Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G vs Note 12 Pro 5G

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 Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G, which is powered by the same chip. 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
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (992 against 894 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (20:44 vs 19:05 hours)
  • Weighs 23.5 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Note 12 Pro 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
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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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6 / 128 GB
59.1
(Average)
Value Index
68.0
(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 1200 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% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 104.3% 98.9%
PWM 121 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 76 mm (2.99 inches) 76 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.98 mm (0.35 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 210.5 g (7.43 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Rear material Glass Glass
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 Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 1080 MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Max clock 2600 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 MediaTek APU 3.0
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MC4 Mali-G68 MC4
GPU shading units 128 128
GPU clock 950 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 2434
Single-core score 960 970
Multi-core score 2372 2377
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 270693 278422
GPU 75675 75869
Memory 155637 144456
UX 211815 214715
Total score 713820 713462
Samples Less than 3 [19 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 95% 96%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 226 226
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 3 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 629 629
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
Web score 9868 9740
Video editing 7093 7113
Photo editing 23432 23332
Data manipulation 10684 10875
Writing score 13253 13190

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 Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-14 (Ditthaze)AnTuTu 11731937
📘 2026-07-25 (Eyy)AnTuTu 11713462
📘 2026-05-28 -> Ahmet-256378Geekbench 6 CPU873 / 2095
📘 2026-05-20 -> daniyarswqAnTuTu 11725690
📘 2026-05-19 -> ReperCPU Throttle100%

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM MIUI 14 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 56 GB 20 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 (78% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:23 hr 0:55 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:29 hr 08:41 hr
Watching video 12:08 hr 13:50 hr
Gaming 05:15 hr 05:43 hr
Standby 89 hr 89 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8192 x 6144
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) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 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 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPX Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1 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
Focal length - 16 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K4H7 Samsung S5K4H7
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 OmniVision OV02B1
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 24 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Generic main camera score
Bokeh 55 60
Preview 62 61
Zoom 77 70
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 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 Omnivision OV16A1
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
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 5.2
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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
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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced October 2022 October 2022
Release date March 2023 March 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $399
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G - Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G
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

If the camera and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G.

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Anonymous January 6, 2023 at 08:18 PM
The Pro version alone is better than the pro plus.
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FYI December 10, 2022 at 03:45 PM
@A.M.Thant the Redmi note 12 pro plus 200 no camera isn't that of a gimmick, it gas the same 200 no camera as the explorer edition which was reviewed by Mrwhosetheboss, on youtube, go check that out to see the quality of the camera, from what I'm seeing, the quality is more clearer that the iphone 14 pro, but only for some range I guess but the quality exceeding the iphone 14's camera quality doesn't sound that of a gimmick. Plus the Redmi phones give so much value, literally. If you compare this Redmi note 12 series with other smartphones, this price point gives way more value than what other phones give. If you this the camera is important to you, I'd recommend taking the pro plus version cause it's worth the extra bucks, even tho the extra isn't as much as you think, it's just around 50 dollars. So yeah, go check the video out before you decide if you wanna buy from one of these I guess. I'm planning to buy one of these as well. And also, wish you guess the best in your life, IDK why I'm saying this, just felt like I should.
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A.M.Thant December 3, 2022 at 03:59 PM
note 12 pro plus only has better-charging speed and a gimmick 200MP camera which is not better than Note 12 Pro's Sony IMX766. Performance and other specs are exactly the same and Pro plus are a lot more expensive which is not a good deal.
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