Performance
Under the hood, the Xiaomi Black Shark 5 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset, a staple in high-performance smartphones. The octa-core CPU and Adreno 650 GPU work in tandem to ensure that even graphics-intensive games run seamlessly. This hardware combination, further supported by options of 8GB or 12GB of RAM and UFS 3.1 storage, offers ample power for multitasking and quick load times, though the lack of a microSD card slot may necessitate choosing wisely between the 128GB and 256GB storage variants.