 25 mins | 12 hours 12 mins | 10 hours 32 mins | 10 hours 17 mins |
| Battery Utilisation | 4.30 mAh / min. | 3.61 mAh / min. | 5.44 mAh / min. | 5.32 mAh / min. |
| Review Links | Xiaomi Mi 9 | Galaxy Note10+ | Galaxy S10+ | |
| Price Check | UK | MY | SG | AU | US | UK | MY | US | UK| MY | US | UK | MY |
The Black Shark 2 Pro (MY | SG | AU | UK) did well, lasting almost 12.5 hours of non-stop work, just ahead of the Xiaomi Mi 9.
It actually lasted about two hours longer than the Galaxy Note10+ and Galaxy S10+ smartphones!
Black Shark 2 Pro Battery Recharging Speed
The Black Shark 2 Pro (MY | SG | AU | UK) comes with a 27 watt fast charger. Let’s find out just how fast it recharges its 4,000 mAh battery.
| Work 2.0 | Samsung Galaxy Note10+ |
Black Shark 2 Pro | Samsung Galaxy S10+ |
Xiaomi Mi 9 |
| Battery Capacity | 4,300 mAh | 4,000 mAh | 4,100 mAh | 3,300 mAh |
| Charger Output | 25 watts | 27 watts | 15 watts | 18 watts |
| Recharging Time | 63 minutes | 67 minutes | 91.6 minutes | 84.5 minutes |
| Recharging Speed | 54.6 mAh / min. | 47.8 mAh / min. | 35.8 mAh / min. | 31.2 mAh / min. |
| Review Links | Galaxy Note10+ | Galaxy S10+ | Xiaomi Mi 9 | |
| Price Check | US | UK| MY | UK | MY | SG | AU | US | UK | MY | US | UK | MY |
Thanks to its 27W faster charger, the Black Shark 2 Pro fully recharged its battery from 20% to 100% in just 67 minutes. That is 27% faster than the Galaxy S10+, which has a similar-sized battery, but uses a 15W charger.
But it didn’t do as well as the Galaxy Note10+, which actually recharged 14% faster using its 25W charger.
It has an excellent battery life : recharging ratio of 11:1. A general rule of thumb – for one of hour battery life, you just need to charge it for 9 minutes.
The fastest recharging happened up to the 80% level. This took just 33.5 minutes. Then the recharging speed slowed down, and it took a further 33.5 minutes to top up the last 20%.
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