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Xiaomi launched the Pad 8 Pro in China last September, and if you've been wondering whether it will get a global release ever since, we have some great news.
The global version of the tablet has been spotted in the Geekbench database with the model number 25091RP04G. That "G" at the end confirms that this is in fact the model meant for markets outside of China.
As you can see from the screenshot above, the tablet managed a single-core score of 2,940 and a multi-core score of 8,759 in Geekbench 6.5
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