Xiaomi's new upcoming gaming smartphone Blackshark leaked with Snapdragon 845 and 8GB of RAM

Chinese Electronics manufacturer, Xiaomi is expected to launch a new phone. The upcoming expected phone by the company is an update to the Mi Mix series. While we are still waiting for the Mi Mix 2S which is slated for a March 27th launch. It looks like the company has more Snapdragon 845 phones in mind.

These new Snapdragon 845 phones will be Mi 7 and The mi Mi s for sure. Also, we have news of a gaming smartphone by the company. The smartphone is codenamed Blackshark.

Xiaomi's latest gaming smartphones has been making a lot of appearances lately. Last week it made an appearance of AnTuTu benchmark. The scores were amazing. Now the device has made an appearance on the GeekBench database. The device is dubbed as "Blackshark SKR-A0" on the listing.

Performance numbers of the Blackshark

The specification of the device is consistent with the results on the AnTuTu database as well as the GeekBench database. The setup is also quite similar to the Mi 7 and the Mi Mix 2S. That is Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 coupled with 8GB of RAM. The benchmark further reveals a single core score of 2,452 and a multi-core score of 8,452. These scores are surprisingly high even for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. This means the company has something else under the hood for the Blackshark.

What makes Blackshark Special?

According to the sources involved in the development of the Blackshark claim, they know why. They claim that Xiaomi is able to achieve this feat with new design techniques. This is the usage of the aviation-grade cooling solution. This keeps the CPU and GPU from thermal throttling under load. It is a known fact that all electronics perform low due to thermal throttling under load.

The recent AnTuTu listing revealed some of the device specifications. These include a 2,160x1,080 pixel resolution display. Also, the device packs Android 8.0 out of the box. The Blackshark also managed to get an AnTuTu score of 270,680.

The Blackshark smartphone by Xiaomi will take on the Razer Phone by Gaming peripherals maker Razer.