Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G vs Note 12 Pro

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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G and came out 11 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
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Helio G99 Ultra
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G and Note 12 Pro 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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8 / 128 GB
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6 / 128 GB
80.8
(Good)
Value Index
78.1
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED 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 No
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1100 nits
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 85.9%
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) 164.2 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 76.1 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 8.12 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 188 g (6.63 oz) 201.8 g (7.12 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP53
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Green, Purple White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Helio G99 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
Max clock 2200 MHz 2300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 8 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 688
GPU
Graphics Mali-G57 MC2 Adreno 618
GPU shading units 64 256
GPU clock 1000 MHz 800 MHz
FLOPS ~128 GFLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 1291 1296
Single-core score 711 721
Multi-core score 1986 1749
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 203544 216427
GPU 45008 52851
Memory 149147 101029
UX 165680 161349
Total score 563379 531656
Samples [12 tests] [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 97% -
Graphics test 1 FPS -
Graphics score 132 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 92%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 336
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10435 7730
Video editing 6213 6240
Photo editing 19699 15572
Data manipulation 8494 7769
Writing score 11764 9698

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Test)AnTuTu 12684097
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 -> EfkannAnTuTu 11579904
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (den)AnTuTu 11618365
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 (MrGreenEye)AnTuTu 11606178
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (Bas.asc)CPU Throttle93%
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 (Ya ne gei)AnTuTu 11534077
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Muzan)AnTuTu 11563197
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-04 (Sudip Paudel)AnTuTu 11522146
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-18 (.)Geekbench 6 CPU760 / 1904
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-18 (.)AnTuTu 11550293

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 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 2.2
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 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 17 GB -
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 2 years 2 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 67 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 (79% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 0:48 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 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 12032 x 9024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
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 (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung S5KHM2
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.52" (β‰ˆ 0.66 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
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 Omnivision OV5675
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Sony IMX471
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 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 5.2 5
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
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 18
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2024 March 2023
Release date January 2024 April 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $350
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G
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, 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 Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G is definitely a better buy.

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