Realme 13 Pro Plus 5G vs 12 Pro Plus 5G
63
out of 100
VS
60
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Realme 13 Pro Plus 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on July 30, 2024, against the Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G, which is powered by the same chip 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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Realme 13 Pro Plus 5G
- Delivers 75% higher peak brightness (1410 against 806 nits)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 67W)
- The phone is 7 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2412 pixels | 1080 x 2412 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 394 ppi | 394 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 950 nits |
| HDR support | No | - |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.8% | 90.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.34 mm (6.35 inches) | 161.47 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 73.91 mm (2.91 inches) | 74.02 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.23 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 196 g (6.91 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP65 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | - |
| Frame material | Plastic | - |
| Colors | Gold, Green | Blue, Red, 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
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 710 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 940 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2266 | - |
| Single-core score | 966 | 1017 |
| Multi-core score | 2839 | 2893 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 321277 | 318536 |
| GPU | 72309 | 73437 |
| Memory | 206494 | 201727 |
| UX | 233796 | 216075 |
| Total score | 833876 | 809775 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 255 | 254 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17225 | 12777 |
| Video editing | 6736 | 6844 |
| Photo editing | 34667 | 33125 |
| Data manipulation | 9678 | 9081 |
| Writing score | 13912 | 13862 |
Recent User Tests
Realme 13 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-26 (Josh Schneider) | AnTuTu 12 | 839267 |
| π 2026-02-11 (Jaden king oticao) | AnTuTu 11 | 833876 |
| π 2025-12-31 (Ashish Mandal) | AnTuTu 11 | 825753 |
Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-10-12 -> vlaxouke | AnTuTu 11 | 818692 |
| π 2025-09-30 -> vlaxouke | AnTuTu 11 | 809775 |
| π 2025-09-30 -> vlaxouke | AnTuTu 11 | 798429 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | Realme UI 5.0 | Realme UI 6.0 |
| OS updates | 2 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5200 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 |
| Fast charging | Yes (74% in 30 min) | Yes (81% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:47 hr | 0:43 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 800 cycles |
| Web browsing | 13:01 hr | 10:56 hr |
| Watching video | 14:52 hr | 15:00 hr |
| Gaming | 05:40 hr | 05:28 hr |
| Standby | 120 hr | 121 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#107th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| 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 | 240 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112Β° | 112Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-701 | Sony IMX890 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.7 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 73 mm | 71 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-600 | Omnivision OV64B |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) | 1/2" (β 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | SmartSens SC820 | Hynix HI-846 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 6560 x 4928 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX615 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) 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 MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 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 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | July 2024 | January 2024 |
| Release date | August 2024 | January 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $395 | $360 |
| Successor | - Realme 14 Pro Plus 5G | - Realme 14 Pro 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 |
Further details
Notes on 13 Pro Plus 5G:
- There is a model with an eco-leather cover that has a lower weight (185.5 grams) and a thicker of 8.41 mm.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Realme 13 Pro Plus 5G. But if the software, design, and sound are more of a priority β go for the Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G.
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