Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G vs Xiaomi 12
60
out of 100
VS
58
out of 100
Here we compared two 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 Xiaomi 12, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 9 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Shows 20% longer battery life (19:11 vs 15:58 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 44% higher peak brightness (1295 against 900 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Has a 0.39 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
- The phone is 1 year and 9 months newer
- 18% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1174 and 998 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1322K versus 1003K)
- Reverse charging feature
- Weighs 24.5 grams less
Review
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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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.28 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 419 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1100 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.7% | 89.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 96.4% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 12
6.28″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) | 152.7 mm (6.01 inches) |
| Width | 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) | 69.9 mm (2.75 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.16 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 204.5 g (7.21 oz) | 180 g (6.35 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | Black, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 650 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G610 MC4 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1130 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~578.6 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3654 | 7989 |
| Single-core score | 1174 | 998 |
| Multi-core score | 2610 | 3638 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 382694 | 501164 |
| GPU | 164972 | 224623 |
| Memory | 177265 | 208718 |
| UX | 278147 | 387671 |
| Total score | 1003078 | 1322176 |
| Samples | [39 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 92% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | 463 | 590 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 63% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1179 | 2255 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 12213 |
| Video editing | - | 7422 |
| Photo editing | - | 28303 |
| Data manipulation | - | 10164 |
| Writing score | - | 14805 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-21 (0rin) | AnTuTu | 1009666 |
| 📘 2026-07-24 (Toriq albar) | AnTuTu | 1041446 |
| 📘 2026-07-19 (Oleg) | AnTuTu | 1039401 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Akkawin) | AnTuTu | 1005290 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 -> ARN15 | GeekBench CPU | 1103 / 2692 |
Xiaomi 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-15 -> Aura_Test_King | GeekBench GPU | 3761 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 -> Aura_Test_King | GeekBench CPU | 839 / 2424 |
| 📘 2026-06-30 (Cyrus) | AnTuTu | 1293921 |
| 📘 2026-06-10 (Xiao) | AnTuTu | 1337912 |
| 📘 2026-04-29 -> BDC | AnTuTu | 1335003 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 39 GB | - |
| OS updates | 2 years | - |
| Security updates | 2 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 67 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (67% in 15 min) | Yes (87% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:25 hr | 0:46 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:52 hr | 06:17 hr |
| Watching video | 11:32 hr | 10:46 hr |
| Gaming | 05:27 hr | 04:42 hr |
| Standby | 89 hr | 71 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16384 x 12288 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital (lossless), 4x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 | 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 (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | OmniVision OV13B10 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | 5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 50 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV02B10 | Samsung S5K5E9 |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 55 |
| Preview | 64 | 69 |
| Zoom | 109 | 72 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV16A1Q | OmniVision OV32B40 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 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 6E (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, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2023 | December 2021 |
| Release date | January 2024 | December 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $580 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G | - Xiaomi 17 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 67 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, battery life, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G. But if the performance and gaming are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12.
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