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Xiaomi Redmi 13C vs Infinix Smart 8

40 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi 13C
VS
42 out of 100
Infinix Smart 8
Xiaomi Redmi 13C
Infinix Smart 8

Here we compared two budget smartphones: the 6.74-inch Xiaomi Redmi 13C (with MediaTek Helio G85) that was released on November 10, 2023, against the Infinix Smart 8, which is powered by Unisoc T606. 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 Xiaomi Redmi 13C
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 4GB versus 2GB
  • 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (361K versus 325K)
Reasons to consider the Infinix Smart 8
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus eMMC 5.1

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi 13C and Infinix Smart 8 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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Currency
4 / 64 GB
VS
2 / 64 GB
46.4
(Average)
Value Index
151.1
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Redmi 13C
vs
Smart 8

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.74 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 720 x 1600 pixels 720 x 1612 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 260 ppi 267 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 600 nits 500 nits
HDR support No No
Touch sampling rate - 180 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 83.7% 85.1%
Display tests
RGB color space 94.5% -
PWM Not detected -
Response time 37 ms -
Contrast 1536:1 -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi 13C
613 nits
Smart 8
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 168 mm (6.61 inches) 163.6 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 78 mm (3.07 inches) 75.6 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.09 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green White, Black, Gold, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Redmi 13C
83.7%
Smart 8 +2%
85.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi 13C and Infinix Smart 8
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Helio G85 Unisoc T606
Max clock 2000 MHz 1600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75		 - 6 cores at 1.6 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 1.6 GHz: Cortex-A75
L3 cache - 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes No
GPU
Graphics Mali-G52 MC2 Mali-G57 MP1
GPU shading units 48 32
GPU clock 1000 MHz 650 MHz
FLOPS ~96 GFLOPS ~41.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi 13C and Infinix Smart 8
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Redmi 13C +5%
412
Smart 8
392
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi 13C
1134
Smart 8 +19%
1350
Compute Score (GPU)
Redmi 13C +27%
571
Smart 8
450
Compute Score (GPU) 571 450
Single-core score 412 392
Multi-core score 1134 1350
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi 13C +11%
361045
Smart 8
325539
CPU 141937 137359
GPU 28251 15877
Memory 97993 79813
UX 92828 92490
Total score 361045 325539
Samples [6 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 94% -
Graphics test 1 FPS -
Graphics score 80 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Redmi 13C
158
Smart 8
n/a
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 1 FPS -
Graphics score 158 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Redmi 13C +28%
9141
Smart 8
7157
Web score 9117 7018
Video editing 6380 4255
Photo editing 20262 14657
Data manipulation 6222 5254
Writing score 9556 8229
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi 13C
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (whytezz)AnTuTu 11384012
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 (Jasur)AnTuTu 11345264
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-14 (Lucas)AnTuTu 11391217
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (hasnel)AnTuTu 11394673
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-05 (Aflika)AnTuTu 11341743
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Infinix Smart 8
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Q_T)AnTuTu 11325539
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Peter_Tarman14)Geekbench 6 CPU392 / 1350
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-20 -> Utibe-Abasi AkpanAnTuTu 11316897
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-10 (Stepan_bandera.tech)AnTuTu 11330006
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-12 -> AllayDroidGeekbench 6 CPU377 / 1209
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 2 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 2048 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 Android Go
OS size 23 GB -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 10 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (28% in 30 min) No
Full charging time 2:09 hr 3:15 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:31 hr -
Watching video 15:08 hr -
Gaming 04:55 hr -
Standby 143 hr -
General battery life
Redmi 13C
26:21 hr
Smart 8
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6144 4128 x 3096
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion - No
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
3) Depth: 0.08 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
2) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 -
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 28 mm 27 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/3.05" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size - 1/3.94" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Autofocus No No
Stabilization No 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
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 5.3 5
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 GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes No
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 No No
LTE Cat* 7 7
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Redmi 13C
80.8 dB
Smart 8
n/a

Other

Category Budget Budget
Announced November 2023 November 2023
Release date November 2023 November 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $140 $100
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G - Infinix Smart 10
Sensors - Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 10 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Infinix Smart 8. But if the battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi 13C.

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So, which phone would you choose?
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Total votes: 67

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