Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G vs Poco F6

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 Xiaomi Poco F6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 8 months after. 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
  • Shows 11% longer battery life (19:11 vs 17:19 hours)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6
  • 78% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1784K versus 1003K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 61% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1892 and 1174 points
  • Weighs 25.5 grams less
  • The phone is 8 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Poco F6 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
94.0
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 2400 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 96.4% 99.1%
PWM 120 Hz 60 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1230 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 160.5 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) 74.4 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 204.5 g (7.21 oz) 179 g (6.31 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP64
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Gray, 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 Xiaomi Poco F6
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 2800 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 650 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC4 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 1130 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~578.6 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Poco F6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3654 9762
Single-core score 1174 1892
Multi-core score 2610 4769
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F6 +78%
1784363
CPU 382694 523012
GPU 164972 514765
Memory 177265 345707
UX 278147 400879
Total score 1003078 1784363
Samples [39 tests] [84 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 90%
Graphics test 3 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 463 1033
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 19 FPS
Section 1 - 21 FPS
Section 2 - 19 FPS
Section 3 - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 4994
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 7 FPS -
Graphics score 1179 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 14401
Video editing - 7665
Photo editing - 26444
Data manipulation - 14276
Writing score - 18485

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)AnTuTu1009666
📘 2026-07-24 (Toriq albar)AnTuTu1041446
📘 2026-07-19 (Oleg)AnTuTu1039401
📘 2026-07-15 (Akkawin)AnTuTu1005290
📘 2026-07-09 -> ARN15GeekBench CPU1103 / 2692
Xiaomi Poco F6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-14 (Limhi León)AnTuTu1852696
📘 2026-08-19 (oxterspvce)CPU Throttle89%
📘 2026-08-19 (oxterspvce)GeekBench GPU9159
📘 2026-08-19 (oxterspvce)GeekBench GPU8746
📘 2026-08-19 (oxterspvce)GeekBench CPU1473 / 4286

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 39 GB 23 GB
OS updates 2 years 3 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 90 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (67% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 12 min)
Full charging time 0:25 hr 0:37 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:52 hr 06:19 hr
Watching video 11:32 hr 10:39 hr
Gaming 05:27 hr 05:08 hr
Standby 89 hr 86 hr
General battery life
17:19 hr

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 No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Sony IMX882
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.8 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 Sony IMX355 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization 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 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 5184 x 3888
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Omnivision OV20B
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 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 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 5.4
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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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
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
Poco F6 +2%
90.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 May 2024
Release date January 2024 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $379
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G - Xiaomi Poco F7
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 90 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 performance, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco F6. But if the camera and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G.

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