Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G vs OnePlus Nord CE3 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G (with MediaTek Helio G99 Ultra ) that was released on January 15, 2024, against the OnePlus Nord CE3 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G and came out 7 months before. 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 13 Pro 4G
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • The phone is 7 months newer
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord CE3 5G
  • 43% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (806K versus 563K)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 67W)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • 56% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1107 and 711 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G and OnePlus Nord CE3 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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8 / 128 GB
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8 / 128 GB
84.8
(Good)
Value Index
70.2
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 950 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 105.7% -
PWM 119 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) 162.7 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 75.5 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 188 g (6.63 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
Waterproof IP54 No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Green, Purple Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G and OnePlus Nord CE3 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Helio G99 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
Max clock 2200 MHz 2700 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Cortex-A78
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Mali-G57 MC2 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 64 512
GPU clock 1000 MHz 719 MHz
FLOPS ~128 GFLOPS ~736.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G and OnePlus Nord CE3 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 1291 2626
Single-core score 711 1107
Multi-core score 1986 2716
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
806420
CPU 203544 326376
GPU 45008 112186
Memory 149147 170913
UX 165680 196945
Total score 563379 806420
Samples [12 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 97% 69%
Graphics test 1 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 132 269
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10435 8240
Video editing 6213 5647
Photo editing 19699 18954
Data manipulation 8494 8341
Writing score 11764 13368

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (den)AnTuTu618365
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 (MrGreenEye)AnTuTu606178
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (Bas.asc)CPU Throttle93%
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Bas.asc)GeekBench CPU711 / 1986
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Bas.asc)AnTuTu538788
OnePlus Nord CE3 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Prashant)AnTuTu805122
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 (zenith)AnTuTu863702
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-29 -> zenithAnTuTu806420
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-20 -> Faizan90AnTuTu784329
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-25 (Palash)GeekBench GPU2626

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3 OxygenOS 15
OS size 17 GB -
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 2 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (53% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 0:31 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:57 hr -
Watching video 11:26 hr -
Gaming 05:19 hr -
Standby 134 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 112Β°
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/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Sony IMX890
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 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 15 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.14 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital No

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4920 x 3264
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.13" (β‰ˆ 0.32 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 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (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 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
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region 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 Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 12 13
5G support No Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2024 June 2023
Release date January 2024 August 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $320
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G - OnePlus Nord CE5
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg -
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg -
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus Nord CE3 5G. But if the battery life, software, and design are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G.

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