Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G vs Poco F5

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 1080) that was released on October 27, 2022, against the Xiaomi Poco F5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and came out 7 months after. 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 12 Pro Plus 5G
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F5
  • 83% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 713K)
  • Shows 11% longer battery life (21:08 vs 19:05 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
  • 69% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 960 points
  • Weighs 29.5 grams less
  • The phone is 7 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Poco F5 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 256 GB
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8 / 256 GB
59.1
(Average)
Value Index
69.4
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 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 No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 86.7% 88.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 104.3% 99.4%
PWM 121 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
970 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 161.11 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 76 mm (2.99 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 8.98 mm (0.35 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 210.5 g (7.43 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Poco F5
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 1080 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Max clock 2600 MHz 2910 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.49 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno 725
GPU shading units 128 1024
GPU clock 950 MHz 580 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~1187.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Poco F5
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 4119
Single-core score 960 1627
Multi-core score 2372 4184
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F5 +83%
1302969
CPU 270693 522997
GPU 75675 166455
Memory 155637 227236
UX 211815 386281
Total score 713820 1302969
Samples Less than 3 [35 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 95% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 226 608
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 85%
Graphics test 3 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 629 1956
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 9868 -
Video editing 7093 -
Photo editing 23432 -
Data manipulation 10684 -
Writing score 13253 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-21 (Gaben)AnTuTu 11713820
Xiaomi Poco F5
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 121442782
📘 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh)AnTuTu 111318003
📘 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway)AnTuTu 111304220
📘 2026-08-12 (Koreia27)AnTuTu 111450376
📘 2026-08-09 (emptyset0.00sec)CPU Throttle93%

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM MIUI 14 HyperOS 3
OS size 56 GB 32 GB

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 15 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:23 hr 0:47 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:29 hr 09:04 hr
Watching video 12:08 hr 12:47 hr
Gaming 05:15 hr 05:49 hr
Standby 89 hr 95 hr
General battery life
Poco F5 +11%
21:08 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 9248 x 6936
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual 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 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPX OmniVision OV64B40
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung S5K4H7 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV02B1 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 55 -
Preview 62 -
Zoom 77 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.5
Sensor Sony IMX471 Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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 MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
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* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco F5 +12%
90.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced October 2022 May 2023
Release date March 2023 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $379
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G - Xiaomi Poco F7
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 67 W
*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 Poco F5 is definitely a better buy.

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