Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro vs Note 10 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G) that was released on March 4, 2021, against the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Delivers 48% higher peak brightness (725 against 491 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Stereo speakers
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G
  • Shows 38% longer battery life (25:20 vs 18:19 hours)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Note 10 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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6 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
57.3
(Average)
Value Index
144.1
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.67 inches 6.53 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 450 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 85.6% 84.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
-
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 93.9%
PWM 490 Hz -
Response time 2.6 ms 36.4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 1719:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
725 nits
491 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164 mm (6.46 inches) 161.8 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 75.3 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 193 g (6.81 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Gold, Gray, Blue Silver, Gray, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G
Max clock 2300 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache - 2 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 8 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 688 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Mali-G57 MC2
GPU shading units 256 64
GPU clock 800 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS ~121.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 1241
Single-core score 759 690
Multi-core score 1909 1736
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 220298 209962
GPU 53358 42856
Memory 90816 123471
UX 168278 150118
Total score 532750 526407
Samples [20 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test - 1 FPS
Graphics score - 133
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 97%
Graphics test 2 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 336 320
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7473 5809
Video editing 6026 4676
Photo editing 15757 16616
Data manipulation 7512 6639
Writing score 10058 8819

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 (jksalcedo)AnTuTu527475
📘 2026-07-31 (M1sTiX)AnTuTu575576
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproGeekBench CPU752 / 1819
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproCPU Throttle91%
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproAnTuTu572446
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-03 (HeartBun)AnTuTu505793
📘 2026-07-07 (Arkha)AnTuTu526407
📘 2026-06-30 (Nox)AnTuTu530043
📘 2026-05-17 (.)GeekBench GPU1217
📘 2026-05-17 (.)CPU Throttle86%

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM MIUI 14 MIUI 14
OS size 13 GB 17.7 GB

Battery

Capacity 5020 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
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (33% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:21 hr 2:00 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:44 hr 10:29 hr
Watching video 13:08 hr 14:08 hr
Gaming 05:07 hr 06:02 hr
Standby 73 hr 125 hr
General battery life
25:20 hr

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9024 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 118° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 Omnivision OV48B
Sensor size 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) 1/2.25" (≈ 0.44 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 1.14 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV5675 Hynix Hi-259
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.0
Sensor Sony IMX471 OmniVision OV8856
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
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 5 (802.11 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 5.1 5.1
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP LE, HID, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
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* 15 18
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
92.3 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2021 March 2021
Release date March 2021 April 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $220 $200
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G -
SAR (head) 0.6 W/kg -
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
*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 Note 10 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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