What's up guys Chigz here from Chigz Tech Reviews.
Today I've got my hands on the brand new KHADAS VIM 3 PRO
Isn't that an incredible looking device.
Now this is an ultra mini full Android TV box which is designed for
advanced users or developers it will allow you to upgrade certain components
for example on the motherboard you have a spare slot for an nvme SSD drive you
can also connect up dual cameras you can add on an extension board giving you 4G
LTE modules with a nano SIM card slot and there's plenty more tweaks you can
do with this if you have the knowledge or the know-how but what if you're just
a regular Android TV box user like myself not a developer you're just a TV
box user you just want to watch TV you just want to watch your movies well in
this video I will show you exactly what this box is capable of as standard so
without any modification I will show you what it can do now this TV box is
powered by a brand new SOC it's the am logic a 311 D hexakill CPU with the
Mallee g5 2 with 4 gigs of DDR 4 RAM and 32
gigs of internal storage you also have dual band Wi-Fi AC with a Gigabit LAN
Bluetooth version 5 you've got full Android 9 pi and the supports 4k HD are
at 60 frames per second with HDMI version 2.1 and 5.1 surround sound now
the TV box itself is beautifully designed
it's made from a metal plate on the top and the bottom and it feels super
premium to the touch now you've got the card a slow go in the center nothing on
the front nothing on the side and on the back we have a full sized USB port a USB
C port HDMI out micro SD card just under that a Gigabit LAN and another full-size
USB port now if we keep going on this side there is nothing and that brings us
to the front of the TV box so this is what the bottom of the box looks like
now inside the box it's very simple so you will find only a USBC power cable
and that is it there was no remote control included in this package so you
would have to hook up a mouse keyboard or use your own USB remote control
without any further ado I'm going to get this hooked up to my TV and capture card
and we are going to find out exactly how good that new SOC is I really look
forward to seeing what this box can do I'll be right back so I got the cadets
all connected up and it's currently connected to the MacBook and I've
disconnected a standard wireless keyboard and mouse plugged in at the
back with the USB dongle and it works absolutely fine so first of all I ran a
boot up speed test and this TV box took 32 seconds to fully load the home screen
from a cold start and here is the home screen for this TV box we have full
Android version 9 desktop setup as you would find on a full-featured tablet and
the first thing I must mention is you do not have any drop-down status menu on
this box at the top or the bottom however when you do swipe upwards from
the bottom you will see your app drawer
so first of all let's go ahead and check out the system settings over here you
have your droid settings where you can tweak around with your display settings
resolutions hdmi cec playback settings your audio output power key definition
picture and more settings now more settings will take you to your Wi-Fi and
then device preferences you'll be able to check out the system storage info now
this box has 32 gigs of internal storage from which there are 27 gigs free to use
and if we have a quick look in about you will see that this box is running full
Android version 9 pi now also under device preferences you have a few more
options so if you did customize this TV box and you added a cooling fan you'll
be able to control the fan speeds from this section the LED lights that are
currently on the box are also manageable you can activate wake up on land now you
also have a toggle to switch between USB 3 and PCIe module which means that when
it's on USB 3 mode the USB ports will function and the empty slot will be
deactivated and when you switch to PCIe mode the m2 slot will be activated and
the USB ports will still work but only in USB 2 mode thereafter you have some
options for your sound and then your usual Android security accessibility and
reset settings now let's have a look at the complete system apps here are all
the apps available on this box as standard I have not installed anything
yet and there are a very few apps to get you started but the most important one
has to be the Google Play Store so you do have the full version of the Play
Store and you're gonna have to download all your apps to get you started so the
first thing we're gonna have to download is Kodi Media Player so I did download
the Kodi media player YouTube and Amazon Prime video successfully but
unfortunately I could not find Netflix anywhere in the Google Play Store so it
seems that Netflix is not available but where there's a will there is a way now
you do have another App Store included on this box is called the aptoide TV app
store and from there netflix amongst many other apps is readily available so
I did also download YouTube Android TV from the aptoide store so let's begin
with our tests first of all I'm gonna play some 4k video samples from a USB
Drive and I will be doing this with Kodi Media Player that I just downloaded so
beginning with a hundred and sixty megabits per second jellyfish demo and
as you can see the video plays back super smooth next one is a hundred and
eighty megabits per second and again the video playback is flawless and finally
the biggest file four hundred megabits per second and as you can see it plays
super smooth so we do have a powerful performance for 4k video playback
moving on now to the youtubes tests and you can stream a maximum of 4k on
YouTube
No you ever hit anybody on a job yeah I don't think so all right then we don't
have nothing to worry about
what is it white jack maybe 400 pounds so amazing YouTube performance from this
box so next up we are going to test out Netflix now the Netflix we installed
from aptoide TV didn't actually work it says the device is not supported by
the app but I didn't give up there I decided to uninstall that version and
installed an older version of Netflix from the same aptoide TV app and I
selected version 6.25 dated February 6 2019 so I went ahead and installed this
version and it worked absolutely fine however with only a maximum resolution
of 480 P as Netflix HD requires licensing to work so Amazon Prime video
was more straightforward to installed from the Play Store but also limited to
480p maximum resolution
so moving on now to the gaming test beginning with asphalt 9
so next up pop G mobile and medium graphic settings were automatically
detected
so for your advanced users DRM info shows Google Widevine level 3 and here
is cpu-z where you can check out the clock speeds
and you can see it's running the Mallee g52 and this box does not come rooted as
standard and in the Wi-Fi speed test we've got download speeds of 67 megabits
per second and upload speeds of 18 megabits per second now the top speeds
we currently achieve in our office is between 67 to 70 megabits per second so
that brings us to our benchmarks beginning with a Geekbench multi score
of 4212 and in the antutu benchmark test we achieved a impressive 88k so
let's see how that compares with the others so here is my top android TV box
chart of 2019 showing you the best TV boxes and seeing how they compare with
each other and as you can see the new Khadas VIM3 Pro has taken position 10
on this chart with a rating of eight point six out of ten now you can view
the full versions of all my charts online at chigztech.com and read them at your leisure.
So there you have it guys that was the new Khadas VIM 3 Pro.
Now this box offers an all-around powerful performance with the new
Amlogic A311D CPU now you have a tablet desktop version of Android version 9 pi
which is very smooth in operation along with a super fast Wi-Fi Gigabit LAN USB
3 and bluetooth version 5 gaming is great and you can play more or less any
game you like from the Play Store nice and smooth and you can also enjoy gaming
emulators now streaming why's 4k on YouTube and a maximum of
480p on Netflix and Amazon Prime video and you do have to download an older
version of Netflix to actually make it work and you can get that from the
included aptoide TV store app now the other drawbacks there is no screen
mirroring options but you can download air screen from the Play Store for free
furthermore there is no drop-down status menu and the limitation of 480p max on
Netflix and Amazon Prime video and at this price point one would expect at
least a remote control included in the box bottom line this box is rated high
for the performance and power it provides it offers great Wi-Fi speeds
and lots of DIY options to upgrade the components for example you can add a
cooling fan dual cameras an nvme SSD drive and lots more of course this is on
a component level so not everyone's going to be able to do that with ease
and it doesn't come with any instructions for you to follow to make
upgrading easier now the new AM logic chip combined with the Mallee g5 2
offers plenty of power and performance it simply flies you'll be able to
undertake more or less any task you like with no lag at all yes like always there
are some drawbacks to consider but this is my overall take on the new
beautifully designed Khadas vim 3 pro and with that being said I will leave
the links in the description so you guys can check this product out meanwhile do
let me know what you guys think of this box thank you so much for watching and I
hope you all have a brilliant day see you the next one guys