Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G vs Realme 11 Pro Plus

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra) that was released on September 21, 2023, against the Realme 11 Pro Plus, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7050 and came out 4 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 Plus 5G
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Delivers 62% higher peak brightness (1286 against 795 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1003K versus 769K)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 394 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Realme 11 Pro Plus
  • Shows 21% longer battery life (23:18 vs 19:11 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Weighs 21.5 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Realme 11 Pro Plus 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 / 256 GB
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8 / 256 GB
5.7
(Bad)
Value Index
27.1
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 950 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 90.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 96.4% 97.9%
PWM 120 Hz 439 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1286 nits
795 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 161.6 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) 73.9 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 204.5 g (7.21 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Gold, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Realme 11 Pro Plus
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra MediaTek Dimensity 7050
Max clock 2800 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 650 MediaTek APU 550
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC4 Mali-G68 MC4
GPU shading units 256 128
GPU clock 1130 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~578.6 GFLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Realme 11 Pro Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3654 2428
Single-core score 1174 803
Multi-core score 2610 2156
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 382694 294226
GPU 164972 80377
Memory 177265 151294
UX 278147 243918
Total score 1003078 769815
Samples [39 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 3 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 463 222
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 7 FPS -
Graphics score 1179 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 10156
Video editing - 5831
Photo editing - 26004
Data manipulation - 9228
Writing score - 17071

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (0rin)AnTuTu 111009666
📘 2026-07-24 (Toriq albar)AnTuTu 111041446
📘 2026-07-19 (Oleg)AnTuTu 111039401
📘 2026-07-15 (Akkawin)AnTuTu 111005290
📘 2026-07-09 -> ARN15Geekbench 6 CPU1103 / 2692
Realme 11 Pro Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-13 (Akarsh)AnTuTu 11769815

Memory

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

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 13
ROM HyperOS 2.0 Realme UI 4.0
OS size 39 GB 17 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 2 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (67% in 15 min) Yes (63% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:25 hr 0:28 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:52 hr 09:12 hr
Watching video 11:32 hr 13:26 hr
Gaming 05:27 hr 05:47 hr
Standby 89 hr 116 hr
General battery life
23:18 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 16320 x 12240
Zoom Digital (lossless), 4x Digital (lossless), 4x
Flash Dual LED 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 240 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 200 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 200 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.75 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 16 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 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
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 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 60 -
Preview 64 -
Zoom 109 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.5
Focal length - 22 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 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 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 5.3 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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 May 2023
Release date January 2024 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $400
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G - Realme 14 Pro Plus 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, 100 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G:
    - The eco-leather version is 5.5 grams lighter than the regular one.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Realme 11 Pro Plus.

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