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Realme 13 Plus 5G vs 12 Plus 5G

62 out of 100
Realme 13 Plus 5G
VS
59 out of 100
Realme 12 Plus 5G
Realme 13 Plus 5G
Realme 12 Plus 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Realme 13 Plus 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Energy) that was released on August 29, 2024, against the Realme 12 Plus 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7050 and came out 7 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Realme 13 Plus 5G
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Water-resistant body (IP65 classification)
  • 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (934K versus 832K)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 67W)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Dimensity 7300 Energy
  • The phone is 7 months newer
Reasons to consider the Realme 12 Plus 5G
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS

Review

Evaluation of Realme 13 Plus 5G and 12 Plus 5G crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 256 GB
118.6
(Excellent)
Value Index
107.3
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
13 Plus 5G
vs
12 Plus 5G

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 2000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 88.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
13 Plus 5G
n/a
12 Plus 5G
1155 nits

Design and build

Height 161.7 mm (6.37 inches) 162.95 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) 75.45 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 7.87 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material - Eco-leather
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Gold, Green, Purple Green, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.37/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
13 Plus 5G +1%
88.9%
12 Plus 5G
88.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme 13 Plus 5G and Realme 12 Plus 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Energy MediaTek Dimensity 7050
Max clock 2500 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 MediaTek APU 550
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MC2 Mali-G68 MC4
GPU shading units 256 128
GPU clock 1047 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~536.1 GFLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme 13 Plus 5G and Realme 12 Plus 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
13 Plus 5G
1046
12 Plus 5G +2%
1062
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13 Plus 5G +21%
2981
12 Plus 5G
2471
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 2385
Single-core score 1046 1062
Multi-core score 2981 2471
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
13 Plus 5G +12%
934899
12 Plus 5G
832028
CPU 328260 308475
GPU 129084 81373
Memory 200716 204344
UX 276839 237836
Total score 934899 832028
Samples [10 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
13 Plus 5G +47%
344
12 Plus 5G
234
Stability - 97%
Graphics test 3 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 344 234
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13 Plus 5G +6%
13482
12 Plus 5G
12711
Web score 13521 10125
Video editing 6470 6482
Photo editing 34560 30981
Data manipulation 8461 9643
Writing score 17148 16825
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme 13 Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-01 -> paco_ratertaAnTuTu 11950580
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Fauzy)Battery lifeSOT 7:00 / 12:00
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-09 -> paco_ratertaAnTuTu 11937857
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 (Dann cukuruk)AnTuTu 11980162
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-30 (Jitesh)AnTuTu 11914163
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Realme 12 Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (Jedrick)AnTuTu 11843534
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 (Arda1)AnTuTu 11874742
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-14 (Ihsan)AnTuTu 11849466
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-03 (mgaa)AnTuTu 11780015
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-29 (Ryo)AnTuTu 11833963
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 2048 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 14
ROM Realme UI 5.0 Realme UI 5.0
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 3 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes Yes (73% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:47 hr
Battery cycles - 800 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:21 hr
Watching video - 12:58 hr
Gaming - 05:51 hr
Standby - 106 hr
General battery life
13 Plus 5G
n/a
12 Plus 5G
22:18 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 8 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX355
Sensor size - 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 4920 x 3264
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.5
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor - CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced August 2024 February 2024
Release date September 2024 March 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $250 $255
Successor - - Realme 13 Plus 5G
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 67 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Realme 13 Plus 5G. It has a better camera, performance, gaming, and design.

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