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Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G vs Redmi 10C

53 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G
VS
38 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi 10C
Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G
Xiaomi Redmi 10C

Here we compared two budget smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G (with MediaTek Helio G81 Ultra) that was released on August 1, 2025, against the Xiaomi Redmi 10C, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 and came out 3 years and 5 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 Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G
  • Water-resistant body (IP64 classification)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • The phone is 3 years and 5 months newer
  • Has 33% more RAM: 4GB versus 3GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi 10C
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 680
  • 16% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (421K versus 361K)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus eMMC 5.1

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G and Redmi 10C 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)

Should I update?
No 81% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Redmi 10C to Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: display, camera, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Redmi 15C 4G
vs
Redmi 10C

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.9 inches 6.71 inches
Resolution 720 x 1600 pixels 720 x 1650 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20.6:9
PPI 254 ppi 268 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 810 nits 450 nits
HDR support No No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 84.3% 82%
Display features - - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 93%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 27 ms
Contrast - 1217:1
Screen space comparison
Redmi 15C 4G
6.9″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.8 in2
Redmi 10C
6.71″ (20.6:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi 15C 4G
n/a
Redmi 10C
479 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 171.56 mm (6.75 inches) 169.59 mm (6.68 inches)
Width 79.47 mm (3.13 inches) 76.56 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) 8.29 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP64 No
Rear material Eco-leather Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Green, Orange Gray, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, rear
Repairability Average (2.63/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Redmi 15C 4G +3%
84.3%
Redmi 10C
82%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G and Xiaomi Redmi 10C
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Helio G81 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Max clock 2000 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75		 - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 12 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
GPU
Graphics Mali-G52 MP2 Adreno 610
GPU shading units 48 128
GPU clock 820 MHz 1114 MHz
FLOPS ~78.7 GFLOPS ~285.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G and Xiaomi Redmi 10C
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Redmi 15C 4G
403
Redmi 10C +2%
413
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi 15C 4G +18%
1384
Redmi 10C
1173
Compute Score (GPU)
Redmi 15C 4G +163%
915
Redmi 10C
348
Compute Score (GPU) 915 348
Single-core score 403 413
Multi-core score 1384 1173
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi 15C 4G
361928
Redmi 10C +16%
421228
CPU 131538 188190
GPU 23704 26761
Memory 98010 109810
UX 108676 96467
Total score 361928 421228
Samples [5 tests] [16 tests]
PCMark 3.0
Redmi 15C 4G +29%
8744
Redmi 10C
6797
Web score 9949 6275
Video editing 5889 3664
Photo editing 17453 13339
Data manipulation 5631 5620
Writing score 9299 8442
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-08 (BerQt)AnTuTu 11348068
📘 2026-06-07 (Sg)AnTuTu 11367297
📘 2026-06-07 (Sg)AnTuTu 11367297
📘 2026-06-07 (Chelzie)AnTuTu 11352100
📘 2026-05-11 -> LitoooooAnTuTu 11361826
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Xiaomi Redmi 10C
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-19 (Mohammed)Geekbench 6 GPU348
📘 2026-08-19 (Mohammed)Geekbench 6 CPU413 / 1173
📘 2026-08-03 (ST4R)AnTuTu 11452459
📘 2026-08-01 (Syzz)AnTuTu 11441727
📘 2026-07-07 (Zyy)AnTuTu 11435736
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 3 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1800 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 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 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 MIUI 14
OS size - 9 GB
OS updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 40 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 1:37 hr 2:30 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6144 8192 x 6144
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 - 120 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Depth
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Depth: 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/1.8
Focal length 28 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJNS Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.96" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 5 megapixels
Image resolution - 2592 x 1944
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Sensor Smartsens SC1320CS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
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 5.4 5
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - OTG
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 No No
LTE Cat* - 13
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 15C 4G
n/a
Redmi 10C
79.3 dB

Other

Category Budget Budget
Announced August 2025 March 2022
Release date August 2025 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $179 $180
Successor - - Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G
Sensors - Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 33 W Yes, 10 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi 15C 4G:
    - The back cover is either glass or eco-leather.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 48

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